PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
Registered Professional Engineer: Certificate No. MFOO2174, State of California
SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE
Over 25 years of experience as a consultant to attorneys in accident reconstruction, products liability, intellectual property, factory safety and other litigation. This includes numerous depositions and court appearances.
30 years of manufacturing experience in processing, tool design, electronics and materials engineering.
ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
User safety and equipment design
Failure Analysis (Includes both materials and design)
Glass Failures: Bottles (Wine and Champagne), Windows, Windshields, Dishes, Cook Wear etc.
Metallurgical Failures: Bolts, Welds, Pipes, Gears, Ladders, Straps, Cables Brackets, Cutting Blades etc.
Ceramic Failures: Grinding Wheels, Cutoff Blades and Structural Ceramics.
Corrosion Failures: Galvanic, General; this includes electronic devices.
Polymer (Plastic) Failures (Includes Composite Materials): Chairs, Packaging, Bungie Cords, Levers, Wheels, etc.
Wood Failures: Chairs, Ladders, Stairs, Window Leaks etc.
Manufacturing Expertise: Includes Processing, Factory Safety (Machine Guards) Patents, Reverse Engineering and Factory Procedures
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1975 - present Engineering Consultant in private practice with attorneys and insurance adjusters. Litigation-related practice includes plaintiff and defense clients in approximately equal numbers. Included are numerous depositions and trial appearances.
1993 - 2001 Chief Metallurgist
Komag Materials Technology Inc., Santa Rosa, California
1988 - 1993 Senior Thin Film Project Engineer
Deposition Sciences Inc., Santa Rosa, California
1984 - 1988 Thin Film Circuit Engineer and Reliability Engineer
Microwave Technology Inc., Fremont, California
1975 - 1984 Project Engineer, Safety Engineer and Project Manager
Hewlett Packard Co., Santa Rosa, California
1974 - 1975 Senior Project Engineer
Optical Coating Laboratories Inc., Santa Rosa, California
1972 - 1974 Senior Process Engineer
Corning Glass Works, Coming, New York. Included glass finishing process development and glass failure analysis.
1969 -1972 Engineering Consultant
Failure Analysis Associates, Stanford, California. Aided engineers with failure analysis.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Stanford University, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, 1972
Stanford University, MS Materials Science, 1969
University of Pennsylvania, BS Metallurgical Engineering, 1965
Diploma, Tercer Curso Panamericano de Metalurgia Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1968
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Fluent in written and spoken Spanish
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