Professional License

Registered Professional Engineer: Certificate No. MFOO2174, State ofCalifornia

Summary of Expertise

1. 1.       Over 25 years of experience as a consultant to attorneys in accident reconstruction, OSHA worker safety, products liability, intellectual property, factory safety and other litigation. This includes numerous depositions and court appearances.
2. 30 years of manufacturing experience in processing, process and product introduction, plastic food packaging, wine bottling, part design, machine safety, machine design, quality control, electronics and materials engineering.

Accident Reconstruction

User and Worker safety, Product Liability and equipment design (Includes device safety, factory safety and machine guards)

Failure Analysis (Includes both materials and design)

• Glass Damage & Failures: Jars, Bottles (Wine and Champagne), Safety Glass, Windows, Windshields, Dishese etc.
• Polymer (Plastic)Degradation and Failures: Ladders, Packaging, Chairs, Medical Devices, Bottles, Bungee Cords, 
• Metallurgical Failures:  Bolts, Cables, Welds, Pipes, Gears, Prosthetics, Ladders, Implants, Cutting Blades etc
• Ceramic and Porcelain Failures:  Fired ceramics, Grinding Wheels, Cutoff Blades and Structural Ceramics.
• Corrosion Failures:  Galvanic, General; this includes materials selection and electronic devices.
• Manufacturing Defects:  Any manufactured Item.
• Wood Failures: Chairs, Ladders, Stairs, Window Leaks etc (Includes deterioration from rot).

Manufacturing Expertise: Includes Patents, Tooling, Processing, Product Design, Factory Safety (Machine Guards), Quality Control, Quality Verification, Reverse Engineering and Factory Procedures

Professional Experience

1975 - Present                     Engineering Consultant in private practice with attorneys and insurance adjusters.  Litigation-related practice includes plaintiff and defense clients in approximately equal numbers.  Included are numerous depositions and trial appearances.

2001- 2001                           Senior Metallurgical Engineer and Safety Engineer

                                                Rheodyne, Inc.Rohnert Park,CA

1993 - 2001                          Chief Metallurgist

Komag Materials Technology Inc.,Santa Rosa,California

1988 - 1993                          Senior Thin Film Project Engineer

                                                Deposition Sciences Inc.,Santa Rosa,California

1984 - 1988                          Thin Film Circuit Engineer, Safety Engineer and Reliability Engineer

                                                Microwave Technology Inc.,Fremont,California

1975 - 1984                          Project Engineer, Safety Engineer and Project Manager

                                                Hewlett Packard Co.,Santa Rosa,California

1974 - 1975                          Senior Project Engineer

                                                Optical Coating Laboratories Inc.,Santa Rosa,California

1972 - 1974                          Senior Process Engineer

                                                Corning Glass Works, Coming,New York. Included glass finishing process development and glass failure analysis.

1969 -1972                           Engineering Consultant

                                                Failure Analysis Associates, Stanford,California.  Aided engineers with failure analysis.

Academic Degrees

1. StanfordUniversity, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, 1972
2. Stanford University, MS Materials Science, 1969
3. Universityof Pennsylvania, BS Metallurgical Engineering, 1965
4. Diploma, Tercer Curso Panamericano de Metalurgia Nuclear,Buenos Aires,Argentina, 1968

Additional Skills

Fluent in written and spoken Spanish