An aviation expert witness with over 30 years of experience in military, commercial, helicopter, and air medical operations, this professional provides litigation support, regulatory analysis, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving vertical flight infrastructure, Helicopter Air Ambulance (HAA) operations, heliport and vertiport design, aviation safety, and risk management. The expert has more than 10 years of experience providing expert witness services in cases involving helicopter operations, infrastructure compliance, accident causation, and liability analysis.

The expert is the Owner and President of an aeronautical consultancy specializing in vertical flight infrastructure design, standards development, regulatory compliance, safety management systems (SMS), auditing, and accident investigation. He has served as an infrastructure advisor to a professional society dedicated to vertical aviation, representing the organization before government agencies, industry groups, and international stakeholders on matters involving rotorcraft, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, advanced air mobility, and powered-lift facility planning and safety standards. He currently serves as chair of a national fire protection standards technical committee focused on heliports and vertiports and has contributed to industry consensus standards for vertiport design, as well as federal aviation and related infrastructure initiatives.

Operational experience includes more than 5,100 total flight hours, including approximately 5,000 hours in rotary-wing aircraft and 4,900 hours as pilot-in-command. The expert has 20 years of experience in the helicopter air ambulance sector and has served in operational leadership roles under Part 135 regulations, including base manager, safety manager, and regional operations manager overseeing multi-base air medical programs. Prior military service includes duty as a warrant officer and qualified helicopter pilot, instructor pilot, and standardization instructor pilot, with both active-duty and reserve component service.

The expert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautics and maintains FAA Commercial Pilot certification for rotorcraft-helicopter with instrument rating, Private Pilot certification for airplane single-engine land, and Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) technician certification. Additional training includes Advanced Rotorcraft Accident Investigation and Safety Management Systems program management through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Safety Institute, where he also serves as a platform instructor teaching Heliport Evaluation and Rotorcraft Accident Investigation courses.