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Expert has worked in electronic forensics and patent infringement analysis. He specializes in all types of electronic devices, systems and products.

Expert is a registered Electrical PE in the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He has over 30 years of electrical and electronic design and test experience on a variety of products in numerous industries, including telecommunications, industrial automation and control, semiconductors and consumer goods. He is a proud graduate of North Carolina State University receiving his MSECE and Penn State University receiving a BSEE. He is also a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) and a Certified Power Quality Professional (CPQ).

His expertise and skill sets are in the areas of forensic engineering, reverse engineering, product teardowns, safety compliance, fire investigations, product liability, patent infringement, hardware design, power supply design, embedded processor design, high speed circuit design in both analog and digital systems, PCB design, EMC/EMI/RFI standards/compliance, telecommunication and industrial automation/controls. In the course of his career, he has also been heavily involved with product testing and compliance (Safety and EMC) in the design phase, and in post-design product failure analysis, including power and signal line surge analysis.

He has served as an expert witness and forensic engineer on many cases involving a wide variety of electrical and electronic devices and applications, and on some projects drilling down to find the root cause of failure. Some projects have focused on patent infringement and reverse engineering and others include fire hazards, product liability and aspects of shock and human safety. He has analyzed designs in reference to user abuse and unintended operation which is often an overlooked aspect in most product safety reviews.

For his current employer and his previous employer, he was the lead engineer responsible for all the electrical safety and compliance testing and requirements (UL, FCC, NEBS, CE and ETSI) of their electrical and electronic products. He is quite knowledgeable regarding the UL and IEC standards, requirements, protocols and documentation required for product compliance in both the US Europe and Asia. He has a broad and proven background encompassing both design and compliance testing. Having performed similar functions at several past employers, he has been able to develop a strong working relationship with the safety and compliance groups at Underwriters Laboratory (U.S.), TUV Rheinland of North America (U.S.), and TUV SUD (China).

Forensic Company #1 ---------------------------------------------------

• Expert witness for multiple cases regarding water exposure and contamination of electrical and electronic systems.
• Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for multiple fire investigations involving residential, commercial and industrial structures and products.
• Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for multiple product liability cases.
• Investigated and provided Lightning and Surge Analysis for multiple clients.

Forensic Company #2 ---------------------------------------------------

• Expert witness involving a laptop computer fire.
• Expert witness involving computer software/systems, financial records and information.
• Expert witness involving an electronic design dispute between a major appliance manufacturer and a sub-contract manufacturer.
•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for investigations of multiple cook top fires.

Forensic Company # 3 --------------------------------------------------

•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for suspected electronic failures in a residential HVAC system.
•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for suspected electronic failures on a Motorcycle.
• Expert witness in lemon law motor vehicle case.
•Investigated a heavy equipment excavator fire.
•Investigated a Power Utility Surge event involving a multi-million dollar residential structure.
•Investigated and provided Lightning and Surge Analysis for clients.

Forensic Company # 4 --------------------------------------------------

•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for a fire cause and origin investigation involving a manufactured home. Responsibilities included evidence review and final report preparation/presentation to the client
•Conducted fire cause and origin investigation involving television sets.

Other Forensic Cases --------------------------------------------------
• Expert witness for suspected electronic failures in an emergency backup electrical power system.
• Expert witness regarding failure analysis in laundry appliance electronics.·
•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant regarding failure analysis of video electronics.
•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for a fire cause and origin investigation involving a floor model water cooler.
•Electrical Engineering consultant for a fire cause and origin investigation involving a rear projection TV.
•Conducted a fire cause and origin investigation involving emergency backup electrical power equipment.
•Conducted a power surge investigation on an industrial electrical generator.
•Co-investigator on a cause and origin investigation involving an apartment fire.
• Expert witness for investigation a fire cause and origin investigation involving a television set.
•Electrical Forensic Engineering consultant for multiple fire, product liability and Lightning/Surge cases.