With more than 20 years of experience in human factors and ergonomics, this expert specializes in occupational and environmental safety, with expertise spanning human factors engineering, industrial ergonomics, product safety, occupational safety and health, workplace safety, premises safety, customer safety, employee safety, environmental health and safety, consumer products, agriculture, mining, steel production, railroads, retail environments, and office ergonomics. His experience includes ergonomic workstation design, product warnings and instructions, job analysis, musculoskeletal disorder prevention, organizational design, safety training, accident prevention, and safety management across diverse industrial and commercial settings. He has more than 5 years of experience as a human factors and ergonomics expert witness, providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.

His professional background includes service as Professor, Chairperson and Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Graduate Program Coordinator at a public university with occupational and environmental safety and health programs; Associate Professor and Assistant Professor at universities offering industrial engineering and safety engineering programs; Visiting Lecturer for postgraduate occupational and environmental safety and health programs; Outreach Specialist for a university-based agricultural safety research program; Consultant and Expert Witness in human factors, ergonomics, and occupational safety; Consultant and Instructor for a national quality management training program; and Senior Project Analyst for an ergonomics consulting firm. In these roles, he directed research and consulting projects involving product safety, human factors engineering, industrial ergonomics, occupational safety, agricultural safety, mining operations, steel production, railroad systems, office ergonomics, workstation design, organizational safety, quality management, and environmental health and safety. His work has included ergonomic evaluations, safety interventions, workplace design, hazard analysis, product liability prevention, OSHA-related issues, warnings and instructions, training programs, and safety assessments across manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, agriculture, retail, and consumer product environments.

In addition to his consulting and academic work, he has served as principal investigator on numerous government-funded occupational safety and ergonomics research projects and has authored extensive peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, technical reports, and conference presentations addressing human factors engineering, industrial ergonomics, agricultural safety, mining safety, product safety, workstation design, quality management, organizational ergonomics, and occupational injury prevention. His qualifications are further supported by a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Human Factors/Sociotechnical Systems, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with a concentration in Ergonomics/Product Design, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, certifications as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), and professional memberships in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Society of Safety Engineers.