Licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE) and Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) with a unique multidisciplinary background that I have used in engineering design, manufacturing operations, consulting, and forensic investigation. I use a Six Sigma process-thinking approach supported by a systems-level understanding to perform both operational and technical analysis, whether it involves consulting for process improvement, damage assessment, root cause failure analysis, or litigation support.
My expertise covers the full spectrum of product development, process engineering and design, quality systems, building services design, equipment design and selection, procurement, construction, maintenance, and operations, with demonstrated analysis in a wide variety of applications such as:
Building Systems: Plumbing, HVAC, Utilities, Power Distribution, Overhead Cranes.
Automation and Assembly: Design and analysis for robotics, conveyance and automated assembly systems, and OSHA compliance for discrete or continuous manufacturing.
Continuous Manufacturing: Paper Mills/Paper Plants, Industrial Minerals, Laminated Paper Film Lines.
Batch Manufacturing: Molding.
Emission Control Systems: Catalytic Oxidizers, Adsorption Systems, Thermal Oxidizers.
Furnaces, Ovens, Kilns, Boilers.
Food and Agri-Processing: Mechanical, thermal, chemical, and biological processes.
Heavy Industry: Steel/Aluminum Mills and Foundries, Industrial Machinery, Mining (Processing), Power Generation (Combined Cycle, Cogen, Turbines, Generators).
Chemical/Petrochemical: Refineries and Downstream Chemical Processing, Hazard Analysis.
Water/Wastewater Treatment Plants and Lift Stations.