TORRANCE, CA—Commercial real estate riskmanagement expert Bill Tryon has joinedPartner Engineering and Science as director ofstrategic development, based in the firm's Torrance, CA,headquarters. In this new roll, Tryon will help the firm to expandits environmental, engineering and construction risk managementinitiatives.

“Partner has a passion for the due diligence business and forindustry improvement that is a natural fit with my approach to theindustry,” Tryon tells GlobeSt.com about his leap to join the firm,noting that Partner gives him a platform to continue his work.“Since 1990, I have worked to develop and modify methods of riskmanagement in the construction and environmental arenas in a waythat makes sense for the commercial real estate industry. As a SVPat Wells Fargo, I witnessed wide variations in therisk tolerance of borrowers and scope of work performed byconsultants. I have consulted with lenders and governmentalagencies and worked through groups like the EnvironmentalBankers Association and ASTM to promoteconsistency and true consulting, and to encourage a thoughtfulapproach to due diligence. My position as director ofstrategic development at Partner will enable me to focus on theseefforts full time, which is a truly unique and exciting position tobe in,” he explains.

Tryon has more than 30 years of experience in the duediligence industry, and a resume that includes workingwith some of the top institutions, including, as he mentions, WellsFargo and LandAmerica. He has workedinternationally as well, serving as the vice president andtechnical director of two international due diligence consultingfirms. In his lofty career, Tryon has not only enforced duediligence policies but help to write and create policies forenvironmental due diligence, construction risk and seismic risk.“Early in our industry's history, Bill was at the forefront ofcreating due diligence policies and has seen what property cyclescan do to shed light on risky practices in commercial real estatetransactions,” Joseph Derhake, president ofPartner Engineering says about Tryon.