A utility structures engineer and expert witness with more than 30 years of experience, this professional specializes in the inspection, analysis, repair, restoration, and loading evaluation of overhead electric and telecommunications lines and structures. More than five years of expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony involving utility poles, structural condition, strength and loading, clearances, third-party attachments, code compliance, and related industry practices.

Technical work includes wood, steel, concrete, and fiberglass structures; original and remaining strength analysis; wood decay and steel deterioration; clearance evaluation; third-party attachments; and structural loading under the National Electrical Safety Code and California General Order 95. The expert has researched, developed, and tested inspection methods, restoration systems, reinforcement products, and software used to evaluate in-service utility poles, estimate loading, classify deterioration, and support utility asset-management decisions. These developments include O-Calc and O-Calc Pro pole-loading software, the StrengthCalc remaining-strength calculator, the LoadCalc screening tool, and steel-truss systems for restoring deteriorated wood poles.

Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. The expert is also a named inventor on four United States patents involving structural bracing, pole-reinforcement trusses, and automated profiling of wood hardness. Professional involvement includes membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Wood Protection Association.

Standards leadership includes service as Chair of the National Electrical Safety Code, prior leadership of its Strength and Loading Subcommittee, and service as Chair of Accredited Standards Committee O5, which publishes manufacturing standards for wood poles and crossarms. Additional committee work has addressed reliability-based design of utility pole structures, fiber-reinforced polymer products for overhead lines, wood-pole strength, and overhead-line practices. This combination of engineering development, product testing, standards participation, and utility-structure analysis supports the evaluation of pole condition, restoration alternatives, remaining strength, loading capacity, clearances, attachments, and compliance with applicable utility standards.