Nick Albergo is a Senior Advisor to GHD and the founder and CEO of HSA Engineers & Scientists, a Florida-based engineering consulting firm that he successfully grew to more than 400 professionals. The firm was sold to GHD in 2013. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.
He has had a distinguished career as an inventor and author of over 185 professional publications. He has been working within the fields of environmental and water resources engineering for over 40 years. More specifically, he has developed a multidisciplinary forensics and emerging contaminants (PFAS, endocrine-disrupting compounds, analgesics, antibiotics, hormones, and a range of other pharmaceutical compounds) practice with a worldwide reputation for providing insight, advocacy, and remedies to government, public and private clients.
He has shaped the rules and regulations in everyday use throughout the United States. Beyond his domestic efforts as a consultant to industry and to further the profession, he has worked abroad as an advisor to other foreign Governments, private sector corporations, and international lending institutions. He has also served as a consultant and advisor to various foreign ministries on policy-making issues concerning environmental management and responsible industry practices.