Material Handling Expert Witnesses

This medical toxicologist is a fellow of the American College of Medical Toxicology and an adjunct associate professor of Toxicology at a respected Florida college of public health. In addition to an MD obtained in Mexico, he earned his doctorate in Toxicology from the University of Minnesota, with a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Texas at Houston. He was a Poison Specialist Certified with the American Association of Poison Control Centers for more than twenty years and is an active member of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the Society of Toxicology. He has over a quarter century of experience performing medical toxicological assessments on individuals and communities exposed to toxic substances such as pesticides, heavy metals, industrial and environmental chemicals substances both at the community level as well as occupationally.

This expert has been working with Material Handling Equipment for nearly 40 years. He began his career at Brodie, Inc., which offers a complete line of material handling, industrial and warehousing equipment. He then worked for Clarklift of St. Louis, conducting safety training and service training classes for the use of machinery such as forklifts and pallet jacks. Prior to retirement this expert was the Manager of Facilities, Distribution and Manufacturing at Schnucks Markets, Inc. He supervised and managed between 13-25 employees and manages a fleet of over 250 pieces of material handling equipment and all inventory and related equipment. Currently he is working for a new start up operation at a 1 million square foot warehouse operation. He has undergone multiple continuing education classes, such as the Train the Trainer Program for material handling equipment and High Lift certification class, and he is actively involved in training others on how to properly utilize material handling equipment.

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in metallurgy and metallurgical failure analysis, with expertise in metallurgical engineering, failure analysis, materials solutions, welding and corrosion consulting in stainless steel, aluminum alloys, copper-based alloys, titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys, and high alloys. He earned his BS in metallurgical engineering from California Polytechnic State University. This expert is a registered professional engineer in metallurgy and is active in the field as a member of the American Welding Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society for Metals. He has previously held a Level II certification in radiographic and ultrasonic testing and a Level III certification in magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and visual testing through the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. This expert has previously served as a hydraulics mechanic for USMC Aircraft, a sheet metal mechanic for Rohr Corporation, plant metallurgist for United Centrifugal Pumps, and staff metallurgist for Sunstrand. He also worked on the Lockheed MSD engineering co-op program and EG&G Services nuclear plant construction. For 35 years, this expert has served as the owner and consulting engineer for a private metallurgy and engineering consultancy in California.