Leveraging more than 25 years of experience in the flooring industry, this independent nationally certified floor covering inspector and expert witness provides objective, reliable, and factual analysis involving flooring inspections, consulting, moisture testing, and flooring failure evaluation for residential, institutional, hospitality, retail, and commercial properties throughout the northeastern United States. The expert has performed more than 10,000 flooring inspections and has more than 5 years of experience providing consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in flooring-related matters involving hardwood flooring, residential and commercial carpet, woven and wool carpet systems, laminate flooring, carpet tile, ceramic tile, vinyl tile and sheet flooring, rubber tile and sheet flooring, bamboo flooring, resilient flooring products, and marble and stone flooring systems. Technical expertise includes evaluation of solid and engineered hardwood flooring, substrate conditions, concrete moisture-related flooring concerns, flooring failure analysis, installation condition assessment, flooring performance issues, and moisture mitigation considerations affecting a broad range of floor covering applications in commercial and high-traffic environments. Professional credentials include Certified Carpet Inspector, Certified Wood Floor Inspector, Certified Substrate Inspector, Hard Surface and Specialty Floor Inspector, Resilient Floor Inspector, Ceramic Tile Inspector, and Woven Wool Carpet Inspector through Floor Consultants & Inspection Training Services, as well as Certified Laminate Floor Inspector through the North American Laminate Floor Association. Additional training has included concrete moisture testing, subfloor preparation, hardwood flooring science, sanding and finishing methods, adhesives, and flooring inspection methodologies. Academic credentials include a Master of Business Administration earned summa cum laude and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.