Josh Drake
Forensic & MEP Engineering Consultant at LaRovere Consulting, LLC
Show Low, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJosh Drake is a licensed Mechanical P.E. and Certified Energy Manager with 13+ years of MEP/HVAC, federal facility, and forensic engineering experience, now practicing as an independent consultant through LaRovere Consulting. A military veteran (10th Mountain Division) with extensive DoD and USACE project exposure, he specializes in failure analysis, expert witness work, and HVAC design‑build standard-of-care evaluations, producing deposition-ready reports across multiple jurisdictions. Josh blends hands-on field investigation, ASHRAE-based calculations, and lab testing with specification-driven, auditable workflows that increasingly incorporate AI tooling for large-scale litigation discovery. He has led complex federal projects—from seismic upgrades and airport DDC control overhauls to installation energy and water planning—and brings practical construction oversight experience gained managing generation and pump systems at Grand Coulee Dam. Known for translating technical rigor into clear courtroom testimony, he also carries an uncommon background in web/media production and software development that informs his data-driven, communicative approach.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University
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Github Skills (112)
javascript10
angular10
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typescript9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jdrake3/MapTool
Mar 2015 - Apr 2020
MapTool Macros
Contributions:56 commits, 4 PRs, 51 pushes in 5 years 1 month
maptoolmacros
microsoft/vso-agent
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Visual Studio Team Services and TFS agent for Mac OSX and Linux
Contributions:2 comments in 3 months
tfsvisual-studiomac-osxteam-studioagent
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