Automotive Expert Witnesses

This expert earned his BBA from Marshall University in West Virginia before beginning his career as a buyer at Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Thereafter, he moved to Mercedes-Benz working as an assistant manager of purchasing. He then held leadership positions in the purchasing departments of Hyundai Motor America, Eisenmann Corporation, Akebono Brake Corporation, and Robert Bosch GmbH. A certified purchasing manager (CPM), he currently serves as the director of procurement for a German industrial services firm while operating an independent automotive purchasing and procurement consultancy.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, with extensive experience in dealership operations for both domestic and import franchises. He is a certified management consultant and a certified "Train the Trainer" through Saturn's Outside Services and Consulting. He began his career at Joe Coker Pontiac-GMC holding a variety of positions, including service advisor and manager, salesperson, and sales manager. He then transitioned to serve as the general manager for two successful car dealerships, Bob Jarvis Motors and Westbay Imports. He also served as the vice president of product and marketing for Automotive Service Consultants before starting his own business, Value Auto Credit. With Automotive Service Consultants, he aided in the development of various fixed operations training programs and presented frequently at training seminars for multiple dealerships. Currently, this expert is the president of an automotive consulting company in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience as a firefighter, specializing in fire origin and cause investigations. Throughout his career, he has completed numerous fire safety training programs and completed fire investigation certificate programs through institutions such as the California State Fire Marshal's Office, the State of California, and the University of Washington. He is active in his field as a member of several associations, including the International Association of Arson Investigators, the National Association of Fire Investigators, and the International Association of Fire Investigators. He has formerly served as a firefighter with the United States Air Force and the Sacramento Fire Department. During his time with the Sacramento Fire Department, he also held the roles of fire investigator and fire captain. Currently, this expert is the owner of a private fire origin and cause investigation company in California.

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the industry of ATVs (all-terrain vehicles), UTVs (side by sides), motorcycle dirt bikes, snowmobiles, dual sport bikes, and some street bike and mountain bicycle issues. He is a former professional motorcycle enduro competitor and competed in the International Six Day Trials where he was the youngest competitor to win a gold medal. He is a member of the American Motorcyclists Association and is an inducted member in their motorcycle hall of fame. Other than being a former professional rider, this expert has also designed off-road trails, was a co-owner of a off-highway vehicle retail store and served as a lead mechanic. Currently, this expert is a senior instructor of a training firm and is a consultant of a motorcycle, off-road, and snowmobile consulting firm.

This well-credentialed expert has over 20 years of recreational vehicle engineering experience. He is a certified ATV safety instructor and is licensed in electronics repair. He is active in his field as a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and is skilled in ATV safety, snowmobiles, off-road vehicles, trademark and intellectual property for power sports vehicles, accident reconstruction, and design liability. Formerly, he served as an engineering project leader at Polaris Industries and an electrical engineering supervisor at Arctic Cat Inc. Currently, he is a principal at a power sports engineering consulting firm in MN.

This expert has over two decades of experience in the field of quality and manufacturing processes, specializing in automotive vehicles and their components. She received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo and then became a process engineer at Woodbridge Foam. Afterward, she worked as a quality engineer at Estee Lauder Corporation, a project manager for ATS Automation Tooling Systems, and then as the assistant manager of quality engineering at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, where her primary role was to ensure accurate root cause analysis on completed vehicle or sub-component quality problems related to customer-use, manufacturing, or design-related issues. She then became the director of global quality for valve and pipes manufacturing at Crane ChemPharma & Energy, where she was responsible for implementing Global Standard Quality Processes to manage in-house and supplier manufacturing. Currently, she owns a private consulting firm in Texas.

