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- Experience in all aspects of accident reconstruction including event data recorder downloads
- and interpretation, occupant kinematic response, speed determination, time-distance analysis,
- impact location, motor vehicle/pedestrian interactions, heavy truck incidents, low-speed
- collision analysis, motorcycle and bicycle analysis, occupant position determination, seat belt
- usage analysis, and mechanical component failure causing motor vehicle accident
- Over 1,400 motor vehicle accidents and injury incidents investigated
- Qualified as an expert witness in the field of engineering and accident reconstruction in
- Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia in both Civil and Criminal matters
- Regularly attends conferences and seminars relevant to forensic engineering
Academic Qualifications:
- 1991 Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical - Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, Ontario)
- Ballistics course - Royal Military College of Science, England
- The Engineering of Measurement Systems - Stein Engineering Services Inc.
- Advanced PC-Crash Course - Vancouver, BC
- CDR System Operator Course - Las Vegas, NV
- CDR Technician Course - Winnipeg, MB
- CDR Data Analyst Course - Winnipeg, MB
Professional Work Experience:
- 2005 - Present - Senior Forensic Engineer, Forensic Dynamics, LLC (owner)
- 1996 - 2005 - Accident Reconstruction Engineer, Forensic Dynamics Inc. (partner)
- 1995 - 1996 - Accident Reconstruction Engineer, Forensic Dynamics Inc.
- 1994 - Project Engineer, Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.(Kamloops, B.C.)
- 1993 - 1994 - Project Engineer, Thompson-Nicola Engineering Company Ltd.
- 1992 - 1993 - Armament Systems Engineer - Department of National Defence (Cold Lake,
- Alberta)
- 1996 - 2001 - Co-Founder of VS Visual Statement Inc., market leader of accident drawing and
- animation software for the police market
Professional Associations:
- Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) -
- Professional Engineer (P. Eng.), Registration #21,666
- State of Arizona Board of Technical Registration - Professional Engineer (P.E.), Registration
- #47,059
- Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists (ACTAR) - Member #1923
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) - Member
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) - Member
- Washington Association of Traffic Accident Investigators (WATAI) - Vice President
Other Experience:
- Ballistics course - Royal Military College of Science, England
- Silicon Graphics System Administration course - Silicon Graphics Inc.
- Mastering IRIX course - Silicon Graphics Inc.
- The Engineering of Measurement Systems - Stein Engineering Services Inc.
- The Dynamics of Measurements Systems - Stein Engineering Services Inc.
- Author - "Journal of Traffic Accident Technology"
- Author - "An Investigation into the Safety Aspects Related to Bunk Securement of BC Logging Trucks"
- Author - "Performance Comparison: NSC Minerals Inc. Salts to Standard Road Salt"
- Lecturer - Computer animation lecturer - UBC Advanced Evidence seminar
- Evidence Preservation Lecturer - ICBC Estimators
- Instructor - Collision Reconstruction with PC Crash, Dubai, U.A.E.
- Extensive experience in CADD programming and engineering animation
Revised 04/2008
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