Expert Details
Engineering, Environmental, Real Estate, Land Use, Health, Safety and Security
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ID: 739731
Pennsylvania, USA
In addition to civil, structural and environmental engineering, Expert is a thought leader and advisor in permitting.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1980 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Finance | Institution: Long Island University |
Year: 1978 | Degree: Ph.D | Subject: Civil and Structural Engineering | Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Year: 1972 | Degree: MS | Subject: Civil Engineering | Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Year: 1967 | Degree: BS | Subject: Engineering | Institution: U.S. Military Academy at West Point |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1990 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:In his role as President of this engineering and environmental consultancy, Expert assumes complete company Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility for all firm operations. The consultancy specializes in engineering, environmental services, real estate, land use, and health / safety / security consulting.Among other achievements, Expert personally set up all functions for a new operation. He has also been awarded Engineer of Record for over 1,000 projects -- including over 500 for the Wireless Industry. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1990 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Multiple Consulting Roles | Department: |
Responsibilities:As thought leader and consultant, Expert currently serves as President of a Security Consultant Organization. He has organized a group of security professionals for the performance of threatand security assessments, where he has also implemented the recommendations provided. This group was the only one of its kind offering turnkey project expertise through design and construction of both electronic and physical security systems. Among other accomplishments in this role, Expert led a team of experts in performing the first post-9/11 threat assessment on a major utility. He attained the recognition of Engineer of Record for the design of anti-terrorist measures at the same major utility. Concurrently, as Expert Witness and Forensic Engineer, Expert provided expert reports, deposition and court testimony in support of litigation. Expert is also General Manager of an environmental firm's East Coast Operations, where he handles complete P&L responsibility for all products and clients there. Services reflect the work of a national environmental and risk management consulting firm. Expert opened the above's first full-service office on the East Coast. He personally set up all functions for a major regional office; quadrupled East Coast revenues in first year of operation; and authored the only EPA permit for open burning of explosive ordinance in the United States. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1981 to 1986 | Employer: Exxon Mobil Corporation | Title: Site Evaluation Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:During his five-year site evaluation leadership role, Expert found and investigated geological and environmental hazards, including high geotechnical risks.Field included Production Research. He calculated these hazards' probabilities and effects on putative structures to be developed and installed offshore. Materials included gravel, concrete and steel, and settings included islands. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 1994 to 2005 | Agency: West Point Society of Philadelphia | Role: President | Description: President, West Point Society of Philadelphia, for nearly a decade. |
Years: 1989 to 2004 | Agency: U.S. House of Representatives | Role: Member | Description: Member, Borski's Academy Committee, for 15 years. |
Years: 1967 to 1997 | Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Role: Colonel | Description: Expert served the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Colonel for 30 years. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Life Member, Union League of Philadelphia Life Member, Society of American Military Engineers Life Member, Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, West Point Life Member, West Point Society of New York Life Member, Alumni Association, University of Illinois Life Member, West Point Society of Philadelphia Life Member, Army War College Foundation Life Member, Army Athletic Association (AAA) Former Member, National Society of Professional Engineers Former Member, Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers Former Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Emeritus, West Point Society of Philadelphia |
Licenses / Certifications |
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Registered Professional Engineer (PE): IL, TX, PA, MD, FL, DE and NJ Registered Professional Planner (PP): NJ Previous UST (Underground Storage Tank) Certified: NJ Department of Environmental Protection |
Professional Appointments |
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Former Adjunct Professor of Engineering: Department of Civil Engineering, Philadelphia University. Former Member, Alumni Support Committee, Board of Trustees: Association of Graduates, USMA Former President: West Point Society of Philadelphia (four consecutive years, then five consecutive years) Former Member, Board of Trustees, Southern New Jersey Development Council |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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As an Expert Witness and Forensic Engineer, he has provided expert reports, deposition and court testimony in support of litigation. For example, he has: • Served as Lead Engineering expert on one case regarding the Tropicana Garage Collapse in Atlantic City, NJ. • Testified to Philadelphia City Council regarding deadly Salvation Army Building Collapse. His disciplines include Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Environmental Engineering; Project and Program Management and Control; and related fields. Former clients include General Motors, Voit Corporation, Carolina Steel and numerous law firms and insurance carriers. |