A parachuting and skydiving expert with more than 25 years of experience offers specialized knowledge in parachute operations, rigging, and instructional training. His background includes more than 13,000 skydives, including over 11,000 instructional jumps, along with advanced instructional and evaluation roles involving accelerated freefall (AFF), tandem skydiving, and coach development. He has also served as a Safety and Training Advisor, contributing to oversight of operational safety, instructional quality, and training standards. He also has prior expert witness experience, with knowledge applicable to parachute equipment, rigging practices, instructional standards, and safety procedures.

His expertise includes parachute rigging, equipment inspection, reserve parachute packing, drop zone operations, and skydiving instruction. As the owner and operator of a skydiving school for more than 11 years, he was responsible for training, instructional programs, operational management, and safety oversight. He has extensive experience evaluating parachute equipment, instructor qualifications, and operational practices within recreational and instructional skydiving environments.

He is an FAA-certified Master Parachute Rigger and has completed more than 1,300 reserve parachute repacks, resulting in 33 documented reserve deployments with no losses. He holds Master, Advanced, Intermediate, and Basic skydiving licenses, along with advanced ratings as an AFF Instructor, AFF Evaluator, Static Line Instructor, Tandem Instructor, Tandem Examiner, and Coach Course Director, reflecting extensive expertise in parachute operations, rigging, instruction, and skydiving safety.