Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Expert Details

CDR and Reconstruction, Defective Industrial Equipment/Processes, Product Development, Manufacturability and Launch

ID: 725049 South Carolina, USA

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Expert has been performing insurance and forensic loss type Contractor work since 1996. Starting as a sole proprietorship with automotive warranties, but was capitalized on by a forensic engineering company for inherent knowledge and experience of industrial process and product development in addition to an automotive background. Instrumental in damage, liability and mitigation involving property, workman’s compensation and defective products, this work was augmented by experience developing process and product development in accordance to the applicable standards where, as a project engineer those standards always changed as the project or case work did, thus demonstrating the ability to dig into what was required and fulfilling the definition of “EXPERT”.

Expanding on that and venturing back into private business further developed customer relations skills and complete enjoyment working with people to end up with a safer product, process or place.

Fact of the matter, many claims costs have been reduced as well as client plaintiff claims increased. The examples are sited in on CV are just a few samples of what has been accomplished. Conglomerating an Engineering Bachelor’s Degree in sync with the combination of manufacturing engineering, product development, being a car enthusiast with safety engineering has netted a wide window of claims and case work, commonly wider than the “ordinary” forensic consultant. Having testified 20 times to back up respective professional reports has further supported assignments and has produced the 40, 50 and 65 percent cost impacts that made a real difference. Case work has realized plaintiff case awards up to 1.6 million dollars; defense work has cleared manufacturers of defective product claims in addition to exonerating one individual from vehicular manslaughter charges through the identification of the vehicle defect that caused a fatal incident.

Personally, is retired, but recalling the self satisfaction from this work is:

o Reviving the enthusiasm to continue expert consulting.
o Expecting to gain your interest as an expert
o Ready to assist with your project or case work to solve your need for certain technical expertise.

Has been accused of having done everything ... while that is not quite the case, it does appear respective experiences will uniquely help many technical needs before (Risk assessment), or after an incident.

Meets or exceed many of the requirements of an expert in a window of arenas and looks forward to the next case. Adding to case resources will realize quick results and long term cost effectiveness and will hit the ground running.

Noteworthy accomplishments are noted on current CV listed with the respective clients/companies. In addition, there is also a separate listing following, for the contract (including claims), work and task accomplishments expressed in dollars and cents. It is apparent that the nature of these experiences assures quickly adapting to various technical scenarios to produce effective results.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1980 Degree: BS Subject: Mechanical Engineering Technology Institution: Milwaukee School of Engineering
Year: 1975 Degree: AAS Subject: Internal Combustion Engines Engineering Institution: Milwaukee School of Engineering

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1996 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Technical Consultant Department: Contract consulting
Responsibilities:
Mechanical Engineer providing technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony towards the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving automotive, transportation vehicles, industrial equipment, and consumer products and failure analysis.

Also, provide Quality based Mechanical Inspection Assessment services to the automobile after market warranty industry focusing on Root Cause Analysis of mechanical damage for over 500 damage claims including second and third opinion level.

In addition, contract engineering services to industry focusing on continuous improvement of existing products, and new product manufacturability from inception through customer satisfaction including, safe process development, production equipment, capital justification, procurement, and implementation.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to 2006 Employer: Robson Forensic, Inc. Title: Mechanical Engineer Department: Forensic Engineering
Responsibilities:
Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Albany, NY area manager, providing technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony towards the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving automotive, transportation vehicles, industrial equipment, and consumer products and failure analysis.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2001 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: owner Department: Owner
Responsibilities:
A family owned retail/consumer business

System Maintenance & Improvements to provide Internet link and various types of communications media to the public as needed. Shop layout, console design, Statement of Work preparation, contractor selection and interaction, expenditures, hardware-setup, and LAN maintenance and upgrades.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1999 to 2001 Employer: E-Z-GO Textron Title: Maintenance Supervisor Department: Maintenance
Responsibilities:
Maintenance Supervisor reporting to the Maintenance and Environmental Superintendent, responsible for production support to second and third shifts, covering over one million square feet of manufacturing facility.

Participated on Kaizen, TQM, and Safety review Teams706.
Authored job descriptions for four levels of Maintenance Mechanic.
Formally organized all second and third shift mechanics realizing 60% + of work orders completed on second shift and 20% + completed on third shift.
Overall organization of all Maintenance training programs.
Developed and mentored individuals realizing 7 promotions and overall increased department effectiveness.
Directed the activities for all outside resources providing maintenance services during off shift hours.
Performed (4) comprehensive internal audits to help maintain ISO 9001 registration.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 1999 Employer: North American Royalties, Inc./Wheland Foundry Title: Project Engineer Department: Maintenance & Engineering/Warrenton Division
Responsibilities:
Project Engineer reporting to the Engineering Manager, drove all the division's capital and maintenance expense projects through completion while sharing supervisory responsibilities of 50+ maintenance personnel and directly supervising the activities of an AutoCAD drafter with all plant and equipment drawings.

Participated on company's Safety Reviews.
Financial justification and modification of two- (2) medium frequency vibratory mold shakeout machines.
Cost justification and implementation of experimental, automated outside diameter grinder line.
Developed and implemented a device and stable production process for mold inverting, eliminating the 85% scrap rate.
Managed and drove the refurbishment of the entire Melt Department.
QS 9000 Certified Company and Tier 1 Supplier to the automotive industry
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1991 to 1996 Employer: Hubbell/The Ohio Brass Company Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer Department: Manufacturing Engineering
Responsibilities:
Senior Manufacturing Engineer reporting to the Engineering Manager, provided production floor support, represented Production interests on New Product Implementation (Manufacturability) teams and functional support on the Safety Committee.

