Expert Details
Business & Technical Practices: Safety Issues, Environmental Issues, Capital Project Management, Complex Chemical Circumstances, and Litigation
ID: 108131
Massachusetts, USA
Expert's career has spanned a diverse range of industries, providing critical insights into the chemical and environmental challenges faced by manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and legal professionals. His experience in environmental health and safety (EH&S) is complemented by his in-depth knowledge of equipment installation, employee safety protocols, and best management practices, making him a trusted advisor in complex industrial settings. His work often involves evaluating the use and impact of chemicals, equipment reliability, and the integration of safety protocols into day-to-day operations.
A key highlight of his career is his role in major capital equipment projects, such as his work for the Hewlett-Packard OKI Printed Circuit plant in Puerto Rico, where he was responsible for overseeing the entire process from design to commissioning. This involved evaluating various equipment vendors, ensuring regulatory compliance, and selecting innovative water purification and wastewater treatment systems. His expertise was pivotal in managing the facility’s installation, startup, and operation, where his technical acumen and attention to detail ensured the successful performance of the system, including copper recovery and organic waste treatment.
Beyond his technical roles, Expert frequently serves as a key player in legal cases, providing expert witness testimony, reports, and depositions in matters involving environmental contamination, industrial accidents, and wrongful death claims. His ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear, accessible language makes him an invaluable asset in litigation. He has contributed to high-stakes mediations, federal court cases, and civil suits, consistently delivering unbiased, evidence-based opinions that help shape favorable legal outcomes.
In addition to his legal work, Expert also consults with private equity and venture capital firms, advising on mergers and acquisitions with a focus on environmental risk, equipment efficiency, and safety practices. His global perspective and entrepreneurial background allow him to provide insightful evaluations across industries, including electronics manufacturing, printed circuit fabrication, and eco-friendly wastewater systems.
Specialization Focus:
• Environmental Issues & Industrial Accidents (EH&S)
• Primary Metal Fabricators
• Manufacturers of Electronics
• Printed Circuit Fabricators
• Complications involving Chemicals, Equipment use with individuals
• Toxicity
• Wrongful Death
• Best Business Practices during equipment acquisition, installation, and operation
• Brownfields Development
• EcoFriendly wastewater treatment systems
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1972 | Degree: MS | Subject: Chemical Engineering, Polymer Chemistry and Accounting Minors | Institution: Northeastern University |
| Year: 1969 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: Northeastern University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1988 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Environmental Health and Safety Specialist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Advisor to attorneys, law firms, private equity firms, venture capital firms and manufacturing firms evaluating mergers and acquisitions, insurance companies, equipment manufacturers, commercial establishments, chemical suppliers, and mining companies on an international basis. Safety specialist in complex chemical circumstances. Providing expert legal opinions and due diligence consulting with a strong emphasis on chemicals, process equipment use, environmental, process and safety related best management practices, employee safety, effect of chemicals, equipment knowledge and installation, and chemical use. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1988 | Employer: Systems Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. | Title: Vice President of Sales | Department: Environmental Division (Chemical Laboratories, Engineering, Design and Equipment) |
Responsibilities:Provided leadership to the team, management, and customers to meet and exceed environmental and employee safety requirements. Retained and trained outside equipment representatives and internal/external salespeople. Provided opinions and advice to federal and state regulators as requested. Serving customers primarily in the fabricated metals industries (i.e. aerospace, electronics, automotive, etc.) |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1967 to 1971 | Agency: Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control | Role: Assistant Sanitary Engineer | Description: Reviewed engineering reports, plans, and equipment specifications submitted by professional engineering firms for a variety of industrial categories within Massachusetts. Conducted onsite investigations and collected samples to determine compliance at various industrial, municipal, and federal sites treating or producing waste. Worked with State and Federal enforcement attorneys and agents to provide expert testimony at civil proceedings. |
