Tara Podnar McMahan is a principal engineer within the DNV‘s pipeline integrity solutions group based in-office in Columbus, Ohio.

Ms. McMahan joined DNV in 2005 after obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree from the Ohio State University in Material Science & Engineering.  Since joining DNV, Tara has worked and led in most areas of integrity management, including seam weld management, cracking susceptibility programs, assessment and reassessment strategies, pipeline repairs, program development and enhancement, incident response, corrosion growth, and advanced data integration, and risk.  She is passionate about pipeline integrity and positioning the pipeline industry to take a lead role in a reduced carbon-intensive future.