Mihai Sterescu, PE, RCDD, ATD
President
Mr. Sterescu graduated from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He is an Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) and Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD).
Since joining BCE in 1999, Mr. Sterescu has participated in the design of many mission-critical projects, including complex reliability analysis of power systems using Markov modeling.
Mr. Sterescu‘s experience includes numerous difficult upgrades in existing mission critical facilities. He has demonstrated creative thinking in solving complex problems. On many projects, his innovative ideas reduced the risk to the facility while saving construction cost and time. On a recent data center upgrade project, in a building with limited vertical space for overhead feeders, his design, not only made the construction of the project possible, but saved millions of dollars, compared to other design options.
Other Certifications:
- Bicsi Registered Communications Distribution Designer®
- Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer®
Leah Benincasa, PE, LEED™ AP BD+C, DCEP
Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Benincasa has been at BCE for over 20 years. She is an engineering graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a LEED Building Design + Construction Accredited Professional. She has been involved in many LEED registered projects, including the first LEED Platinum certified building in the Southeast.
Ms. Benincasa is a certified Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) and she is a member of the core team for capacity planning for several large financial institution data centers. Her responsibilities include computer equipment plans, management of loads, and circuit assignments in over 200,000 SF of active data centers.
She has served as Project Manager for the firm on a variety of projects in the areas of higher education, Athletic Facilities, K-12, Housing and Commercial. Responsibilities included production of electrical systems design, BIM design, and construction administration.
Other Certifications:
- LEED™ Accredited Professional for Building Design and Construction
- Data Center Energy Practitioner