This highly-qualified plastic surgery expert is dual-board certified in plastic surgery and general surgery and has extensive experience in adult and pediatric reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, surgeries due to dog bites and motor vehicle accidents, facial fractures, skull base surgery, and cranioplasty. He received his BS in biological sciences from Stanford University before earning his MD from the University of Michigan. He subsequently completed both an internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham followed by a residency in plastic surgery at Duke University, serving as the chief resident in both residency programs. During his residency in plastic surgery, he worked with Operation Smile in Jamshedpur, India performing cleft lip and left palate repairs for patients with little access to medical care. He then went on to complete a fellowship in craniofacial and plastic surgery at the University of Southern California. This expert is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, AOCMF North America, and the North American Skull Base Society and serves on the credentials committee at two hospitals and the medical executive committee at one. He is also active in research having authored several peer-reviewed articles and spoken at multiple scientific conferences over the course of his career. Previously, he served as an assistant professor of plastic surgery, the director of craniofacial surgery, and the co-director of research at the University of California, Irvine. Currently, he serves as the chief of plastic surgery at a renowned clinic for brain, spine, head and neck conditions in California.

This expert has over 20 years of experience in automotive electronics engineering. He holds a BS in physics from Michigan State University, a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, a BS in computer science from Wayne State University, and a MBA in international economics from Oakland University. He began his career as an avionics electrical engineer with the US Air Force, performing field engineering testing, reliability, and failure analysis for various aviation electronic modules. He went on to graduate from the Ford Technical Education Program, and worked as an internal consultant and technical specialist to over 200 other engineers. In additional to Ford Motor Company, this expert has also served as an engineer for DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Visteon Corporation, GERTRAG Transmission Corporation and Continental Automotive. Over the course of his career, he has designed shift-by-wire electronic driver controls, power-train control modules, electronic transmission control units, body electronic control units, and hybrid-electric vehicle electronics. Currently, this expert serves as the principal engineer at an automotive electronics engineering firm in Michigan.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in diminished value and the post-repair inspection of vehicles. He ensures vehicles are restored to their pre-accident condition in terms of fitness and functionality, and he specializes in determining the loss of value to properly and improperly repaired vehicles. He obtained his BA in management from Oklahoma State University, before receiving his MBA from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Today, this expert holds an I-Car Platinum Certification, and he's a certified IACP damage appraiser. He previously served as a damage analyst and repair blueprinter at the Marc Miller Collision Center. He is currently an independent appraiser and estimator for three law firms, an independent inspector at a motor vehicle performance network, an independent appraiser and consultant at a high-line collision repair center, and the owner and an inspector at a post-collision autobody repair and inspection company in Oklahoma.

This expert is located in Colorado and has over 20 years of experience in the field of accident investigation and reconstruction. He obtained his BA in sociology from the University of Northern Colorado. This expert is certified in traffic accident reconstruction and Colorado peace officer standards and training. He is also an authorized laser technology mapping instructor and vehicle identification number inspector. He is highly active in his field as a member of the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, and the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado. Formerly, he served as the master police officer at Longmont Police Department and traffic detective at Longmont Police Department. Currently, he is an instructor of accident investigation and accident reconstruction at an accident reconstructions service firm in Colorado.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of automotive repair. He earned his BS in automotive technology and business. He then began his 30-year career with Ford Motor Company, starting as a technical hotline engineer. He then served as a factory training instructor and a field service engineer for Ford Motor Company, where he provided service support to Ford and Lincoln dealerships.

This highly-qualified expert has investigated thousands of vehicle collisions during his career. He earned his AS in criminal justice from Midland Community College and his BS in information systems from the University of Texas Permian Basin. As a certified accident reconstructionist, he has completed over 500 hours of formal training on topics from crash reconstruction to vehicle data recording. Further, he is a Texas Traffic Law and Crash Investigation Instructor. Currently, this expert is a collision investigator for a local police department and he owns a collision investigation company based in Texas.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, with expertise in automotive Lemon Law and warranty breach of contract. He holds several certifications, including as a certified service writer, a certified master technician auto and HD truck, and a certified appraiser. He is active in his field as a member of the International Automotive Appraisers Association and the Auto Mediators Association. He formerly served as the mechanical transmission director for the Automotive Service Association and owned/operated Stan's Garage. Currently, this expert is the owner and president of an automotive appraisal company in Florida.

