TALSON SOLUTIONS LLC,
A LEADER IN CAPITAL PROJECT CONSULTING

Talson Solutions LLC prides itself on providing a set of services uniquely tailored to the needs of our client and on using only seasoned, highly-skilled experts to ensure our clients receive the most thorough evaluations and the most valuable recommendations possible.

Our Philosophy: We believe a targeted, well-planned, risk-based analysis executed by an experienced team of interdisciplinary professionals provides significant benefits, including:

• Increased cost sensitivity among all parties during the project
• Improved financial controls and reporting
• Adherence to industry best practices
• Development of sound policies and procedures
• Earlier recognition of open issues and problems
• Fewer disputes and an avoidance of litigation
• Improved project delivery processes
• Greater focus on timely execution and task completions

Our Mission: Our mission is to provide project stakeholders, including audit committees, funding sources, trustees and executive management, with verifications and assurances that their project team and contractors are executing a well-planned project, are performing efficiently and effectively, and are minimizing risk.

Talson Professionals: Talson’s professionals have served in the
commercial real estate, educational, healthcare, infrastructure, petroleum, telecommunications, and retail industries in accounting, architecture, engineering, finance and management. Each staff member brings a strong understanding of the best practices and norms in his or her area of expertise—the kind of expertise that come from formal education further strengthened by years of practical experience.

Talson Founder: Robert S. Bright, founder and President of Talson Solutions, LLC, has more than 25 years of diversified engineering, management, litigation support and consulting experience. A former Director in the Construction Consulting Practice group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Bright has extensive domestic and international experience, including engagements in Europe, South America and South Asia. Early in his career, he gained invaluable hands-on experience as a cost and scheduling engineer, a research engineer and a joint venture liaison for various petroleum projects for Exxon affiliates. Mr. Bright has also served as a testifying expert, claims analyst, investigator and auditor of major capital projects. Mr. Bright currently serves on the Audit and Compliance Committee for Mercy Health Systems, a member of Catholic Health East. Bright holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Talson is a certified minority-owned business, with standing in the
City of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New Jersey, the National Minority Supplier Development Council and small- disadvantage business with the U.S. Small Business Administration.