This fire protection and fire safety engineering expert witness has more than 35 years of experience in fire protection engineering, fire safety system analysis, code compliance, fire cause-and-origin investigations, and forensic fire protection consulting. His expertise encompasses the design, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection, and failure analysis of fire protection systems, including fire detection, smoke detection, carbon monoxide detection, fire alarms, central station systems, sprinkler systems, fire suppression systems, and smoke control systems. He also has substantial expert witness experience involving consultations, depositions, courtroom testimony, mediation, and arbitration related to fire protection and fire safety matters.

His professional background includes extensive work involving wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action, mist, antifreeze, and fire pump sprinkler systems, as well as investigations concerning sprinkler leakage, freeze damage, water damage, unwanted system activation, and fire suppression performance. Additional areas of technical focus include commercial kitchen hood and vent fire suppression systems, fire and smoke barriers, firestopping systems, building materials, fire resistance ratings, means of egress, emergency lighting, exit signage, and compliance with building, life safety, and fire codes. His work further includes fire hazard analysis, fire spread and smoke spread evaluation, fire modeling, human behavior during fire events, and analyses involving lithium-ion battery fire protection and OSHA safety issues.

A licensed Professional Engineer, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering and has maintained professional engineering licensure in numerous jurisdictions throughout the United States. His career has included engineering consulting, forensic investigations, fire protection system evaluations, fire alarm and sprinkler inspection analysis, and review of fire safety compliance across commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, healthcare, and residential facilities. He has additionally conducted analyses involving vehicle fires, marine fires, explosions, arson-related incidents, gas detection systems, and fire cause-and-origin determinations.

Throughout his career, he has participated in professional organizations and technical activities connected to fire protection engineering, fire investigation, code enforcement, and fire safety standards development, including involvement with the National Fire Protection Association and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. His litigation-related work has involved analysis of fire protection system performance, code compliance issues, fire causation, suppression-system failures, construction defects, fire spread, smoke movement, and safety engineering practices associated with fire-related losses, fatalities, injuries, and property damage claims. His experience includes approximately 258 career cases, more than 80 depositions, and over 40 trial testimonies.