Jason Schmitz is the Director, EHS Information Technology Solutions in Trinity’s Washington, D.C. office. Jason has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience.

Jason is also a recognized leader in the environmental, health, safety and sustainability (EHSS) information management arena with reputable expertise in the selection, implementation and sustainment of information solutions to support EHSS programs. He has detailed knowledge of leading software systems and has led enterprise implementations within numerous industrial sectors including chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, power, steel, paint, and aluminum.

As an environmental engineer and compliance consultant, Jason has led numerous environmental projects including air permitting, compliance reporting, multi-media audits, environmental management systems, training and performance benchmarking. His air quality compliance management background includes Title V/PSD/NSR permitting, applicability analyses, and emission inventory design and development.

He is also an experienced climate change and sustainability subject matter expert with many diverse experiences including enterprise energy management programs, sustainability metrics development/tracking, enterprise GHG inventory development, and carbon verification projects.

Patrick Nonhof holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He has over twenty years of experience in the petrochemical industry. He began his career with BASF and held positions in project engineering and operations.

After BASF, he worked for Berwanger, Inc., an engineering consulting company based in Houston TX. At Berwanger, Mr. Nonhof served in a variety of line management positions. During his tenure with Berwanger, he worked for multiple multi-national oil and gas companies providing Process Safety Management (PSM) services.

In 2006, he co-founded Provenance Consulting, LLC., a process safety consulting company. Provenance’s focus is implementation and maintenance of PSM systems, with a focus on data management.

Jim Lyons is Director of Trinity Consultants’ Mobile Source and Fuels Services business line and is based in the Phoenix, Arizona office. He brings over 40 years of experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of mobile source emissions and fuel regulatory programs at both the state and federal levels.

As leader of Trinity’s Mobile Source and Fuels team, Mr. Lyons oversees technical services related to new engine and vehicle certification, low-emission fuel strategies, and advanced control technologies. His expertise includes the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), evaporative and refueling emissions, and greenhouse gas compliance programs. He routinely evaluates the emission impacts, costs, and cost-effectiveness of control measures across light- and heavy-duty, on-road and nonroad sources.

Mr. Lyons is nationally recognized as an authority on mobile source regulations and serves as a testifying and consulting expert in litigation involving product liability, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. He has supported high-profile enforcement cases in the auto manufacturing and refining sectors, including international expert testimony in China.

He has authored or contributed to more than 100 technical reports and peer-reviewed publications on emissions modeling, fuel impacts, vehicle standards, and air quality strategy.

He holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Chemistry (Cum Laude) from the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.