With more than 40 years of experience in the aviation industry, this expert specializes in aircraft maintenance, turbine and piston engines, aircraft overhaul, component repair, aviation safety, aircraft valuation, risk assessment, and aviation maintenance management. His expertise includes commercial and business aircraft, auxiliary power units (APUs), aircraft engines, hydraulic components, supplemental type certificates (STCs), type certificates (TCs), maintenance records, airworthiness compliance, and certified aircraft appraisals. He also has more than 20 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving aviation maintenance, aircraft valuation, aircraft components, and aviation-related disputes.

His professional experience includes serving as Aviation Consultant, Product Team Leader, Engine Product Support Manager, Aircraft Overhaul Manager, Component Maintenance Supervisor, Overhaul Mechanic, and Senior Certified Aircraft Appraiser for private aviation consulting firms, commercial aviation organizations, and the aviation maintenance industry. Throughout his career, he has managed aircraft overhaul programs, engine and component repair operations, maintenance compliance, quality assurance initiatives, vendor audits, safety engineering programs, and aviation training for large commercial aircraft fleets. His work also includes conducting certified aircraft appraisals, determining the value of aircraft, engines, components, type certificates, and supplemental type certificates, evaluating damage-related diminution in value, performing maintenance record investigations for regulatory compliance and airworthiness, and providing risk assessments for the insurance industry. He has also developed aviation safety courses and delivered training for government agencies and aviation maintenance personnel.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics and holds a Federal Aviation Administration Airframe and Powerplant Certificate. He is a Senior Certified Aircraft Appraiser (PSCA), a Qualified Aircraft Buyers Agent, and is qualified under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). His professional affiliations include the Professional Aircraft Appraisal Organization, the National Aircraft Appraisers Association, the International Society of Safety Professionals, the Antique Airplane Association, and the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. His expert witness experience includes matters involving aircraft valuation, engine failures, supplemental type certificates, aircraft damage, regulatory compliance, insurance disputes, and technical aviation issues in state, federal, and international proceedings.