A maritime professional with more than 30 years of hands-on experience as a vessel captain and operator, this expert earned an **Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration with a minor in Office Supervision from Rio Hondo Community College** and completed specialized coursework in **seamanship, marine electrical and electronics systems, piloting, and navigation through the U.S. Power and Sail Squadrons**, where he also taught elements of marine electronics. He focuses on boating safety, navigation, and marine incident evaluation. His background includes work as a vessel captain, charter business owner/operator, and boating safety consultant, with responsibility for navigation, vessel maintenance, and passenger and crew safety. His expertise includes boating accidents involving vessel collisions, sinking incidents, and equipment failures across pleasure craft, yachts, personal watercraft, and sport fishing vessels, as well as the evaluation of vessel seaworthiness, marine electronics, navigation systems, maintenance practices, operational decision-making, and charter boat liability.

He has provided expert witness services since 2013, including consultation and deposition testimony in cases involving boating accidents and operational safety for both plaintiff and defense matters. He has held leadership roles as a captain and as founder and director of a maritime nonprofit focused on boating access and safety programs. He has authored more than 2,000 published articles on marine electronics, navigation, and boating practices and has experience as an instructor and public speaker.

He holds a U.S. Coast Guard Captain's License and a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). He also has experience in firearms safety, including work as a firearm safety instructor and involvement in retail firearm operations.