Brian Cooper is the Division Manager of the Integrity and Design Group in Grand Rapids, MI. Since 2007, Brian has invested his career in safe energy transportation, supporting pipeline operators with their asset integrity efforts and design and construction projects. He has built and currently leads two teams of experts, one focused on the engineering analysis and program and project stewardship needed to successfully manage pipeline integrity, and the other focused on the planning, design, engineering, and project and construction management required for pipeline and station maintenance, modification, and construction projects. Brian’s technical expertise is in pipeline hydraulics, especially for transient operations such as displacements, fills, and pig runs, as well as system analyses for drag reducing agent and pump optimization.