Transportation Expert Witnesses

ID: 103198

Oregon

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Washington

Mr. Stephen B. Garets has over 41 years of experience in the fields of Transportation and Accidents and Safety. Formerly, this expert served as the Motorcycle Safety Consultant at Garets Consulting LLC and as the Director of Team Oregon Motorcycle Safety Program at Oregon State University. Currently, this expert serves as Senior Manager of Human Factors at Exponent.

E-008055

Massachusetts

This expert has been working on and with seafaring vessels for over 40 years. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Nautical Science and Marine Transportation and holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master License. A retired Captain of the Untied States Navy, he served on numerous Navy warships and was the Head of Maritime Affairs for the Chief of Naval Operations during Operations...

ID: 111789

Texas

Ms. Christine S. Foran has over 33 years of experience in Forensic Analysis with expertise in Chemical Testing and Hazardous Materials. She earned her BS in Chemistry from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Formerly, she served as a Quality Control Chemist at Upjohn and as a Chemical Laboratory Manager and Senior Analytical Chemist at EFI Global, Inc. Currently, she serves as the...

E-008359

New York

This qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the transportation industry. He previously worked at the New York City Transit in various capacities including Chief Transportation Officer. He was responsible for the training department, managing programs for instructing bus drivers. He currently works as Vice President of Operations for a transportation contractor in New York. His...

ID: 113784

California

Mr. Rock E. Miller has over 40 years of experience in Traffic Engineering and Civil Engineering. He earned his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of California Davis. Today, this expert is a certified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in California and Hawaii. Formerly, this expert...

E-008488

South Carolina

This expert is a certified Director of Safety through the National Committee for Motor Fleet Supervisory Training. He has won a number of awards and is widely recognized in the industry as a leading subject matter expert. He has held numerous top level positions in fleet management, trucking, industry safety, and driver resources. The expert has also been on the boards of several safety...

ID: 125701

California

Mr. J. Robert Berkstresser has 40 years of experience in the field of Bus Transportation. Formerly, he served as the Director of Transportation at Escondido Union High School District and as the Operations Manager at Sundance Stage Lines. He also served as the Director of Operations at Goodall’s Charter Bus/Gray Line Tours, as a Student Driver Instructor at Santa Fe Christian School, as a...

E-010185

New York

This highly qualified bus safety expert has directed and supervised all technical and business activities of a transportation consultancy for more than 30 years. Concurrently, he created and directed the operations of a transportation service company and the US distributor of a line of European manufactured buses. He belongs to the American Public Transportation Association, the National...

ID: 126079

Massachusetts

Mr. Mark A. Franklin has 25 years of experience in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Workplace Safety. He earned his BS in Management from the University of Phoenix and his MBA from the University of Massachusetts. Today, this expert is certified as a Hazardous Materials Manager by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management. Formerly, this expert served as the...

E-010328

Florida

This experienced trucking expert has been trained in safety supervision and accident investigation by the American Trucking Association and the North American Transportation Management Institute. He is a certified Director of Safety and a certified Driver Trainer. He has held a number of transportation safety, training, and management positions throughout his career and has specialized in...

ID: 128938

California

Mr. V. Paul Herbert has 47 years of experience in Transportation with expertise in Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety and Compliance. Formerly, this expert served as the Assistant Director and Hazardous Materials Specialist at California Trucking Association, as Director of Safety and Personnel at Kings County Truck Lines, and as General Manager at American Refrigerated Transport, Inc. Currently,...

E-011918

Illinois

This highly qualified Occupational Medicine expert is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is board certified in Occupational Medicine, following training at Medical College of Wisconsin. He formerly served as a Clinical Instructor for Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin. He is certified as a Medical Review Officer for the Department of...

ID: 138551

Florida

Mr. Christopher J. Medwell has 43 years of experience in Accident Reconstruction and Crash Data Recovery. He earned his BAS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Today, this expert is certified as a Remote Pilot by the Federal Aviation Administration and licensed as a Professional Engineer in 5 states. Formerly, this expert served as the Dealer Operations Manager of the...

E-012239

Nebraska

Expert in rapid transit accident investigation, particularly rolling equipment and motive power, event recordings, track, operations, train handling, and human performance. He retired from the National Transportation Safety Board after 22 years as an investigator-in-charge in which time he participated in 57 major accident investigations, 32 field accident investigations, 10 public hearings, 16...

ID: 142353

Alabama

Mr. Lane S. VanIngen has 35 years of experience in Transportation Compliance and earned his BS in Accounting from Bob Jones University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Level Special Agent and Inspector for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. He currently serves as the President of TranSafety Services, Inc., TSS Consortium and Testing Services, Inc., and Transportation...

E-013254

New Jersey

This expert received his Masters degree in 1997 at McMaster University and in 2004, he was awarded his PhD from Carleton University. His PhD contribution resulted in significant changes in the 2005 National Building Code of Canada, NBCC. During his graduate studies, he taught several courses including Engineering Mechanics, Surveying, Highway and Transportation, Bridge Design, and Properties of...

ID: 19998

Georgia

This expert has nearly four decades of experience in mechanical engineering spanning both metallic and composite materials. He received his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT. He is an active contributor to his field, having published extensively on a wide variety of topics, including fracture mechanics and fatigue behavior, damage tolerance, and failure characterization....

E-016311

Wisconsin

This highly qualified expert is the founder and principal of a consultancy for technology and intellectual property investigation in electrical machines, electromagnetic devices, and their applications, particularly in the automotive, aerospace and transportation fields. He holds 49 US patents with 4 more applied for, and authored or co-authored twenty-two papers in referred journals. He is the...

ID: 2034237

California

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Colorado

Dr. Lisa P. Gwin has 37 years of experience in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Biomechanics, and Electrical Engineering. She earned her BSN from Wayne State University and her BS in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Gwin completed her medical degree at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by residency training in Emergency Medicine at the...

E-004451

Tennessee

One of the largest program underwriters of logistics insurance nationally and a pioneer of state-of the art coverages. Main logistics specialization is truck brokers.