• Electrical
• Electrical Engineering
• Electromagnetic Engineering
• Failure Analysis
• Lithium Ion Battery Fires
• Utilities

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

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Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering - Power Systems & Multiple Manufacturer Certifications

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Power Systems - Concentration in FLISR / Cyber-physical Systems - In Progress

United States Coast Guard
Machinery Technician (MK) Main propulsion, power generation, auxiliary systems, switchgear, and small boat crew

USCG Fleet Damage Control Training Team – Shipboard Firefighting Training.

USCG Damage Control Qualification.

USCG Shipboard Firefighting Qualification.

US Navy Buttercup Trainer, Newport, Rhode Island.

US Navy Farrier Firefighting School, Norfolk, Virginia.

USCG Qualification As Oiler - In Port and Underway - Engineering duty section.

USCG Small Boat Engineer Qualification - In Port and Underway - Engineering duty section.

USCG Basic Damage Control Qualification - Engineering duty section.

Manufacturer & Distributor product certifications from;

Caterpillar Power Generation Products

Clarke Fire Protection Products

Cummins Power Generation Products

Detroit Diesel Corporation DDC-MTU Products

Generac Power Systems Products

John Deere Power Systems Products

Kohler Power Systems Products

Woodward Incorporated Products

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

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IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu – Honor Society (HKN) - Senior Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Senior Member

IEEE Consultant Network
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Power Electronics Society
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE Power & Energy Society
IEEE Professional Communication Society
IEEE Magnetics Society
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
IEEE Reliability Society
IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
IEEE Industry Applications Society


American Society of Civil Engineers - Member
American Society of Civil Engineers - Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute - Member
American Society of Civil Engineers - Miami Dade Branch - Member

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

A: I originally provided one on one instruction for shipboard engineering personnel becoming qualified in port and underway to stand watch in the USCG during the Gulf War era.

In my civilian work as a technical representative for manufacturers of internal combustion engine generator sets, I have provided one on one instruction to electricians and mechanics in power generation as a Journeyman/Foreman/Freelance troubleshooter from 1997 to the present, internationally in South America, Mexico, and the South Pacific Island nations. This includes training helpers, apprentices, and incoming Journeymen to become qualified for factory training programs. This also includes generator set portable and permanently mounted generator operations training for end user client personnel, administration, and repair staff on operation, maintenance, repairs, testing, adjusting, building load testing, load bank testing, and black start operations, from one on one to groups of 300 employees at a time in one session.

During my Bachelor of Science program, I have provided and continue to provide private tutoring in electrical engineering power systems from 2016 to the present, including adult students currently working in the profession who need assistance with system operations and parameters.

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: Since 2007, I have completed more than half a dozen pre-litigation consulting engagements on backup and emergency power systems, portable and permanently mounted generators, generator controls, fuel storage, fuel systems, and internal combustion engine emissions for generator prime mover. I have also completed a few engagements on solar panel power systems for businesses and residential systems that were not operating as promised.

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

A: Since 2007, the majority of the work I have completed as an expert witness within my area of expertise in backup and emergency power systems, whether fixed or portable apparatus, has been in pre-litigation consulting. This includes backup and emergency power systems that focused on fuel storage and the prime mover internal combustion engine driving the generator and its emissions.

I have also provided pre-litigation consulting on several cases involving solar panel power systems for businesses and residential customers that, once installed, did not operate at the levels promised to the end user business and home during the sales process.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 50%

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 50%

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: None as of yet. The pre-litigation work I have completed for clients has included initial investigations, assessments, evaluations, inspections, and system testing as needed. The results of these services and the evaluation warranted filing a case, and a deposition was not necessary.

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: None as of yet. The pre-litigation work I have completed for clients has included initial investigations, assessments, evaluations, inspections, and system testing as needed. The results of these services and the evaluation warranted filing a case, and a deposition was not necessary.

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: None as of yet. The pre-litigation work I have completed for clients has included initial investigations, assessments, evaluations, inspections, and system testing as needed. The results of these services and the evaluation warranted filing a case, and testimony was not necessary.

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: None as of yet. The pre-litigation work I have completed for clients has included initial investigations, assessments, evaluations, inspections, and system testing as needed. The results of these services and the evaluation warranted filing a case, and testimony was not necessary.

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

A: In 2006, while working on a project for a client who was an attorney, he recommended that I serve as an expert witness based on my documentation of the facts and events involving an apparatus he owned. He further stated that the experts his firm had hired over the years provided sub-par reports and, in some cases, little documentation of the events in question. I explained that spending years writing warranty claims and sorting out fraudulent claims was formal training above and beyond my tour of duty in the USCG, which provided the quality of the report and its documentation of the events of the failure he observed.

In 2007, I began working as an expert witness specifically in my area of manufacturer certifications and training, distributorship training certifications, continuing education coursework related to power systems, and self-study coursework developing this expertise over years. The area in which I operate as an expert witness is unique to backup generators, generators, marine generators, mobile generators (10 kW- 3 MW), portable generators (500W to 10KW), power generation apparatus, automatic transfer switches, paralleling switchgear, generator control systems, fuel storage, generator and industrial engine emissions, internal combustion engine power generation plants (500 kW-50 MW), and cogeneration power plants. In addition, I am currently pursuing my Master of Science thesis research project on Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) systems, the last line of defense before a facility or structure loses its main power supply from the local utility company.

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

A: Based on my current Florida International University Master of Science Thesis Research project on "Cyber-Physical Hardening of Utility Grid Infrastructure using Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR) Systems: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Communication, Control, and Monitoring," which is the last line of defense for a facility or structure from the local utility. This work addresses critical cyber-physical security vulnerabilities in utility grid FLISR systems, providing a framework to harden communications, control, and monitoring architectures against unauthorized threat-actor control.

Because I know firsthand the vulnerabilities utility companies face, I help utility end users and facility/business owners address them in a way that lets their facility operate regardless of geopolitical events or sabotage of local utility operations. For companies with critical infrastructure and/or a requirement to maintain uptime at the highest levels of electrical power system performance, my company provides business and facility owners with cyber-physical vulnerability assessments, including electrical facility evaluations, monitoring, testing, and site inspections, so that they are operational at a level of efficiency to maintain resilient operations.

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

A: Current rates are available upon request, and once the expert witness agreement is agreed to and signed, the rate remains the same for the duration of the case.

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: Current rates are available upon request, and once the expert witness agreement is agreed to and signed, the rate remains the same for the duration of the case.

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

A: Current rates are available upon request, and once the expert witness agreement is agreed to and signed, the rate remains the same for the duration of the case.

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

A: Current rates are available upon request, and once the expert witness agreement is agreed to and signed, the rate remains the same for the duration of the case.

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

A: Current rates are available upon request, and once the expert witness agreement is agreed to and signed, the rate remains the same for the duration of the case.

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