With over 30 years of automotive engineering experience, this expert has dedicated his career to the field of accident reconstruction. Holding Masters and Doctoral degrees in automotive mechanical engineering and highway safety, he is a recognized expert whose clients have included U.S., State and Foreign Governments. He has extensive court experience, having been deposed and testified in approximately 200 trials, while he has acted as an automotive engineering consultant in more than 3,000 vehicle crash cases.

This forensic engineering expert has practiced as an Engineering Consultant and Expert Witness since 1982. Testifying in City, County, State and Federal courts as a Mechanical Engineer, Automotive Engineer and Safety Engineer, he is known nationwide for his integrity, careful and thorough investigation of claims, expert analysis and professional courtroom presentation.

This expert has 25-plus years of Automotive Safety Research and Development, Accident Reconstruction, Concept Vehicle Design and Manufacture as a Scientist Engineer, Project Manager, Senior Project Engineer, Systems Engineer, (Design, Development, Manufacturing and Test Engineer). Qualified as a Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction and Bio-Mechanical Engineering Expert in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, Kern, Alameda and San Bernardino Counties, Alaska, Iowa, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts and Texas. He has thirty-five years of Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction, Automobile and Motorcycle Product Defect, Forensic and Occupant Biomechanical Injury Analysis, Automotive Safety, Vehicle Design, Development, Manufacturing, Test Engineering and Patent Infringement analysis. This expert has extensive experience and knowledge of product defects in the following areas: Automobile, Truck, Motorcycle, Jet Ski, ATV, Snow Mobile, Golf Cart, Big Rig Truck cases: Involving airbags, seatbelts, seats, fuel system fires, transmission part-to-reverse, unintended acceleration, brakes, tires, axle failures, roof crush, side impact, roll propensity, vehicle handling dynamics, suspension and chassis, design and manufacturing defects.

This licensed paramedic has over 37 years of EMS experience with 22 years in an administrative capacity. In addition, he has a plethora of certifications including EMS instructor, OSHA compliance instructor, and Emergency Vehicle Operator Instructor (EVOC). Finally, he has held several extremely prestigious EMS related positions including the Director of Emergency Management for Portland, CT before opening his own EMS training firm.

This expert has been working in the retail automotive industry for over 40 years. He has been a contributing monthly columnist to an automotive dealer publication for nearly 20 years, while he is the co-author and co-presenter of an automotive management course. He has extensive hands-on experience in dealership sales, development, operations, and management, and he has been an invited speaker before the Brazil Auto Dealer Association, the South Africa Auto Dealer Association, the JD Power Super Roundtable, and multiple National Automobile Dealers Association meetings and events. A former General Manager at Superior Automotive Group, this expert managed a staff of 300 employees; he had complete management responsibilities of Superior Buick-Cadillac retail operations as well as management oversight of Nissan, Hyundai, Ford, Lexus, 2 used vehicle operations, and a collision center. Currently, this expert is the President and Principal of his own retail automotive industry consulting firm, providing professional management expertise and analytical services.

This accident reconstruction expert earned a masters degree in kinesiology from California State University Northridge and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA. He is a certified traffic reconstructionist and specializes in accident reconstruction and biomechanics for transportation related accidents (trains, subways, motor vehicles, buses, etc). He belongs to numerous prestigious societies in his field, including the National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructions, National Association of Railroad Safety Consultants and Investigators and the International Society of Biomechanics. He is currently the President of an Accident Reconstruction & Biomechanics firm.

This expert is a statistician experienced in data analysis and statistical methods to evaluate field performance of vehicles and consumer products. Her key areas of expertise include; statistical analysis using field data; consumer complaint data analysis; warranty data analysis; claims data analysis; customer contact data analysis; economic valuation; damage assessment; econometric/financial modeling; analyses of large complex data sets; regression analysis and ANOVA; reliability analysis, and more. This expert has been involved in several studies using warranty/customer contact or claims data to predict the number of claims/failures and annual claim/failure rates for various consumer and industrial products.