Mr. Lipski is a licensed Professional Engineer experienced in failure investigations and risk based assessments in a wide range of industrial applications. Mr. Lipski applies his expertise in metallurgical and materials engineering in field and laboratory analysis. Mr. Lipski’s experience includes investigations of various systems in and out of service, including pipelines, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, boilers, heaters/reformers, valves, gas turbines, hydropower penstocks, and storage tanks.

Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Lipski was a Project Engineer at a consulting firm where he primarily assisted clients by advising on material selection, performing equipment inspections, and conducting failure analyses, flaw characterizations, and condition assessments on static and rotating equipment across a variety of industries. Prior to this consulting role, Mr. Lipski received his Bachelors of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. While at Colorado School of Mines, Mr. Lipski served as a teaching assistant for the Molecular Engineering & Materials Chemistry course and participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the US Department of Energy.