Vice President North America - Walter I. Paniagua

Walter I. Paniagua

Walter Paniagua is a Civil Engineer, with Masters Degree in Engineering on soil mechanics, and PhD studies in the same area.

Since 1981, his professional activities have been focused on the Deep Foundations industry, in activities related with construction, design, and quality control. Since 2003, he is founder and CEO of PILOTEC, a deep foundations construction company, based in Mexico City. He has developed +570 geotechnical construction projects, and +140 geotechnical consults.

He is the former Chair of Technical Committee TC-214 (Soft Soils), and former member of the Public Relations Committee of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE); Vice-President for North America of ISSMGE for 2022-2026. Member of the committees: Geotechnical Experts, of the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico; Foundations design and construction, for Mexico City Construction Code; Slurry Walls and Energy Foundations, for the Deep Foundations Institute.

He is a Member of the Academy of Engineering of Mexico, has published over 90 technical papers and is co-author of six books, and editor of three. Post graduate professor at the National University of Mexico. He received the Professional Practice award in 1996, and the Best Civil Engineering Book award in 2002.

He has delivered lectures and short courses in México, USA, Canada, Italy, El Salvador, Panama, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. Past President of the Mexican Society for Geotechnical Engineering from 2009 to 2010.