A door, gate, and dock industry expert with more than 40 years of experience, this professional focuses on residential and commercial garage doors, overhead doors, sectional doors, rolling doors, high-performance doors, fire doors, dock equipment, loading dock systems, access systems, motorized and manual gates, garage door operators, automatic doors, and related product safety. His expertise encompasses door manufacturing, product design, engineering, installation, repair, programming, contractor operations, equipment evaluation, and industry standards. He also has more than 10 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving garage doors, gates, docks, fire doors, and access systems.

His professional experience includes serving as Door Manufacturing Executive, President, Director, Chief Financial Officer, Marketing Vice President, Design Engineer, Licensed Door and Gate Contractor, Owner, Manager, Industry Consultant, Insurance Consultant, Litigation Consultant, and Expert Witness for private garage door manufacturing companies, door and gate contracting firms, and private consulting practices. Throughout his career, he has directed operations involving the design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, installation, servicing, and maintenance of residential and commercial garage doors, fire doors, rolling grilles, dock levelers, loading dock equipment, automatic doors, and gate access systems. His work has also included developing industry design software, contributing to national product safety standards, leading technical committees, and consulting on product safety, installation practices, and door and gate system performance.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Management with an Engineering Emphasis and has been licensed as a Garage Door and Gate Contractor in multiple states. He is accredited by the Institute of Door Education and Accreditation (IDEA) and has served as a voting member of the UL 325 Standards Technical Panel for automatic door and gate safety standards. His professional affiliations include the International Door Association, the Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Association International (DASMA), the National Association of Garage Door Manufacturers (NAGDM), the Associated General Contractors, and the National Association of Home Builders. He has also developed patented garage door technologies and manufacturing innovations and has held numerous leadership positions within national garage door and access system organizations.