About

Experienced Structural Engineer and Infrastructure Consultant with over 20 years of international experience in construction, structural design, project management, BIM modeling, and engineering consulting across the Caribbean, North America, and Latin America. Founder and CEO of Groupe Edisson Construction and Global Laforest Contractor & Service SRL, delivering innovative engineering solutions for buildings, bridges, infrastructure, renewable energy, and industrial projects. Skilled in structural analysis, project coordination, construction supervision, BIM, and technical consulting using industry-standard software including SAP2000, Robot Structural Analysis, AutoCAD, and Revit. Worked on projects in Haiti, Dominican Republic, United States, Canada, and Brazil. Multilingual professional fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. Focused on providing practical, cost-effective, and high-quality engineering solutions for governments, NGOs, private clients, and international organizations.

Skills

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
    10
  • Project Management
    10
  • Civil Engineering ( Building and Construction)
    10
  • Structural Analysis
    9
  • Full cycle infrastructure development
    8
  • • Entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of experience
    10
  • concrete work
    10
  • Sap2000
    8
  • Autodesk Robot structural analysis
    10
  • AutoCAD
    10
  • technical support
    10
  • construction management and consulting
    10
  • English
    10
  • French
    10
  • Spanish
    10
  • Haitian Creole
    10
  • Portuguese
    4

Experience

Laforest Edisson

Work experience
  • Civil & Structural Engineering SME at   Alignerr
  • Working as a Structural Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) contributing to AI training, technical evaluation, engineering reasoning validation, infrastructure analysis, and quality assessment of engineering-related outputs.
  • Responsibilities include:
  • Reviewing technical engineering content
  • Evaluating structural and construction-related responses
  • Assessing analytical reasoning and engineering accuracy
  • Supporting AI systems with human expert validation
  • Contributing to engineering-focused data annotation and quality assurance
  • Areas of expertise:
  • Structural analysis, reinforced concrete, steel structures, SAP2000, Robot Structural Analysis, BIM coordination, construction engineering, and infrastructure consulting.

Laforest Edisson

Work experience
  • Selected as a contributor supporting AI model training and evaluation through structured reasoning tasks, technical validation, and problem-solving assessments applied to real-world engineering scenarios.
  • Work focuses on computational reasoning, numerical verification, and quality assessment of AI-generated outputs with relevance to civil and structural engineering applications.
  • This role leverages my professional background in structural engineering, infrastructure design, and technical analysis.

Laforest Edisson

Work experience
  • Expert Network Consultant at   UZABASE
  • Selected as an industry expert on global expert networks, providing insights and consulting to international clients including consulting firms, investment groups, and research organizations. I Provide Technical support to startups, contractors, and project teams not only in technical engineering matters, but also in project management, strategic planning, and construction business development.
  • Areas of expertise include:
  • Structural engineering and infrastructure development
  • Construction practices and project management
  • Bridge and building structural systems
  • Construction markets in the Caribbean region
  • Construction business development
  • Startup advisory in construction and engineering sectors
  • Project leadership and multidisciplinary team management
  • Strategic planning for infrastructure projects

Laforest Edisson

Work experience
  • AI Trainer – Structural & Civil Engineering (Computational Reasoning) at   Mindrift
  • Worked as an AI Trainer specializing in Structural and Civil Engineering problems requiring high-precision computational reasoning.
  • Responsibilities included:
  • Designing and validating deterministic engineering prompts with complete inputs, assumptions, and constraints
  • Solving structurally realistic engineering problems involving numerical methods, load analysis, and compliance logic
  • Verifying numerical outputs for correctness, units, precision, and reproducibility
  • Applying professional engineering judgment to evaluate AI-generated solutions
  • Using Python to validate numerical results and eliminate computational ambiguity
  • This role required advanced engineering reasoning beyond formula lookup, with emphasis on accuracy, auditability, and real-world applicability.