MSHA Expert Witnesses in Tennessee

This expert has more than 30 years of experience in academia and industry specifically relating to mine design, planning, and optimization. He earned his undergraduate and masters degrees at Ghana University of Science & Technology, and University of Zambia. He also earned his PhD in mining engineering from the University of Alberta. He is a member of such prestigious societies as the American Society of Civil Engineers and is an advisory council member for the Mine Safety and Health Research council.

This highly qualified mining and MSHA compliance expert has over 20 years of professional experience. He earned his BS in human resources from Geneva College. He is a certified safety professional and an associate in risk management. Additionally, this expert is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Formerly, he has served as the corporate safety director of the Florence Mining Company, and deputy administrator, chief of safety and health, and senior mine safety and health specialist at the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Currently, this expert is the president and consultant of a mining safety and training consultancy in Virginia.

This qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in planing and developing mining operations. He holds a B.S. in Mining Engineering from West Virginia University and is certified as a Safety and MHSA Instructor. Registered as a Professional Engineer in 25 states, he has worked on projects across the U.S. including projects in South America and Kuwait. Altogether, his experience amounts to nearly $2 billion dollars worth of construction projects. He currently works as Senior Consultant at an engineering consulting firm where he also handles safety and MSHA training.

This expert has decades of experience in pre-clinical through Phase IV research. Apart from standard statistical methods, he has special expertise in adaptive methods, recurrent event methods, experimental design, assays, mathematical modeling and simulation, data-mining and super-computer applications. As an independent statistician he serves on numerous data and safety monitoring boards and regularly interacts with FDA and EMA personnel on behalf of his clients. With more than 80 publications, book chapters, and presentations in the field of biostatistics, he is a consummate expert in the field who shares his expertise as an adjunct professor of biostatistics at a major southeastern university. Formerly, he served as a lecturer and professor in biostatistics at the University of Stockholm, where he earned his doctorate.