Energy Expert Witnesses in Nebraska

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the field of electric power generation EPC (engineering procurement construction), renewable technologies, and engineering contracts both in the US and internationally. He received his BS in general engineering from the United States Military Academy before earning his MS in nuclear engineering from MIT and his MBA in finance from the University of Santa Clara. This expert is currently a licensed professional engineer in the state of Kansas. For 22 years, he worked with Black & Veatch Engineers and Contractors, holding a variety of roles including, analyst and section head of system planning, project manager of both owner/engineer projects and Turkey power generation projects, and division head of the Asia power division. This expert then went on to serve as the vice president of construction for Aquila, the managing director of technical support for TYR Energy, and the site and construction manager for Forge Group in Australia. Currently, this expert serves as a consultant for an engineering consultancy, reviewing engineering contracts both in the United States and internationally.

This expert received his BS in environmental science from Baylor University and his MS in applied geographic information science from Texas State University. He completed an internship as a part of the nonpoint source team at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as well as an internship as a business systems analyst at Austin Energy. Previously, he has served as a subject matter expert, materials consultant, and faculty partner at Cengage Publishing. He has also previously served as a GIS analyst for Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, a GIS analyst II for Collabera Energy Systems, and an adjunct professor of geography at Eastfield College. Currently, he serves as a customer success manager for an energy systems company in Colorado.

This expert has over 25 years of experience, transitioning through the professional disciplines of accounting, tax, law and finance, including public accounting and private law practice, as well as legal and corporate finance executive positions with Oryx Energy (now Anadarko Petroleum), Verizon and GreenTech Petroleum. He leverages on multi-disciplinary skill-sets in overseeing capital structure, determining the optimum mix of debt, equity and internal financing, building complex economic & financial models, performing the budgeting and forecasting function, developing strategies to improve economic efficiencies on capital deployed, managing complex tax issues and litigation and understanding and resolving financial and accounting questions. He is highly experienced at preparing and communicating business plans and strategies and preparing professional finance packages for qualified projects. He has a heavy international background, including mergers and acquisitions, and all types of domestic and cross-border transactions, with countries such as Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, among many others. He has been published in multiple national journals such as Business Week and the Journal of Corporate Taxation. He has also successfully testified as a finance expert witness in major commercial litigation (involving hundreds of millions of dollars) in venues including state and county courts, U.S. Federal District Court and U.S. Tax Court. Given his diverse background and global experience, he offers a unique blend of business acumen and legal knowledge in negotiating complex transactions, working with integrated teams of professionals from tax, accounting, finance, legal, engineering, geology, and operations departments of companies.

This expert is a health & safety expert in oil and gas, construction and mining drawing on his advanced education and about 20 years experience teaching safety practices and techniques reducing incidents and reducing costs/losses. He has worked at a variety of mining, petroleum, and construction companies as their lead environmental health and safety specialist. He has extensive experience drafting and implementing safety and environmental programs and field safety audit systems that comply with OSHA and MSHA standards.