Licensed Professional Engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the mineral processing industry, this expert provides technical analysis and expert witness services in matters involving slurry transport systems, tailings management, and extractive processing operations. He holds a Master of Science in Materials Engineering, a Master of Arts in Economic Development, and a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering. He is licensed as a professional mechanical engineer in California and as a Professional Engineer in Canada. He has prior experience providing consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony as a mineral processing expert witness.

Professional experience includes feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, hydraulic modeling, and troubleshooting for long-distance concentrate and tailings pipelines. He has held senior engineering and managerial roles within private engineering organizations, including Technical Director, Principal Engineer, and Manager of a Pipeline Division, overseeing multidisciplinary teams responsible for slurry transport systems, tailings and reclaim water systems, offshore deep wells, and mud-drilling applications. Technical expertise includes the design and analysis of slurry pumps, API pumps, compressors, turbines, and pressure vessel packages for refinery and mining operations, as well as engineering of catalyst-based slurry hydrocrackers for extra-heavy oil processing.

His work frequently involves evaluation of hydraulic performance, equipment design, corrosion considerations in refineries and mining extraction facilities, and application of API Codes for Rotating Equipment. Proficiency with industry software tools, including CODEWARE for pressure vessel analysis and Pipeflo, AFT Fathom, and AFT Impulse for slurry and hydraulic system modeling, supports technical assessments of system capacity, transient flow behavior, and failure analysis. He has authored a widely used industry manuals on slurry systems published by a major technical press and has published numerous technical works addressing slurry systems and mineral processing operations. This background supports objective evaluation of mechanical failures, hydraulic system performance, equipment design issues, and industrial processing disputes in mining and refinery environments.