Consumer Product Safety Expert Witnesses in Tennessee

This expert has been in the cycling and sporting goods industry for over 19 years. A former Product Manager/Buyer with Performance Bike, Inc., he was a key component of designing, developing, sourcing, pricing, and marketing their highly successful private-label line of cycling and multi-use apparel and accessories. As a Senior Line Product Manager with Cycling Sports Group, he managed the entire apparel product life cycle from initial concept to final delivery. The recipient of awards such as Honoree of Sporting Goods Business Top 40 Under 40 as well as a two-time winner of Bicycling Magazine Editor's Choice Award, this expert is currently the Director of Product Development & Sourcing for a global leader in the Sporting Goods/Outdoor channel.

This highly qualified mechanical engineer earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his PhD from the University of Connecticut. He has been formally trained in a number of engineering disciplines, including accident investigation and labels/warnings/failure to warn instructions. He belongs to a number of highly prestigious societies in the engineering field, including the International Code Committee and the American Society of Safety Engineers. Additionally, he possesses in-depth knowledge to reach the root cause of a wide range of accidents and failures in the following areas: turbines, human performance, operator training, man-machine interface, material science, structures, statics, dynamics, pneumatics, hydraulics, lubrication, fire protection sprinkler systems, elevators, cranes, hoists, escalators, aerial platforms, fork lifts, warning labels and instructions, failure to warn, OSHA standards and requirements, heat transfer and thermodynamics. This expert currently serves as an engineering consultant.

This qualified engineer obtained his BS in Civil and Structural Engineering and his MS in Management of Technology from Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University. He is a certified Professional Engineer and is certified in OSHA requirements and engineering and surveying. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. He has 8 Publications and is currently a Structural Design and Forensic Engineer at an engineering firm in the southeast. Some of his fields of expertise include forensic/failure and safety analysis, civil/structural design of public and private structures, and construction site accident investigations. A partial list of past subjects addressed include wood/concrete deck collapses, commercial/residential roof damage evaluations, excavation failures/incidents product liability, traffic accident reconstruction, mold source evaluation, construction cost estimating, hydrology/sewer studies, airport consulting, roadway design, geotechnical/subsurface investigations, construction materials failure analysis, structural analysis and design of various material components, scaffolding failures, water damage source evaluation, structural damage inspections, OSHA compliance evaluations, and concrete/asphalt pavement evaluation and design. Has an intimate knowledge of OSHA worksite regulations, and the various national building codes and standards for Industrial, Commercial and Residential structures.

This expert's professional career has spanned 50 years, while for the past 20 years he has specialized in guiding companies through the CE marking process for products prepared to enter the EU market and for companies in the US who want CE marking on their products for market flexibility and/or liability protection, many of which are medical devices and machinery. This expert conducts forensic legal analysis of companies' Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), and Quality System Regulations as stipulated by the FDA. He has hosted over 450 seminars and workshops and has published more than 300 articles and multiple books in the areas of Liability, EU Directives/CE Marking, Technical Standards, FDA Quality System Regulations, and ISO 90001 and 14001. He has developed and delivered on-site training programs on product liability exposure for medical device insurance companies, as well as for corporate counsel, defense counsel, and trial attorneys involved with medical devices and medical device manufacturers. As a Senior Consultant for both Excel Partnerships and SAI Global, he also developed and delivered on-site training programs on CE marking for the Medical Devices Directive and related Quality Management Systems. As Legal Expert/Expert Witness he has prepared legal materials for use in litigation involving Quality Systems and CE marked products as well as EU Administrative Reviews.

This expert earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his MS in product design engineering from Stanford University. He has seven years of industry experience working as a product designer for Ford Motor Company and Volkswagon of America. He has over fifteen years of experience designing products for automotive and home electronics clients. This expert is currently a professor of industrial design at a university in Georgia and the principal of a design and engineering consultancy.

This expert has extensive experience as a paper scientist and product engineer, with expertise in forensic document examination and legal document services. He earned his BS in paper science and engineering from the University of Minnesota. He has created two patent-pending technologies for advancements in forensic document examination and document security. Formerly, this expert has served as a production engineer for Boise Cascade Corporation and a technical sales analyst for Ashland Hercules Water Technologies. Currently, this expert is an account manager for a paper company in Georgia and a forensic document examination consultant.

This expert has been working with fire extinguishing systems for 40 years. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and holds membership in both the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and the National Fire Protection Association. He spent 15 years working for Ansul/Wormald, starting as a Development Engineer of fire suppression products and working his way up through the roles of Manufacturing Engineer, Operations Management, Applications Engineer, Product Development Manager, and eventually to Vice President of Wormald Fire Systems. After serving in executive positions with Fenwal Safety Systems and Forney Corporation, he became President of Kidde Technologies, a position he held for over a decade. Currently, this expert is the Principal of his own fire systems consultancy, wherein he utilizes his technical and market experience in the fire suppression industry to aid businesses, manufacturers, and private equity firms on a variety of projects and initiatives related to fire protection systems.

This expert has published extensively in magazines, in-house journals, and textbooks. He is a participating member of numerous societies. He has over 40 years personal experience in management, consulting and expert services in the fields of design, manufacturing, testing of hydraulic, pneumatic and electro-mechanical lifting and load bearing machines, equipment and devices: industry experience including automotive, construction, industrial, material handling, warehousing and transportation: forensic engineering including product liability, accident investigation, reconstruction and expert testimony: incidents involving industrial trucks, aerial work platforms, forklifts, telehandlers, tuggers, pallet jacks, automatic storage and retrieval systems, dock boards, dock levelers, trailer restraints, trailer jacks, racks, conveyors, overhead bridge cranes, trucks, shop cranes, scissors lifts, shop cranes, automatic doors and lift gates: heavy equipment involving telehandlers, powered industrial trucks, automatic storage and retrieval systems, gantry cranes, truck cranes, tower cranes, cranes with hydraulic booms, cranes with lattice booms, grapple and magnet equipped excavators, and side boom cranes: conformity issues involving environmental, health and safety, warnings, instructions, training conformity with recognized standards, codes, industry custom and practice and government regulations.