With more than 55 years in freight transportation and waterfront operations, he has built a career centered on longshore safety, OSHA compliance, marine terminal operations, and transportation risk management. His experience spans trucking operations, breakbulk and dry bulk cargo handling, container terminals, hazardous materials safety, and waterfront security programs. Over the course of his career, he has developed and managed safety programs for stevedoring and terminal companies, established OSHA-required safety committees, conducted safety inspections and training, and designed fall protection systems for crane and waterfront operations. His work has also included OSHA compliance consulting, regulatory fine mitigation, and hazardous cargo fatality prevention initiatives.

Much of his operational background comes from leadership positions within trucking, stevedoring, and terminal management organizations, including oversight of multi-port cargo and vessel operations throughout major U.S. ports. He managed one of the first non-union stevedoring companies in the United States and supervised operations involving breakbulk, bulk, heavy-lift, and container cargo. His responsibilities included employee training, operational safety oversight, personnel management, contract administration, and coordination with agencies such as OSHA, the EPA, the U.S. Coast Guard, and port authorities. In addition, he developed and implemented Facility Security Plans under the Maritime Transportation Security Act and directed the related drills, exercises, and employee training programs required for regulatory compliance.

In addition to operational leadership, he has provided occupational safety and maritime consulting services involving safety program evaluation, transportation security planning, OSHA compliance strategies, and longshore training programs for both new and experienced workers. He holds a Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health and has completed extensive OSHA and maritime industry training, including certifications related to hazardous materials compliance, port facility security, occupational safety instruction, and maritime safety standards. His background also includes service in maritime safety leadership organizations and prior expert witness experience involving transportation and waterfront safety matters.