With over two decades of experience at OCI Group, Carolyn Albornoz has built a reputation for excellence in administrative support and leadership. Starting in 2003 as an Administrative Assistant, she quickly became an integral part of the team, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and a proactive approach to office management. Her dedication and expertise led to her promotion to Executive Assistant, where she supported senior executives with efficiency and discretion. Today, as the Eastern Canada Administration Supervisor, Carolyn oversees administrative operations, mentors staff, and ensures seamless workflows across the organization.

With over 30 years of experience training dogs in all areas of detection work, Sid leads all drug, explosive and accelerant related investigations that require the precise expertise of our K9 Unit. As Director at Large for the Canine Accelerant Detection Association, Sid has trained and handled eight accelerant detection dogs, and has extensive experience working with police, tracking and building searches. He is also an expert in handler protection and training for security patrol canines and mine detection dogs.

Richard specializes in fire and explosion investigation, fire department litigation, wood-burning appliance investigations, marine fires and chemical reactions. As a forensic engineer and designated consulting engineer with more than 35 years of industry experience, Richard has conducted over 3,500 fire and explosion investigations and has been accepted as an expert by all levels of courts in five provinces.

Said is a licensed professional engineer and certified fire and explosion investigator with over 15 years of experience. He specializes in electrical and electronic failures, product liability and fire investigation, with particular expertise in codes and standards compliance. Said has overseen hundreds of investigations identifying the failure of equipment, installations and processes which contributed to electrical incidents, and has completed over 300 electrical forensics and fire investigations, and performed over 60 investigations to determine the root causes of electrical incidents which resulted in critical injuries, fatalities and/or large losses.

Mazen is the president of OCI Group and specializes in fire investigation, electrical and electronic failures, product liability and alarm system analysis. With over 40 years of experience in the industry, he has performed over 3,400 fire, product liability and alarm system investigations. Mazen is a licensed professional engineer and designated consulting engineer, and has qualified as an expert witness in both civil and criminal courts in four Canadian provinces and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. He is also certified at two levels by the Canadian Alarm and Security Association as an alarm technician.