HOH - Key Persons


Amer Sassila

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Brent A. Porfilio

Job Titles:
  • Director of Architecture
Brent has 30 years of engineering experience providing Phase I, II and III engineering on projects ranging in size from $1 Million to over $150 Million, for multiple state and local agencies, and private owners. His engineering responsibilities cover all three project phases (planning, design and construction management) in roles encompassing Project Manager, Project Engineer, Lead Roadway Engineer, Drainage Engineer, and QA/QC Engineer.

David Bilow

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Civil Engineer
  • Structural Engineer

Johnny Bueno Abdala

Job Titles:
  • Director of Project Management
  • Manager of Architecture
Johnny has extensive experience in sustainable design-build services for Telecom, IT infrastructure, institutional, educational, healthcare, semi-industrial, financial, commercial, retail, and mixed use residential multifamily projects. His responsibilities include design, cost estimating, scheduling, project and construction management. Johnny holds a professional five-year bachelor's degree of Architecture, a Master of City and Regional Planning, a Master of Architecture, and a year Post Graduate Degree in Business Strategy. Johnny is constantly taking classes keeping up with the state-of-the-art building technology know-how. Johnny is a NCARB registered architect. Johnny has worked nationwide in many projects and in different regions in the US. While working for an international Telecom firm he participated in challenging high-tech projects overseas in Latin America and Europe. Johnny is bilingual in English and Spanish and has basic knowledge of Finnish. Johnny is married with two children, a US citizen, and he is based out of the Chicago Area.

Nick Raskovich

Job Titles:
  • Director of Projects Management
As Director of Projects Management, Nick has extensive experience in engineering design and construction management experience in execution of projects in heavy industry, steelmaking, light manufacturing, chemical/petrochemical, power industries and civil construction. Responsibilities include project coordination, supervision, scheduling, and cost control. Also responsible for structural engineering design including preparation of design calculations, construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.

Nolan S. Kaplan

Nolan is responsible for supervision of mechanical and process engineering activities for The HOH Group, Inc. His previous positions have included Chief Engineer, Production Manager, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, and Supervising Mechanical Engineer. He has over forty-five years of project engineering and mechanical engineering experience with industrial, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing projects including greenfield and renovation projects with emphasis on capital projects including the design, specification, purchase and installation of production equipment and associated infrastructure. His expertise includes machine design, pumps and fluid systems, fire protection, stress analysis, structural steel design, compressed air systems, hydraulics, wastewater treatment equipment, heat exchangers both shell and tube and plate and frame, chilled water systems, cooling towers, package boilers, pressure vessel design to ASME Section VIII, piping and pipe support design.

Peter B. Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Mechanical Engineer
Peter has more than 33 years of engineering experience in the coordination, supervision, and implementation of engineering design projects for electrical utility, municipal and industrial process facilities. His extensive experience encompasses power system design and analysis, power generation, electrical wiring and physical design, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming, material handling, control panel design and fabrication and engineering studies. His background includes field experience in these areas. Responsibilities include project engineering for the preparation and development of contract documents, including construction drawings, calculations and related computer applications, specifications, and estimates.

Santiago Garcia - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Mr. Garcia has over 20 years of extensive experience in the management, estimating, project coordination and quality control/assurance of projects. The scope of the projects he has worked on include projects containing architecture, engineering and environmental testing. Mr. Garcia is knowledgeable in an array of areas, including but not limited to; project management, project scheduling, environmental property assessments, demolition projects, asbestos inspections, lead inspections, management planning, air sampling, and asbestos abatement projects. In addition to his engineering project experience, as President of GSG Material Testing d/b/a The HOH Group, Inc., Mr. Garcia oversees building operation, through delegation and directing agendas, to driving profitability and managing company organizational structure, strategy and communications.