With more than 20 years of experience in mechanical and forensic engineering, this Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (C.F.E.I.) specializes in fire and explosion investigations, mechanical and electrical failure analysis, and root cause investigations. He has conducted more than 2,000 investigations, ranging from pipe ruptures to major industrial plant explosions. His expertise includes boiler, furnace, pressure vessel, piping, steam turbine, and gas turbine failures and explosions; fire cause and origin; electrical and appliance fires; fractures, corrosion, and material properties; industrial accidents; heavy and construction equipment; process facility and power plant damage; repair and replacement cost estimating; and radiation and contamination hazards. He has more than 20 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

His professional background includes positions as Director of Fires and Explosions, Senior Managing Consultant, President and Chief Engineer, Manager and Senior Consulting Engineer, Consulting Engineer, Associate Engineer, Construction Foreman, Engineering Watch Supervisor, Leading Engineering Laboratory Technician, and technical instructor within forensic engineering, engineering consulting, construction, and military organizations. His work has encompassed investigations of mechanical and electrical failures, fires and explosions, industrial machinery and rotating equipment, boilers and pressure vessels, turbines, piping systems, diesel engines, cranes, man-lifts, forklifts, mining and construction equipment, product liability matters, and hazardous waste operations. He has also evaluated damage to industrial and power generation facilities and provided repair and replacement cost estimates for machinery and equipment.

His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an Associate of Science, supplemented by specialized training in failure analysis, fracture mechanics, fractography, fatigue and corrosion, turbomachinery, fire and explosion investigation, hazardous waste operations and emergency response, and fire protection. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states, a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, and holds NCEES certification and training in OSHA hazardous waste operations and emergency response. His professional affiliations include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASM International, and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.