High Voltage Electrical Equipment Expert Witness and Consultant: Electrical Accidental Litigation and Insurance Investigation

Technical Consultant #1573

Electrical accident investigation involving high voltage equipment, electrical safety and site procedure review.
Expert witness consulting for the insurance industry and litigation support for legal counsel.
Technical support for legal case preparation.
Expert opinion reports and document review involving electrical safety, OSHA regulations and electrical engineering practice.
Electrical safety training, marketing and training video production and electrical safety and training administration.
Electrical power, control equipment installation and electrical equipment design, start-up, modifications, controls and troubleshooting.

Independent Consultant, 2001 - Present

General Electric Company, 1961 - 2001

Northeast Safety Specialist, 1995 - 2001

Training and accident investigations for Industrial field engineering and technician forces from Canada to Mexico.
Updated GE Electrical safety requirements to equal or exceed OSHA regulation.

Training Coordinator and Field Engineer, 1975 - 1995

Developed and marketed GE countrywide customer-training program.
Conducted classes at GE and customer facilities. Course included High Voltage Electrical Safety, Control Maintenance and Troubleshooting and Introduction to Electricity.
Primary Contract Manager for NYCTA Power Substations bids and contract management for 25 years and over $100 million.
Solved unique electrical interface problems that could not be solved by other GE start-up engineers.
Corporate recruiting coordinator for CCNY and Stevens.
Consultant for GE's Electric Insurance Company.

Field Engineer, 1963 - 1975

Responsible for electrical systems start-up, troubleshooting and repair of complex industrial process controls and regulators, variable speed motors, either new or very old.
Modified controls and succeeded in start-up for the 12 chandelier controls at the Metropolitan Opera.
Corrected major problems with the hydraulic stage controls and the lighting controls at Radio City Music Hall.
Directed installation of printing press control start-up at major and small newspapers in NYC.
Start-up a jumboized T-2 Tanker electric propulsion ship in Japan.
Expert troubleshooter for T-2 tankers in NY and Boston harbor.
Relay type supervisory control mods and start-up for major NY utility.
Management of GE Pavilion at Flushing World's Fair.
Worked on GE equipment at telephone Co, Utility, Steelmills, office buildings and industrial sites from New Orleans to Boston.

Philadelphia Switchgear Works, Technical Marketing, 1962 - 1963

Engineering and Science Program Missile and Space Vehicle, Philadelphia, PA, 1961 - 1962

Credentials

BSME Newark College of Engineering, NJ

BSEE New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