Expert No. 96911 – MN
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting expert specializing in management and engineering in the textile maintenance (laundry and dry cleaning) industries. Expertise includes: clean room laundries, industrial laundries, commercial laundries, textile rental laundries, hospital laundries, hotel laundries, coin laundries, and professional dry cleaning. Has conducted and carried out projects domestically and internationally. Professional Engineer (P.E.). Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Operational deaths caused by equipment malfunctions and improper corporate training techniques and procedures.
- Inability of company to adequately train employees on all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandated workplace safety procedures.
- Lack of corporate leadership on environmental issues as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Lack of training for employees on health and safety guidelines and procedures.
- Corporate negligence on regulatory guidelines and procedures.
- Corporate negligence in providing a safe and regulated workplace.
- Corporate omission in the preparation and training of staff on OSHA mandated practices.
- Corporate omission in the preparation and training of staff on EPA mandated policies.
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Preparation of business plan documents and reports for board approval and/or loan documents.
- Preparation of AIA recommended specifications for new/renovated commercial laundry operations.
- Preparation of AIA recommended construction drawings and related documents for new/renovated commercial laundry operations.
- On-site monitoring of construction and equipment related activities during installation, testing, start-up, and staff training.
- Verification of plant production numbers in sorting, washing, drying, ironing, and power house support functions.
- Measurements and calculations of water, sewage, electrical, and energy systems.
- Monitoring of labor production trends and determine if such trends are in line with labor projections.
Licenses & Certifications:
| National Society of Professional Engineers (Expired) |
| California Society of Professional Engineers (Expired) |
| Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia (Expired) |
| American Association of Textile Colorists and Chemists (Expired) |
| American Society of Professional Engineers (Expired) |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | Mechanical Engineering | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | |
| MA | Hospital Administration | Northwestern University | |
| BS | Mechanical Engineering | Louisiana State University, New Orleans |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- American Society of Professional Engineers
- Association of Laundry Managers (ALM)
Other Career Highlights:
| Published dozens of trade journal periodicals. |
| Published technical articles for international trade journals. |
| Spoke at industry related assemblies all over the globe. |
