A massage therapy educator and standards-of-care expert with more than 30 years of experience, he focuses on massage therapy ethics, therapist conduct, professional training, certification standards, stress reduction techniques, and employer responsibilities involving massage therapy services. His expert witness work includes criminal and civil matters involving standards of practice, professional boundaries, duty of care, therapist communication, and permissible versus prohibited conduct within the massage therapy profession. In addition to providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony for more than 5 years, he has extensive experience in massage therapy education, therapeutic bodywork, stress management programs, and physical education instruction.

For more than 30 years, he served as Founder and Coordinator of a college-based massage therapy program, where his responsibilities included curriculum development, instruction, student clinic oversight, and massage therapy program administration. His professional background also includes service on the Board of Directors of the California Massage Therapy Council, leadership roles within the American Massage Therapy Association Council of Schools, and consulting work involving stress reduction systems for educational institutions and corporate organizations. He is a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT), Board Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (BCTMB), and an approved continuing education provider who has authored publications and delivered national and international presentations on massage therapy, therapeutic exercise, stress reduction, and active muscle therapy.