Bringing more than 10 years of experience in arboriculture, urban forestry, and environmental consulting, this arborist expert witness specializes in tree risk assessment, arboricultural evaluation, canopy studies, tree and landscape appraisal, environmental permitting, and tree-related regulatory matters. He holds a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree and currently serves in a senior leadership role managing environmental and multidisciplinary projects throughout Florida. His experience includes providing expert witness services, consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving trees, landscapes, environmental impacts, permitting issues, and arboricultural standards.

At the center of his professional practice is arboriculture and urban forestry consulting. Areas of expertise include arborist assessments, tree risk assessments, tree inventories, canopy studies, tree preservation planning, tree removal permitting, landscape design, landscape inspection, plan review, and tree and landscape appraisals. His tree inventory and assessment work has included the evaluation of more than 100,000 trees through municipal, transportation, and environmental projects. He has also provided technical evaluations involving municipal tree programs, hurricane-related tree impacts, urban forest management initiatives, green infrastructure planning, and matters concerning tree condition, risk, valuation, maintenance practices, and regulatory compliance.

An additional area of concentration involves environmental permitting, transportation infrastructure projects, and environmental compliance. For more than a decade, he has managed transportation-related environmental projects involving National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, environmental resource permitting, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) compliance inspections, mitigation monitoring, landscape construction inspection, and maintenance oversight. Professional experience also includes climate change studies, sea level rise assessments, environmental planning initiatives, and multidisciplinary projects serving both public and private sector clients. His work has contributed to environmental planning efforts addressing climate adaptation, urban sustainability, and resource management throughout Florida.

Distinguishing his background is a longstanding record of leadership and professional engagement within the urban forestry community. Professional credentials include Certified Arborist designation through the International Society of Arboriculture, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector and Instructor certification, Certified Green Industries Best Management Practices Instructor designation, and Certified Maintenance of Traffic credentials. Leadership roles include service as President of the Florida Urban Forestry Council, four years as Chair and Moderator of the Urban Forestry Institute, and current service as Marketing Chair for the Florida Urban Forestry Council. Professional organization involvement includes membership in the International Society of Arboriculture, the Florida Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, the Landscape Inspectors Association of Florida, the South Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, and the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative. A notable credibility anchor is his extensive involvement in urban forestry education through statewide training programs, professional presentations, conference leadership, publications addressing urban forestry and canopy analysis, and contributions to climate-related environmental planning initiatives.