Mr. Nikain is the President and a Principal of The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc. He is actively involved in all Nielsen-Wurster’s Divisions globally with extensive hands-on experience solving problems and challenges facing Organizations and Corporations.

In Nielsen-Wurster’s Management Consulting Division, Mr. Nikain has performed analyses and audits of project and executive management, performance and effectiveness for a variety of entities, including multinational corporations and public / quasi-public agencies. Clients have included owners, contractors, project teams and other construction and engineering groups throughout the process, power (nuclear and fossil), manufacturing, transportation and other industries.

Mr. Nikain’s Risk Management expertise includes project and overall risk profiling, industry benchmarking and best practices assessments, risk management training, risk auditing, and claims prevention and management. He has led Nielsen-Wurster engagement teams in detailed analyses of procurement strategy, contracting approaches, cost risk assessments, schedule risk identifications, and assistance in development of risk mitigation plans and strategies.

Mr. Nikain has served as an Engagement Director and Lead Expert on numerous Dispute Resolution engagements, performing analyses and testifying on claims of various complexities and sizes, including multitude of claims with values of over Billion Dollars. He has managed comprehensive analyses on schedule delay, disruption, acceleration, early completion; productivity and inefficiency; time, resource and cost impacts; differing site conditions; workmanship; change orders; causation and responsibility; damage quantification and calculation; design process; construction inspection; shop drawing reviews; project controls; management performance and other issues. As a Lead Expert, Mr. Nikain has presented expert witness testimony on the foregoing issues internationally in AAA and ICC arbitrations and other formal legal proceedings.

He has hands-on experience in a broad spectrum of project types (see attached Representative Engagement Experience). Representative examples of Mr. Nikain’s expert testimony and lead engagement roles include the following: