Planning Expert Witnesses in Illinois

This expert has over 30 years of experience in the roofing and building enclosure industry. He earned his AAS in civil engineering technology from Hawkeye Institute of Technology before earning his BA in computer science and business administration from Coe College. He is licensed as a professional engineer in 4 states and is a registered roof consultant and exterior wall consultant. He is active in his field as a member of ASTM International, the Roof Consultants Institute, and the Building Enclosure Council, and as an author of several articles on roofing and building codes. He formerly served as a design engineer and project manager for Shive-Hattery Engineers and Architects, the office manager for VJ Engineer, and a project engineer with Brown Engineering, where he was responsible for building envelope and roofing consulting projects. Currently, this expert serves as a project engineer for facilities at a roofing engineering consulting firm based in Iowa.

This qualified expert who is a Life Care Planner and an MD, obtained his BS in Zoology from the University of Wyoming and his MD from Creighton University. He completed his internship and Residency in General Surgery and his Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Fellowship in Trauma at the Oregon Health Sciences University. He has been Board Certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Medicine and is Certified in Life Care Planning and Mediation. He is a member of multiple Trauma and Surgical medical Associations and has 50+ Publications on Surgery Research. He is currently the Medical Team Manager for a Medical Task Force and the Medical Director and Owner of a Life Care Planning Firm.

This expert is an associate professor in the Personal Financial Planning Department at a prominent Midwestern university. Completing her undergraduate studies in International Relations in China, she received her doctoral degree in Family Resource Management from The Ohio State University. Her research interests focus on helping individuals make informed financial decisions, specifically, decisions related to their portfolio management, financial risk-taking, as well as intertemporal consumption, savings and debt management. She received the best paper award from the CFP Board, AARP, and American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. She serves as an associate editor for the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and as a member on the editorial board of the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, the Journal of Personal Finance and the Journal of Asian Families and as a reviewer for a number of academic journals and conferences. She is frequently invited to speak at national academic and corporate conferences. She regularly works with the China Center for Financial Research at a university in Beijing and played a pivotal role in the design and execution of their first national survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education.

This expert has more than 16 years of experience working with government agencies, corporate consulting companies and non-profit organizations who specialize in housing solutions for communities most vulnerable populations. He has a diverse background working with the systems of care that serve homeless veterans and their families, those living with co-occurring disorders, significant primary health-care issues, interactions with the criminal justice system and seniors. He currently is a Senior Housing Advisor for an affordable housing and community development network, as well as the owner and Principal of a public and supportive housing consultancy.

This expert is a retired manager from the investor owned gas and electric utility Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. His 25 year career included key management positions in customer service, credit and collections, revenue cycle services, field operations and project management associated with the installation of an industry leading automated metering system. Prior to joining Wisconsin Public Service, this expert worked in the banking industry as a branch manager and corporate consumer loan officer. The first 7 years of his initial professional career was spent as a teacher of social studies, history and physical education, as well as a football coach. He received his B.A. and teaching certification from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He also served in various key leadership roles for both industry and community organizations.This expert has over 30 years in key leadership and managerial positions and over 25 years experience with a large investor owned gas and electric utility. He has over 10 years experience teaching and coaching and has provided expert analysis and testimony. He has assited in the successful design and implementation of an industry leading smart metering system, the successful design, training and implementation of a companywide process improvement effort, the successful redesign of Collection Services Department leading to reduced expenses, and the successful redesign of the Revenue Services Department. He ahs provided expert witness services to law firms.

This highly qualified expert has over 15 years of experience human and forensic toxicology, occupational disease, occupational and environmental health and safety, industrial hygiene and asbestos. He completed his BS in Medical Laboratory Technology at Marquette University and his MS in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition, he is active in his field as a member of numerous societies including the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Society of Toxicology, Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals, and American Society for Clinical Pathology. Currently, he is a Senior Project Manager at a human health occupational firm.

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years in the Safety, Health and Risk Management field. After receiving his BS in Occupational Health and Safety from Columbia Southern University, this expert went on to receive Master Certificates in Project Management and Executive Leadership for Safety Professionals from Boston University and Harvard University respectively. He also received his law degree from Champlain College. This expert is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Association of Safety Professionals, and he is a certified Safety Consultant and Safety Specialist. He previously worked as a Safety Director at Swinerton and Walberg Company, Delco, Inc and James Construction group. This expert then went on to be a Safety, Health, Environmental, Quality, and Security Director at Foster Wheeler Global Power Group, before becoming Vice President of Health and Safety at Polisico Civil Inc, a utility company located in New York. Currently, this expert works as the President and Chief Safety Consultant of a safety management company where his specialties include environmental remediation, civil, heavy highway, bridge, drilling, sewer treatments, electric utilities, and manufacturing.

This expert has over 35 years of experience working with natural gas and operator qualifications. He received his BS in organizational leadership from the University of Indianapolis and his MBA from Anderson University. Additionally, he received two associates degrees, one in manufacturing technology and one in electronics. He completed additional courses in cathodic protection at Purdue University and benchmarking and best practice at the Midwest Energy Association. This expert holds several certifications, which include SIF operator qualifications trainer and evaluator, fire and explosion investigator, and project management professional. He worked for Citizens Energy Group for nearly 40 years in a variety of roles. He began as a laborer, eventually moving on to hold the positions of the training and operator qualifications supervisor, gas operations field administrator, and customer field services manager. He also taught as an adjunct instructor in project management and data management at the University of Indianapolis for several years and was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. Currently, this expert serves as a consultant for a natural gas incident consultancy in Indiana.

This highly qualified mechanical engineer has been in his field for more than 35 years, with demonstrated experience in structures and materials, process control technology, and the power industry. He earned his MS in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University and his EMBA from Southern Methodist University. He is a fellow and member of both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Society of Automation and a registered professional engineer in Iowa. He holds 11 patents related to control valve design and maintenance and has published a book and several technical articles on control design, installation, and maintenance. He worked with Fisher for over 15 years in various roles, as a product engineer, a nuclear liaison engineer, a senior project engineer, and finally as vice president of global nuclear business. This expert is currently a consultant at an independent mechanical engineering company.