Arborist for 19 years and 10 years of expert witness services, this expert provides arboriculture, urban forestry, and tree risk assessment analysis involving tree appraisals, tree valuation, forensic investigations, root assessments, tree inventories, tree management planning, tree preservation planning, tree protection planning for construction, permitting, pest management, pruning, fertilization, tree transportation, I-Tree assessments, urban forest inventory, and urban tree canopy analysis. He has deposition, arbitration, and court testimony experience.

His arboricultural consulting work includes feasibility studies, master planning, project management, integrated pest management, tree planting and transplanting, removal, design analysis, grant writing, ordinance development, construction oversight, and arborist report development. He has performed forensic investigations and diagnostic assessments involving storm damage, proof-of-loss and valuation issues, alleged trespass, alleged tree poisoning, construction impacts, salt exposure, motor vehicle collisions, plant material near steam infrastructure, and plant material damaged or destroyed by weather events. His work also includes developing and implementing ground penetrating radar procedures for qualitative root assessment below grade in urban settings and for tree preservation construction specifications.

He has experience with consulting arborist responsibilities, senior urban forestry work, arborist consulting, business management, instruction, volunteer evaluation, arborist representation, and sales arborist responsibilities. His credentials include Certified Arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture, Qualified Tree Risk Assessor through the International Society of Arboriculture, and Connecticut Licensed Arborist.

His education includes a Master of Science in Educational Leadership, a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Development and Forest Science, and consulting arborist academy training. He has presented on tree preservation planning, tree risk assessment standards and applications, ground penetrating radar in urban forestry, tree preservation strategies, urban tree preservation, and tree protection planning for construction.