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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert experienced in reconstruction and biomechanical analysis of accidents, including but not limited to wrongful death, product liability, railway matters, maritime accidents, homicide, criminal matters, slip/trip and falls, falls from heights, premises liability, human factors issues, pediatric injuries, industrial accidents, gun shots, aviation accidents, law enforcement, fireworks accidents, high and low speed vehicle collisions, pedestrian collisions, tractor-trailer collisions, motorcycle collisions, bicycle collisions, and helmet/protective equipment issues. Ph.D... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Industry executive and scholar with more than fifteen years of experience in aviation. Expertise includes: airline management, transportation, travel, hospitality, and tourism. Has more than ten years of professional experience with business, strategy, and marketing plan development. Has give more than 1,000 interviews with the media on various aviation topics... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S.M.E., A.T.P. - Consulting expert specializing in Aviation Engineering. Current airline captain. Rotorcraft helicopter rating. Previous flight instructor. Engineer in MD-80 / MD-90 / DC-10 / MD-11 certification / Flight Test programs. Aviation accident investigation / reconstruction. Commercial, corporate, charter, cargo, military, general, and experimental aviation. System / powerplant malfunctions, operational issues, maintenance / mechanical issues, component design / failure, regulatory issues, human factors, airports / airfields, ATC issues, aircraft... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with more than 40 years of wide-ranging experience in the insurance industry. Expertise includes: insurance, risk management, insurance fraud, property insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, excess and surplus lines insurance, homeowners insurance, and workers compensation. Additional expertise in aviation insurance, marine insurance, yacht insurance, liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance, bad faith, insurance claims, excess and umbrella insurance, offshore insurance, duty of care insurance, and custom and practice... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting expert specialized in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering and management with over 45 years of varied experience in commercial aviation. Expert in engine and propulsion (development, alteration, noise attenuation, repair and maintenance). Specialist in FAA and EASA regulation and certification. Expert in equipment purchases, leasing, and insurance issues; accident investigation and failure analysis; and aircraft salvage and rebuilding. Experienced in establishing and directing engineering, maintenance, and alteration facilities... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with over 30 years experience working in aviation and quality control agencies. Recently retired FAA Aviation Safety Inspector. Experienced with FAA regulations, policies, guidance, and advisory circulars that govern the issuance of expert / domestic airworthiness approvals, production approval systems, and related controls with the aviation manufacturing industry for parts 21, 24, 43, and 145. Extensive knowledge of manufacturing systems / processes, special processes, inspection and testing methods... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in conducting engineering and analytical studies of the design and performance of automotive and aviation occupant restraint systems and components. Also knowledgeable in the influence of automotive and aviation systems on occupant kinematics during accidents, integrating input from accident reconstruction experts, biomechanical engineers, medical records, and personal inspections and testing in determining compliance with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Practicing and consulting psychiatrist in private practice, staff psychiatry, and corporate psychiatric consulting. Expertise includes employment and workplace topics (wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, employee stress mitigation, etc.); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); aviation events; personal injury cases; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); neurology; grieving processes; recovered memory syndrome; standards of care; head / brain trauma; geriatric delirium; wrongful death; and the psychiatric aspects of physical trauma / medical treatments... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Retired experimental test pilot. Mechanical engineer. Aircraft investigation and causal analysis. Covers airlines, general aviation, and military accidents. Investigations based upon engineering and scientific basis, operational factors, human factors, aircraft certification and statutory compliance under FARs, strict products liability, and aircrew standard of care. Piloting experience extends over 30 years and 10,000 flight hours. Flew as: engineering test pilot in both US Air Force and for McDonnell Douglas; current airline... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert specialized in Mechanical, Biomedical, and Forensic Engineering with more than 25 years experience in the field. Also experienced in accident reconstruction including automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, railroad, marine, and aviation. Other areas of expertise are injury causation biomechanics, product / premises liability, engineering analysis / R & D, medical devices, and patent infringement. Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (Ph.D.). Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Highly knowledgeable aviation expert with over 40 years in aviation accredited investigation, reconstruction and failure analysis. Areas of expertise include evaluation / analysis of aviation safety problems (including airport operations) and accident factors such as pilot error, air traffic control, human factors, weather, engine, flight preparation, aircraft & engine maintenance & records, aircraft structures & systems, investigation procedures & deep water investigation technology, and manuals & checklists. Prior expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with over 30 years experience working in the aviation profession covering both the flight operations and maintenance sectors of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Extensive and diversified background in aviation has given him the foundation of a broad knowledge base affording the necessary skills to efficiently research and compile supporting documentation in regard to legal cases requiring expert opinion, consulting, and testimony. Aviation expertise includes but is not... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Consulting expert with more than 45 years experience in the field of Civil and Structural Engineering. Expertise consists of design and construction foundations, pavements, plumbing, domestic water supply systems, wastewater collection and treatment systems, plumbing systems, highways, major drainage projects and aviation facilities, water supply and sanitary sewerage systems, buildings and bridges. Prior expert witness experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting Aeronautical / Mechanical Engineer specializing in fire physics, thermodynamics, combustion, and heat / mass transfer. Expertise includes: micro-gravity combustion; micro-combustion power generation; meso- and micro-scale combustion; self-heating, pyrolysis, and self-ignition of combustible materials; liquid fuel pool burning; smoldering and transition to flaming; ignition / fire propagation in solid and liquid fuels; wild-land fire propagation; and wild-land fire spotting through burning particles and embers. Additional experience in explosions... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in accident investigation and reconstruction; wreckage analysis; structural reconstruction; design defect analysis; power plant and vehicle maintenance reviews; systems analysis and redundant system integration and analysis; failure analysis of materials and structures; stress analysis of structures and mechanical components of systems; stress corrosion cracking including the analysis of the interrelationship of stress and corrosive environments to component failure; slip and fall involving architectural issues and slippery surfaces, stairway design... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Consulting fire protection engineer, specializing in combustion science, fire modeling, fire protection engineering, fire research, heat transfer, optical properties of surfaces, and thermal physics. Experienced in matters pertaining to combustion and explosions; thermal radiation; foam, gas phase, and powder fire extinguishers; smoke detectors; private and commercial aircraft fires, vehicle fires and watercraft fires; residential building fires; commercial building fires; industrial building fires; rural, suburban, and urban fire... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: CPA, CFF, CVA. - Consulting expert specializing in Forensic Accounting, with an emphasis on measurement of financial damages related to business interruption, business valuation, commercial litigation, construction claims, delays and defects, consequential damages, contractual disputes, economic damages, first party property claims, fraud and fidelity losses, insurance claims, intellectual property, inventory losses, marital dissolution or divorce, loss of earnings, loss of income or profits, partnership disputes, personal injury, product liability, property... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.C.T.A.R., C.F.C. - Certified Forensic Consultant (C.F.C.) specializing in Forensic Accident Reconstruction. Expertise includes automobile accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, ballistics and firearms, digital forensics, premises liability, slip and fall accidents, and 3d animations and visualizations. Member of Accident Reconstruction Network (A.R.C.). Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (A.C.T.A.R.). Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.A., LL.M., J.D. - Practicing attorney specializing in transportation, aviation, and maritime law and policy. Expertise includes: cargo (including loss and damage); transportation (trucking, air freight, boat); freight forwarding; cargo, hull, and marine insurance; international / domestic trade; air carrier liability litigation; export management; logistics; and recreational boating. Multiple publications. Invited lecturer. He has substantial experience in the areas of trade and transportation law, cargo loss and damage, carrier and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert specializing in Airline Finance and Airline Economics. Airline Finance expertise includes business plans, cost rebalancing, benchmarking, cost reduction, insolvency study and analysis, supply and demand study, aircraft lease vs. purchase, and market forecasting. Airline Economics expertise includes low cost airlines, fuel hedging analysis, open skies agreement - the impact for local airlines, airline revenue management, and demand forecasting and market share analysis. Professor of Economics and... » Read Complete Profile

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