• Accident Investigation
• Accident Reconstruction
• Airports/Airlines
• Aviation
• Black Box/Data Recorder
• Human Factors
• Transportation Safety

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Airline Transport Pilot with over 14,000 accident and incident free flight hours. FAA Authorized Check Airman, Mentor Pilot, Type-Rated in a multitude of Transport Category Aircraft. Including general aviation turbojet, turboprop, and piston aircraft. I hold a Master of Public Administration, specializing in Homeland Security and Emergency Management and a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education. Air Line Pilots Association Security Committee. Advanced proficiency in the Portuguese language. Type-rated Boeing 737, 757, 767, 717, Airbus 319, 320, 321, CE-650, BE-400, and MU-300. FAR Part 107 UAS Pilot. Awarded "Best Captain at Delta Air Lines" Peer Recognition Award, 2023. Awarded "Delta Air Lines Academic and Leadership Scholarship" Award, 2012.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: American Bar Association (ABA), Aviation Lawyers Association (ALA), Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Latino Pilots Association (LPA), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Regarding my aviation, leadership and management skills, as a former FAA Authorized Airbus Check Airman and member of the Airbus Flight Standards Team at Delta Air Lines, Inc., I have instructed and supervised hundreds of military and civilian pilots of all ranks, pilots of all types of military aircraft, to include aviators of both the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, as well as Air Force One, Air Force Two and Marine One. My responsibilities involved supervising leadership and development training, recruitment, ensuring flight crews complied with Delta and FAA regulations, and developed leadership and course curricula. I was also instrumental in working on special and sensitive security projects for the Air Line Pilots Association Security Committee.

In addition, in 2015, I was the first Commercial Airline Transport Pilot in the United States granted an FAA Section 333 Exemption and a Certificate of Authorization (COA) for Commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operations. My Section 333 Authorization was granted prior to FAA Part 107 UAS Licensing, of which I hold as well.

As a Mentor Pilot, I shared my leadership knowledge with all newly hired military and civilian pilots for their transition to the civilian sectors and airline environment, during their probationary period to ensure company and FAA regulation compliance, and professional development at Delta Air Lines, Inc. In addition, I also taught leadership, ground, and simulator instruction for Southwest Airlines, Inc.

I have accumulated over 14,000 flight hours without accidents or incidents. I am a professional aviation educator and teach numerous topics such as aviation safety, security, accident investigation, threat and error management, human factors, crew resource management, and leadership.

As a former member of the United States Air Force Intelligence Community with a Top Secret/SCI clearance, I conducted years of planning, research, and highly classified investigations. I was a member of the Headquarters Alaskan Air Command NORAD Region, Indications and Warning Team, serving as an all-source intelligence analyst. I also served as a Linguist Debriefer/Interrogator, working in the HUMINT community while serving in the United States Air Force.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Approximately 25 times.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Aviation, Security, Safety, Aviation Insurance Fraud. Sensitive workplace investigations.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: Since 2020.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Consulting, subject matter expert, expert witness, witness interviewing, research, writing reports, investigations, accident and incident analysis.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $200.00 per hour

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $200.00 per hour.

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $400.00 per hour

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $400.00 per hour.

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: All actual airfare, hotel, ground transportation, and meals & entertainment, etc. expenses are passed through.

Daily travel rate $1,500.00, plus expenses.

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