This optical engineering expert has over 20 years of professional experience in optical system engineering, photonics technologies, and electro-optical design. The expert offers services as an optical system engineering expert witness in matters involving optical systems, laser technologies, and photonics-based engineering applications. Technical work includes the development and analysis of optical components, imaging systems, and laser-based technologies used in advanced engineering and scientific environments.

Technical expertise includes optical system and component design, including freespace optic components, micro-optics, laser packaging, and optical imaging and illumination system development. Engineering work incorporates lens design, sequential and non-sequential optical modeling, optical active alignment, and optomechanical tolerance analysis used to evaluate the performance and reliability of optical systems. Experience also includes application of geometric and physical optics principles to imaging and illumination systems, along with analysis of stray light behavior and optical system tolerances during design and testing.

Additional technical experience includes electro-optical testing and photonics analysis, including optical measurement techniques related to modulation transfer functions (MTF), scattering behavior using bidirectional scattering distribution functions (BSDF), colorimetry, and Raman spectroscopy. The expert’s background also includes LADAR spatial filter modeling and development of optical systems used in imaging and sensing technologies, along with leadership roles directing optical engineering activities and managing research and development programs involving photonics systems. Academic credentials include a Master of Science in Electro-Optics and a Bachelor of Science in Physics with a minor in Computer Science, and the expert holds multiple patents related to optical system technologies.