A metallurgical engineer with approximately 40 years of experience in pressure vessels, piping systems, and welding engineering has more than 30 years of expert witness involvement in matters related to industrial equipment, construction, and product performance. His work includes consultation, depositions, expert reports, and testimony in cases involving pressure vessel failures, piping system issues, and compliance with engineering standards across industrial and nuclear environments.

His technical expertise includes metallurgy, welding procedures and qualifications, and quality assurance for pressure-retaining equipment, with extensive application of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, piping codes, and National Board Inspection Code requirements. He has experience evaluating material selection, fabrication processes, nondestructive examination, inservice inspection and testing programs, and repair and modification practices for operating systems. His background also includes valve design and application and quality systems for power generation and industrial facilities.

In addition to serving as president and principal consultant of an engineering firm, he has held roles as a metallurgist, welding engineer, and quality assurance manager, with longstanding involvement in engineering code development and standards activities. He has authored technical publications, coauthored multiple editions of a leading reference guide to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, and conducted extensive training on pressure vessel inspection, repair, and accreditation for industrial and nuclear organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with a materials engineering emphasis and maintains longstanding membership and leadership roles within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), as well as participation in the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and ASM International. He is the recipient of multiple professional honors recognizing his contributions to engineering codes and standards, including the ASME Dedicated Service Award, the Bernard F. Langer Nuclear Codes and Standards Award, and the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal.