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Doug Coppi is an internationally regarded entrepreneur and former business executive who left a highly successful, 25-year career in construction engineering and management to found Curtain Call Productions, LLC. Since founding CCP in 2002, Doug has dedicated himself to bringing his creative business, engineering, technology, visualization and presentation skills to the production and publishing of inspirational multimedia works for the faith-based and secular community.

After graduating magna cum laude with a BS in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1977, Doug embarked upon a career as an independent consultant in the construction engineering and management industry. The company Doug founded, Coppi and Associates, Inc., pioneered the use of computerized methods to analyze the building of some of the world's largest and most complex construction projects. With the advent of the digital graphics and video revolution, Doug developed unique and innovative visual methods to present his findings to non-technical audiences. Doug has worked with everything from the first Unix microcomputers and rudimentary graphic generating programs to the latest digital video editing workstations.

In 1995, PricewaterhouseCoopers purchased Doug's company and expertise making him a Senior Partner and Global Director of PWC's Construction Risk & Dispute Resolution Advisory, as well as Global Director of Engineering and Construction Industry Services. Doug was instrumental in developing markets and opening offices for these services in London, Berlin, Melbourne, Seoul and Hong Kong.

After leaving PWC in 2000, Doug became Co-Chairman and Founder of The Construction Services Network and President of SOC & Associates, Inc., both of which continued to provide engineering and management consulting for some of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world. Among the high profile construction projects Doug has been involved with are the 2002 Winter Olympic Village, the Boston Central Artery and Tunnel, the Athens Subway System, the Hoover Dame Visitor's Center, the Denver International Airport, the Italian High Speed Rail, the London Underground, and the Beirut Airport.

Doug is also a founding partner (in 2000) of CPC & Partners of Seoul Korea, a company specializing in helping international corporations develop their business interests in Korea and with Korean companies and agencies.

Doug has a number of professional affiliations, including with the American Society of Engineers and the Project Management Institute. He has authored, edited or been a contributor to numerous industry publications, and continues to be a sought-after speaker for a variety of conferences and seminars around the globe.