A machine design engineer and expert witness with more than 30 years of experience, this professional specializes in product and machine design, design adequacy, quality control, guarding, interlocks, reliability, human factors, warnings, and accident reconstruction. Prior expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. Litigation-related expertise encompasses product liability, patent disputes, machine and equipment accidents, and evaluation of whether product designs, safety features, instructions, warnings, and operating systems were adequate for their intended use.

Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Professional qualifications include licensure as a Professional Engineer and Board Certified Diplomate status in Forensic Engineering through the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, where the expert has also served as president. Professional affiliations include the Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Safety Engineers, American Society for Quality, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and National Society of Professional Engineers.

Engineering experience spans home appliances, institutional equipment, power tools, lawn and garden and turf-care equipment, industrial and off-road vehicles, agricultural machinery, and production equipment. Leadership roles have included Engineering Manager, Chief Engineer for Test and Reliability, Vice President of Engineering, and Vice President of Engineering and Quality Control, with responsibility for product development, safety testing, reliability programs, quality assurance, manufacturing engineering, and design review. Technical work has included operator-presence interlocks, barrier guards, fail-safe analysis, warning labels, product recalls, brake systems, rollover and tip-over analysis, fire safety testing, equipment noise, and design modifications intended to reduce injury risk.

Further professional authority includes authorship and teaching on machine safety, ergonomics, riding mower accidents, warnings, forensic engineering, human factors, product liability, and accident reconstruction. The expert also holds 4 U.S. patents and has presented on codes, standards, product safety, and integration of safety principles into machinery design. This combination of product engineering, reliability testing, human factors, safety analysis, and forensic investigation supports evaluation of machine design, guarding, warnings, accident causation, and alleged product defects in disputed matters.