AMA Group, a national provider of engineering design services, announced new leadership appointments in the firm’s Los Angeles office. The firm’s West Coast Leadership team will include Tom Morley as senior managing principal as well as seasoned industry veterans Christopher Carson, Jacob Chan and Gilad Nahari as managing principals along with new Principals Matthew Schaefer and A.J. Vergari.
“For the past 15 years, Los Angeles has been an extremely important market for the firm as we solidified our reputation as a national firm,” said Chief Executive Officer Arthur Metzler. “We envision continued growth both within L.A. as well as in other areas of California. I am confident that this seasoned group of industry veterans will provide AMA with just the right mix to lead the regional growth as well as to develop the next generation of leadership.”
Morley is responsible for the entirety of the Los Angeles Office along with leading the Low Voltage team (IT, Security and AV). He has been with AMA Group since inception, for 23 years, working the last 10 years in Los Angeles.
Carson has spent his entire 16-year professional career with AMA Group, with the past nine years in Los Angeles leading the HVAC team along with cultivating a loyal following of media and broadcast clients such as NBCUniversal, Netflix, Sony, Echelon and Disney. He grew up in the HVAC business — his father was an HVAC operations engineer for NBCUniversal at Rockefeller Center.
Nahari has 20-plus years of experience in the design business, with the past 14 spent in Los Angeles. Before joining AMA at the start of 2022, he operated his own boutique engineering firm. Nahari literally grew up working in the family 50-plus person MEP business in Israel, providing a strong understanding of the built environment.
Chan’s engineering career has spanned more than 30 years in Los Angeles. As a leading electrical engineers in the region, he has spent meaningful periods of time with ARUP, Glumac and Buro Happold working on some of the largest and most complex hotel, entertainment, transportation and mission critical projects in the region.
Schaefer has 15-plus years in the design world, 11 with AMA. His strong HVAC technical skills have served clients including NFL Media, MSG Networks, Warner Music and Warner Brothers Ranch Lot.
Vergari has 20 years in the design business, the last nine years with AMA in Los Angeles. His HVAC background and LEED accreditation has allowed him to serve as both lead mechanical engineer and project manager on projects in the commercial, corporate, residential, institutional and mixed-use sectors. Clients include Warner Music, Signature Bank, Netflix and UCLA Health.
