Expert No. 127972 – KY
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert specializing in forensic engineering and accident reconstruction. Expertise includes: lifts, hoists, jacks, cranes, industrial machines, hydraulic equipment, tools, material handling, fork lifts, aerial work platforms, loaders, automotive lifts, and scissor lifts. Has more than forty years of engineering, manufacturing, and management experience. Additional expertise in product safety, product failures, product liability, testing, compliance with standards (American National Standards Institue (A.N.S.I.) and International Organization for Standardization (I.S.O.)), and compliance with regulations (Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.), Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), and Department of Transportation (D.O.T.)), and adequacy of warnings, instructions, and labels. Experienced in the development of explanatory exhibits and the preparation of evidence for trial. Prior expert witness experience.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Product liability.
- Lifting equipment of all types.
- Construction accidents.
- Aerial work platforms.
- Hoists, cranes, jacks.
- Material handling.
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- 15+ years of consulting in the field of design, manufacturing and testing of hydraulic, pneumatic and electro-mechanical lifting and load bearing devices including automotive, light construction, industrial and material handling applications.
Licenses & Certifications:
| Certificate in Mobile Crane and Rigging Considerations, Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau |
| Certificate in Basic Reliability and Maintainability Analysis, Illinois Valley Community College |
| Numerous other certfications. |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS | Mechanical Engineering | Lehigh University |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Decades of experience in consulting engineering, corporate management, and manufacturing of engineered products.
- Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers
- American College of Forensic Examiners
- American National Standards Institute
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- American Welding Society
- American Wood Preservers Institute
- Automotive Lift Institute
- Construction Industry Manufacturers Association
- Equipment and Tool Institute
- Institute of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers
- Kentucky Chapter of Hazardous Materials Managers
- Material Handling Industry of America
- National Association of Trailer Manufacturers
- National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association
- National Safety Council
- North American Die Casting Association
- Scaffold Industry Association
- Service Technicians Society
- Small Business Administration
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Specialized Carriers and Riggers Association
- Standards Engineering Society
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
- World Safety Organization
Awards & Honors:
| Metro 100 largest privately owned companies |
| Small Business Administration Exporter of the Year |
Other Career Highlights:
| In-house documents covering a wide range of subject matter. |
| Numerous chapters and articles in books, magazines, and newsletters. |
