Knowledge you need. Experience you want.
QUALIFICATIONS
Mechanical Engineer • Structural Engineer • Civil Engineer • Safety Professional • Fire Investigator • Explosion Investigator •Industrial Accidents • Farm/Heavy Equipment Incidents • Plumbing Failures • Failure Analysis • Water Leak Source and Causation • Structure and Equipment Fire Origin and Cause Determination • Product Safety • Machine Guarding and Effective Warnings • Fire Protection Systems • Construction Safety • Accident Reconstruction • Slip, Trip, and Fall • Hazardous Materials •Process Safety • Pipeline Risk Analysis and Safety • Offshore Marine Safety and Failure Analysis • Premises Safety • Design and Manufacturing Defects • Occupational Safety • Lightning • Wind and Storm Damage • Boats • Personal Watercraft • ATV/UTV • Off Road Vehicle • Compressed Natural Gas • Oil and Gas Safety
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 – Present, Senior Consulting and Forensic Engineer
1997 – 1998, Engineering Consultant, ATA Associates, Inc.
1996 – 1997, Senior Specialist Engineer, Boeing Aerospace Operations
1991 – 1996, Senior Fire Protection and Safety Engineer, Institutional, NASA, Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX
1990 – 1991, Senior Reliability and Maintainability Engineer, GFE, NASA,
Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX
1987 – 1990, Reliability and Maintainability Engineer, Orbiter, NASA, Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX
1984 – 1987, Reliability Engineer, Boeing Aerospace Operations
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Crane accidents (causation, safety)
- Industrial accidents (safety and/or design)
- Farm/heavy equipment incidents
- Single and multi-fatality gas explosions
- Structural failure analysis
- Water leak and damage causation
- Equipment fire cause determination
- Consumer product safety
- Fire protection systems; suppression and detection
EDUCATION
1984, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
2004 thru 2010, TEEX East Texas Arson Seminar, Longview, Texas,
2003, NAFI, Vehicle Fire Arson & Explosion Investigation
2000, Small Power Watercraft Training Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri
1999, SAE Int’l Congress & Expo 99, PC-CRASH & PC-RECT Workshop, Detroit, Michigan
1998, Supplemental Inflatable Restraint Awareness, ATA Associates, Houston, Texas
1997, Traffic Accident Reconstruction, TAARS-SOAR-WATAI Conf., Texas A&M University
1994 – 95, HAZWOPER, On-Scene Incident Commander, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1995, NAFI, Determining the Cause & Origin of Fires & Explosions, Schaumburg, Il
1995, Texas A&M University, TEEX, Fire Prevention III, College Station, Texas
1994, Fire Hazard & Life Safety/Building Inspection Practices, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1994, Overhead Cranes and Materials Handling, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1993, Fire Protection, OSHA 207 Part 1, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1992, OSHA Construction Safety Fundamentals, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1992, 1995, Accident Investigation Course (MORT), NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
1992, 1994, Risk Management and System Safety I & II, NASA, JSC, Houston, Texas
Ongoing Continuing Education for Engineering, Fire and Safety
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40 Years and Counting...
When you think of the number of projects in those 40 years, you have to think of experience.
