• Automotive Engineering
• Design Engineering
• Failure Analysis
• Mathematical Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering
• Statistics

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

A: ASA Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat)
Licensed Professional Engineer for State of Michigan
IQF Certified Operational Six Sigma Master Black Belt
IQF Certified DFSS Master Black Belt

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

A: American Statistical Association (ASA) - amstat.org
International Quality Federation (IQF) - iqf.org
American Society for Quality (ASQ) - asq.org

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

A: University of Toledo, College of Engineering. adjunct professor for Engineering Statistics, Design of Experiments, Reliability, and Six Sigma

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

A: Successfully overcame a Daubert challenge in a matter related to defective ceramic material. https://www.expertwitnessblog.com/statistics-expert-witness-testimony-allowed-2/

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

A: 10

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

A: Product quality dispute between component suppliers for an automotive door latch.
Product quality dispute between heavy-truck manfucturer and powertrain component supplier.
Class action suit related to manufacutring defect of ceramic toilet tanks.
Analysis of fairness of jury pool and jury panel.
Forecasting of cumulative loss in business revenue due to an aledged civil rights violation.
Estimation of defect proportions related to N95 masks.
Driveshaft failure resulting in vehicle accident.

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

A: 10

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

A: 90

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

A: 4

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

A: May 2025

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

A: Successful in Daubert challenge as expert witness - https://www.expertwitnessblog.com/statistics-expert-witness-testimony-allowed-2/

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

A: Twice

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

A: Since 2017

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

A: Dr. Capser is an expert witness in areas of probability, mathematical statistics, and reliability.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, sampling, statistical inference, statistical modeling and regression, categorical data analysis and logistic regression, survival analysis, component and system reliability analysis, warranty analysis, reliability modeling and simulation, probabilistic assessment of ‘at-risk’ failures, process capability, statistical process control, and forecasting.

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

A: Travel expeses at cost + 10%

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