Candidate for
Council Member; City of Mission Viejo

A resident of Mission Viejo, California since 1989 Mr. Kiss is not a career politician interested in the status quo or in the pocket of interest groups. Mr. Desi J. Kiss, M.S., P.E. is rather a well-rounded engineering and construction manager, author, educator and businessman.

He received his Master Degree in Engineering from California State University + Fullerton, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of California and Michigan. In addition to his duties as the principal manager of DJK Engineering, Mr. Kiss has been teaching at the California State University + Fullerton since January 2001. He also served as an engineering Part-Time Faculty at Saddleback College in the late 90's and at Orange Coast College from 2002 to 2008. As a Part-Time Faculty Mr. Kiss's area of expertise is in the field of structural design and engineering, and taught graduate and undergraduate engineering classes for the Division of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil & Environmental Departments.

Over his 25-year career, he has served in many capacities; most recently as principal manager of DJK Engineering. Mr. Kiss served as lead structural design engineer for Boeing's Delta IV Rocket Manufacturing Facility in Decatur Alabama, one of the World's largest structures. Mr. Kiss also had a lead role on the structural engineering team that designed and engineered the National Ignition Facility located in Livermore, California. The Department of Energy's National Ignition facility is a 3 billion-dollar project that houses the World's largest laser.

Mr. Kiss is a member or affiliated with several engineering and professional organizations such as: the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), and the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC). He has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and structural engineering articles in various US and European professional engineering publications. The latest articles published in the Modern Steel Construction Magazine, Structural Engineer Magazine, and Engineered Systems Magazine, are available on DJK Engineering's website and others are available online

Prior to forming DJK Engineering in 2002, Mr. Kiss held various structural engineering supervisory positions with large corporations such as: Washington Group International (Morrison Knudsen), Parsons Corporation, The Austin Company and The Walt Disney Company.