This Ph.D. retired as an aerospace industry executive in 2005. Presently his consulting practice includes new product development consulting for the Aerospace Fastener and Aircraft Interiors industries, as well as litigation consulting in the areas of mechanisms, latches and fasteners.  

Before retiring, he co-invented and led the development of the post-9/11 secure ( terrorist-proof ) cockpit door decompression latches now installed on half the world's fleet of aircraft. Previously he invented and commercialized the first viable blind fastening system for laminated composites. After 24 years, that system remains the world's most-used fastener for composite airframe assembly.  Recent litigation consulting projects have included aircraft engine cylinder head bolt failure analysis, helicopter cargo door latch failures and motor home retractable bunk mechanism analysis.

• Accident Reconstruction
• Aircraft Rapid Decompression
• Engineering, Structural
• Failure Analysis
• Fasteners
• Kinematics Analysis
• Latching Mechanisms
• Mechanisms
• Products Liability
• Wind Load Analysis

• Ph.D. - Civil Engineering-Structural Mechanics
• M.S.M.E.
• B.S.M.E.

Expert Witness Services:

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Analysis 
• Personal Injury  
• Pre-Litigation 
• Product Failure
• Product Liability
• Technical Consultant
• Trade Secret