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Expert is an experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) and award-winning inventor. He is the President of a mechanical engineering consulting firm, with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. He has worked on the development of multiple successful products including among other things: forklifts, forklift attachments, conveyors, aerial lifts, garbage trucks, thrill rides, ziplines, trailers, oil and gas equipment, exercise equipment, manufacturing equipment and multiple consumer products.

Expert graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in product development. He is a licensed professional engineer (PE) and a certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP).

He is an experienced expert witness who has been retained on 100+ patent and personal injury cases, and has drafted hundreds of reports/declarations. He has designed and built multiple custom testing devices to obtain data and evaluate opinions, and has created multiple demonstratives to explain the mechanics and circumstances of accident sequences and patented devices. He has testified in deposition 30+ times and multiple times in trial.

An experienced consultant, he has been involved in hundreds of projects. Major areas of focus and expertise include: aerial lifts, boom lifts, bucket trucks, cherry pickers, scissor lifts, trailers, end dumps, side dumps, belly dumps, flat beds, goose neck trailers, 5th wheel trailers, trailer safety chains, towing systems, tarping systems, refuse trucks, recycling trucks, rear loaders, side loaders, automated trucks, front loaders, automated side loaders, fall protection, exercise equipment, forklifts, forklift attachments, powered industrial trucks, and telehandlers, rough terrain forklifts, drilling equipment, oil and gas equipment, heavy equipment, construction equipment, conveyors, roller conveyors, belt conveyors, screw conveyors, auger conveyors, hydraulic equipment, manufacturing equipment, consumer products, chairs and seating, stability and tipping, plastic design, zip lines, thrill rides, designing to standards, and design for safety.

He has written multiple provisional patent applications, and has worked with attorneys in writing the specifications, creating drawings and drafting claims for utility patents on products he has helped design. As part of the product development process, he has performed patent searches, both for informational purposes and to lessen the likelihood that new developments would infringe other’s intellectual property. He is listed as in inventor on seven issued patents. Additionally, he has worked on district court cases, IPR’s, EPR’s, and cases in the ITC. He has consulted on the following categories of patent issues: Trailers; Agricultural Equipment; Trailer Tarping Systems; Oil/Gas Drilling Equipment; Weight Machines; Athletic Equipment; Archery Equipment; Hinges; Seating/Chairs; Hand Tools; Springs; Office Supplies; Food Processors; Blenders; Coffee and Tea makers; Vacuum Cleaners; Hospital Equipment; Cleaning Systems; Car seat gap fillers; Baby bottle warmers; Cooler Latching Systems; Grills and Smokers.