Engineering participant on Insulator Department Kaizen Team.
Developed and implemented fixturing and a stable production process for a $300,000 (a white elephant) assembly machine.
Written statements of work (SOW) and oversaw the installation and start-up for $532,000 assembly equipment.
Project engineer for over 2 million dollars of equipment from concept through release to production.
Represented Production and Maintenance interests on four New Product Introduction Teams.
Increased the production rate of an insulator assembly machine by 4 times eliminating additional capital investment.
Participation on the ISO 9000 Implementation Team resulting in first audit's successful registration.
Rewrote and prepared all documentation and SPC processes in the Insulator Assembly Manufacturing Department to conform to ISO 9000 requirements.
Wrote and prepared all documentation for the Maintenance Department to conform to ISO 9000 requirements.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1989 to 1991 Employer: Sterling Inc. Title: Manager, Industrial Engineering Department: Industrial Engineering
Responsibilities:
Manager, Industrial Engineering reporting to the Plant Manager, responsible for all Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering aspects in the facility. Leader of the company's Quality Circle activities.

Cost justification for a new lathe, Manufacturing Engineering CAD/CAM system, and Product Engineering CAD system justified in less than two years and 28% under budget.
Identified and improved method of rolling up standard product cost.
Delineated product rework conditions into three scenarios for more accurate reporting and better control.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1985 to 1989 Employer: Cooper Power Systems Title: Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor Department: RTE Comp. Div./Manufacturing Engineering
Responsibilities:
Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering manager, was progressively promoted from Contract Engineer, Production Floor Support, and New Product Introductions supporting the Rubber Molding department and the day-to-day Production Floor Support of the sister plant in Taipei, Taiwan. Provided functional Safety Review support.

Drove the 1st fully automated scrap removal system and a 2.4 million-dollar cost improvement program.
Responsible for company's 1st and still operational JIT production area.
Conception and implementation of a prevention program for the PLC controlled molding presses and a 67% set-up time reduction in mold preheating.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1979 to 1980 Country / Region: Mexico/Renynosa Summary: He was responsible for the manufacturing plant and layout design for a new wire processing facility in Reynosa, Mexico, all layout designs and equipment procurement for the start-up of a “sister” distribution warehouse in McAllen, Texas, sole responsibility for the closing of a facility, updating all documentation, developing introduction packages, overseeing pilot runs through the home facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and introductions to the new Mexican facility.
Years: 1987 to 1989 Country / Region: Taiwan/Taipei Summary: While in the position of Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor in US, performed plant layout, oversaw building reconfiguration and production support of an insulator molding, assembly, packing, storage, and shipping facility in Pewaukee, Wisconsin in addition to a “twin” facility in Taipei, Taiwan.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Several depositions, evaluations, trials and reviews performed across the country.
Training / Seminars
Expert has undertaken several speaking engagements, including the preparation and delivery of a presentation to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

He has also prepared and presented a presentation for the New York State regional seminar for the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, (NASP).
Marketing Experience
New product introductions and manufacturability insights working in development from product inception through delivery with maximum cost effectiveness. Also, using those same concepts on existing products for cost reduction purposes.
Other Relevant Experience
He owns his own equipment including scanners, meters, Vetronix CDR, inspection, copies of standards, and applicable handbooks and reference materials.

Fields of Expertise

facility maintenance management, flexible manufacturing system, forensic engineering, industrial accident, industrial accident reconstruction, industrial automation, industrial engineering, industrial engineering setup time, industrial machinery, kanban, lead time, lot sizing, machinery maintenance, maintenance, maintenance engineering, maintenance management, maintenance management training, maintenance planning, maintenance safety, maintenance scheduling, manufacturing automation, manufacturing cell design, manufacturing technology, plant operations management, accident reconstruction, computerized maintenance management, equipment specific maintenance, expert witness, engineering change order, design for manufacture and assembly, business management, design for cost, continuous flow manufacturing, design for assembly, design for manufacturability, tool and die industry, industrial control, injury reconstruction, crash data retrieval, accident photography, contractor selection, automotive inspection, automobile damage appraisal, law enforcement technology, traffic accident analysis, industrial maintenance management, home entertainment system, operational testing, constructability, high volume, low cost product design, industrial systems engineering, industrial local area network, reliability engineering, maintenance painting, industrial finishing, industrial chemistry, audioconferencing, operation analysis, industrial park, environmental waste, environmental safety, analytical photography, first in, first out inventory management, industrial drying, inventory control system, highway maintenance, earphone, catastrophic failure, industrial design, metal finishing-related forensic science, forensic materials failure analysis, federal environmental regulation, environmental regulation, industry-education interaction, industrial acoustic noise measurement, industrial noise analysis, engineering economics, maintenance control, maintenance shutdown planning, activity analysis, integrated product development, manufacturing resource planning, industrial cleaning, human resources, maintainability engineering, fixed cost, material requirements planning, materials management, manufacturing technology management, operations research, fault tree analysis, environmental remediation, optimum design, Environmental Protection Agency, mean time between failure, design engineering, Management of Value Engineering, function logic diagram, cost control, operations, fault tree, inventory, forensics, value engineering, occupational health, operations management, life testing, industrial benchmarking, human factors engineering, group technology, fingerprinting, facility management, Environmental Protection Agency regulation, environmental risk assessment, digital numerical control, cost engineering, concurrent engineering, bar code, arson investigation

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