Meet Sailfish Technical Consulting
At Sailfish Technical Consulting, we help clients deliver complex engineering projects with confidence and precision.
Our team of licensed Professional Engineers brings decades of experience in EPC execution, risk management, systems integration, and structural analysis across nuclear, renewable, thermal power, and heavy industrial facilities.
We combine technical depth with real-world project management experience to achieve excellence in design, safety, and performance.
Who we partner with
We collaborate with project developers, EPC firms, facility owners and operators, OEMs, insurers, and research organizations around the world.
Our clients trust us for technical expertise, integrated project management, and effective risk mitigation at every stage of the project lifecycle from concept and licensing to construction and operation.
What we value
We believe great engineering is practical, precise, and purposeful.
From feasibility studies and code compliance to construction support and advanced structural design, our focus is on delivering results that keep projects safe, efficient, and on schedule.
We take pride in clear communication, ethical leadership, and a commitment to engineering excellence.
Meet the team
Founder & CEO
John Demitz
John Demitz is a licensed Professional Engineer with nearly 30 years of experience leading complex projects in nuclear power, defense, fossil energy, and hydrogen systems. He blends systems engineering and project management expertise to deliver results on high-stakes industrial projects worldwide.
As a leader and mentor, John has guided multi-disciplinary teams, managed critical customer relationships, and supported the next generation of engineers.
John honed his technical skill sets designing structures for MW-class rotating machines (combustion turbine generators, steam-turbine generators, ID and FD fans, and pumps) for the Bechtel Power Corporation. John also was responsible for performing structural simulations using GT STRUDL and ANSYS of nuclear containment structures for steam generator replacements.
John’s tenure at Bechtel included managing the teams delivering engineering products for the U.S. EPR and mPower commercial nuclear power plants and the Uranium Processing Facility in Oak Ridge. John was responsible for developing and managing project engineering budgets, schedules, and managing large design teams dispersed in multiple offices. Often John was involved with applying innovative technologies to meet design requirements and improve construction efficiency and quality.
For the past 7 years, John’s focus has been hydrogen infrastructure projects in the United States, Europe, and Africa. He led the engineering of the world’s first Ultra Heavy Duty hydrogen refueling system for fuel cell-electric mine haul trucks in South Africa. He developed facility layouts, construction estimates and cost improvement strategies for light-duty stations planned for deployment in California. John also authored feasibility studies for hydrogen export facilities, and heavy-duty refueling stations. He led the development of three separate high-capacity hydrogen tube trailer designs and managed the design qualification of a large format Type IV storage vessel. Most recently, John has managed the development of a novel, high-capacity hydrogen mobile refueler.
John holds a Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware where he researched the rehabilitation of bridge structures using composite materials. John is a specialist in advanced structural simulations, structural dynamics, nuclear power plant design and construction, and the design of MW-class rotating equipment structures. John is a registered engineer in the state of Maryland.
Principal Engineer
Peter Carrato
Dr. Carrato’s experience includes domestic, international, and extraterrestrial projects. He is a subject matter expert (SME) in Civil and Structural Engineering, having supported project teams delivering facilities valued from hundreds of millions to tens of billions of dollars. He participates in all phases of project delivery including estimating, design, procurement, construction, start-up and commissioning.
His activities often require taking part in negotiation, arbitration and litigation with suppliers, clients, regulatory agencies, and governmental bodies.This included addressing fatalities, structural failures, and major claims related to equipment and material supply worth tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Pete has an extensive background in the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). He assisted in establishing and implementing BIM strategies using multiple project delivery methods including EPC, EM, CM, EPCm etc.
Dr. Carrato has experience in virtually every type of power generation including: Nuclear (Utility scale, Small Modular Reactors), Fossil (Coal, Oil, Gas, Municipal waste, Sugar can waste), Green Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydrogen). He also has extensive space experience having worked with NASA as head judge on two Centennial Challenges; the 3D Printed Mars Habitat Challenge and the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge; and he is also a consultant to the design and construction team that is delivering the second mobile launcher (ML2) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).