Professional Biography
Adeesh Paranjape is a Project Manager at YA Group and a licensed professional engineer who provides forensic investigation of electrical equipment and systems, electrical repair design and drawings, damage assessment, cost analysis, and origin and cause failure analysis for fires, explosions, and other electrical incidents.
Adeesh began his career designing and managing electrical infrastructure projects for commercial, cultural, educational, and mixed-use buildings, where he oversaw power distribution, lighting, life-safety systems, permitting, and construction administration.
Credentials & Certifications
- Professional Engineer (P.E.)
- CFEI (p) – Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (provisional)
Representative Consulting Assignments
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | Los Angeles, CA — Design of 300,000 sqft campus comprising galleries, exhibit spaces and theaters.
- Commercial High-Rise Building | San Francisco, California — Power Surge, Electrical Equipment Damage Investigation
- Electrical Repair Design and Drawings | California, Arizona, Hawaii, Georgia — Prepare electrical repair design drawings after a fire
- Electrical Contractor | California — Switchgear failure, Construction Defect and Litigation Support
- Single family residence | Assorted Locations — Fire – Origin and Cause Investigation
- Life care community | California — Power Outage, Electrical Equipment Damage Investigation and Cause of Failure
- Residential, Commercial, and other Properties | Assorted Locations — Electrical Equipment Damage Assessment following fire, water intrusion, wildfire, tornado, vandalism/theft
Professional Experience
- Senior Project Manager | YA Group | 2026 - Current
- Project Manager | YA Engineering Services | 2023 - 2026
- Forensic Electrical Engineer | Jensen Hughes | 2023 - 2023
- Senior Electrical Engineer | Buro Happold | 2016 - 2023
- Senior Executive MEP | Godrej Properties Limited | 2013 - 2015
Practices & Skillsets
- Construction Administration
- Fire and Life Safety Systems
- NEC & NESC Expertise
- Fire Origin & Cause
- Lithium Battery Investigations
- Solar Array Inspection
Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mumbai, India
- Master of Science, Electrical Engineering emphasis on Electric Power, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Affiliations
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI)
Professional Licenses
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - California - License #E24186
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Arizona - License #81188
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Hawaii - License #20735
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Oregon - License #104407PE
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Nevada - License #32172
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Texas - License #155428
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Florida - License #100669
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - Georgia - License #3164150
- PE (Electrical Engineering) - North Carolina - License #059501