| Years: 1964 to 1967 | Agency: Massachusetts Department of Public Health | Role: Sanitary Engineering Aide; Undergraduate Co-op Student | Description: Conducted on-site assessments of industrial sites, landfills, and toxic waste sites. Worked at the state laboratory analyzing waste, drinking water, and soils. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Taiwan | Summary: On-site environmental assessments resulting in recommendations for three electronic manufacturers over 10 days regarding pollution prevention and recycling. Presented a two-day training seminar for over 40 metal fabrication manufacturing firms on best practices and costs using process bath purification and recovery techniques in addition to wastewater treatment technologies. Coordinated these activities with local commercial service officials in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Created Buyer’s Guide listing costs and identifying local / international environmental equipment and services suppliers for the printed circuit board industry. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: Singapore | Summary: Specified, designed (in cooperation with personnel at the Longueuil headquarters), and operated equipment including training onsite personnel in the operation of an industrial water recycling process and wastewater treatment system, including a packaged ultrafiltration oil-removal unit at an aircraft engine overhaul facility for Pratt & Whitney Canada in Singapore. Certified compliance to manufacturing and installation standards of fiberglass exhaust ducts and other equipment assembled and manufactured in Malaysia to A.S.T.M. and S.P.I. standards used to collect, transport and purify emissions produced from tanks, pumping stations and other sources at the Seletar Wastewater Treatment facility in Singapore. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| • Member of the USA-Republic of China Economic Council • Member of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO (14000) US/TAG in preparing international standards for environmental activities • Member of the Environmental Committee of the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society • Member in the American Electroplater's Society and in environmental committee within the Institute of Printed Circuits • Senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is • Registered as a consultant with various international multilateral development banks. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Registered Professional Chemical Engineer in Massachusetts (previously registered in 22 states) |
| Professional Appointments |
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| • Past Chairman, Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Committee, American Electroplaters & Surface Finishing Society • Qualified as a candidate for a pool of experts who can be available to the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) on an ad hoc basis to assist in reviews conducted by the Committee within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| • Expert reviewer, evaluating chromium use alternatives by industries for U.S. EPA’s Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory. • Evaluated a company in India that claimed to have developed a system for economically recovering precious and other metals from prescreened scrap printed circuit boards (“PCB’s”). • Requested to participate and contribute to the EPA Design for the Environment publication. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has written on hazardous chemicals handling in a litigation setting. He has also authored 13 OSHA Train the Trainer instruction manuals, which were prepared for the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Over 30 years of experience as an expert witness in chemical, environmental, health, and safety disputes. He has been retained in 11 cases, providing testimony, expert reports, and depositions for both plaintiffs and defendants. His work includes high-profile cases in federal court, mediations, and confidential settlements. He is known for delivering clear, unbiased expert opinions, simplifying complex technical information for all audiences, and contributing to critical litigation outcomes. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Authored 13 OSHA instruction manuals on topics including: Hazard Assessment and Communication; Personal Protective Equipment; Record-keeping; OSHA Training Requirements; Lock-out / Tag-out of Hazardous Energy; Permit Required Confined Spaces; Process Chemical Safety Management; Medical Surveillance; Heat Stress; Fall Protection; Laboratory Safety Standard; and Blood-borne Pathogens. Expert also provided a 2-day workshop in the Republic of China that was paid for by the Country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs. He provided guidance to prioritize action plans with options addressing specific pollution prevention concerns, evaluate equipment operating experience and answer questions from both technical and operating personnel from about 60 different companies. The operating, including power, cost for each alternative, its equipment cost and the need for spare parts were included in this presentation. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert has experience with most categories of equipment used in connection with chemical processes, including capital projects management, obtaining, estimating, and analyzing equipment, analyzing terms and conditions of sales, and operating costs from vendors and at various facilities. |
Fields of Expertise
chemical process safety management, chemical engineering, brownfield, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), chemical process control, hazard communication, chemical process safety analysis, groundwater contamination, environmental risk assessment, OSHA compliance, petrochemical operations, Environmental Compliance Plans, chemical manufacturing facility evaluation, Risk Management PFAS, Plastic pellet Pollution, Forensic analysis of groundwater contamination, CERCLA Cost Recovery for redevelopment, Eco-friendly wastewater treatment systems, Operating procedures before the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972, primary metal fabrication industries, aerospace Mfg. & aircarft engine maintenance, Military ordnance manufacturing, Automotive and hardware industries, SEC and Greenwashing, Building or land ownership changes with contamination involved, EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive CSDDD, Duspute mediation, Lead based paint cases