A veteran maritime transportation professional with more than 45 years of experience in the marine petroleum industry, this expert specializes in tanker chartering, tanker inspection and vetting programs, and operational risk management associated with petroleum shipping and terminal operations. He has experience providing expert witness services involving litigation consultation and deposition testimony related to tanker operations, maritime transportation practices, and petroleum cargo handling.

His professional experience includes senior leadership roles overseeing marine transportation programs and tanker vetting operations for large petroleum shipping activities. In these roles, he supervised the review and vetting of more than 1,200 ocean-going petroleum tankers and a comparable number of inland oil and chemical barges each year while overseeing hundreds of tanker voyage charters and time charter operations for global fleets transporting crude oil and refined petroleum products. His responsibilities also included managing offshore petroleum export system planning, marine terminal operational safety, and logistics for deep-draft petroleum storage terminals and tanker berths. Additional experience includes shipyard modification programs, oil spill response coordination, tanker and barge fleet acquisition due diligence, and preparation of petroleum tanker operating procedures approved by maritime regulators.

Earlier maritime service includes licensed deck officer positions on petroleum tankers and command of a dynamically positioned deep-ocean drilling vessel, along with academic instruction in maritime operations and tanker systems. He holds a Master of Science in Technical Systems Management and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation. He has held United States Coast Guard credentialing as Master of ocean vessels of any tonnage and has authored technical publications addressing tanker operations and maritime safety practices within the petroleum shipping industry.