Professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in parking planning, programming, and functional parking design and serves as a parking planning expert witness in matters involving parking needs assessments, phased parking programs, and parking deck feasibility. Their practice focuses on the technical and operational aspects of structured and mixed-use parking facilities, including evaluation of design decisions, circulation patterns, and compliance considerations affecting safety, accessibility, and functionality.

The expert’s work centers on the development of phased parking strategies for mixed-use, municipal, university, healthcare, hospitality, airport, and corporate campus environments. Core areas of analysis include parking geometrics, pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow, striping layouts, signage and graphics, and integration of parking access and revenue control systems (PARCS) and smart parking technologies. Their experience also encompasses barrier-free design and sustainable parking strategies, including projects incorporating LEED®-related features and alternative transportation objectives. These competencies are relevant in disputes involving parking capacity determinations, design adequacy, ADA considerations, operational flexibility, and coordination with zoning and building requirements.

Over the course of their career, the expert has served in senior leadership and decision-making roles within private parking and engineering consulting firms, including Principal and Owner of a parking planning practice, Senior Vice President and Managing Principal of a regional division, President, and Vice President. In these roles, responsibilities included oversight of parking master planning, coordination with developers and public entities, and guidance on parking allocation strategies for large-scale, multi-phased developments. This background informs evaluation of project programming decisions, shared parking models, phased build-outs, and the operational impacts of parking supply and design on mixed-use properties.

The expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Professional affiliations include the International Parking & Mobility Institute and the Mid-South Transportation & Parking Association. They are a contributing author to The Dimensions of Parking, 5th Edition, a collaborative publication of the Urban Land Institute and the National Parking Association. For more than 25 years, the expert has provided consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony as a parking design expert witness in matters involving parking facility planning, design standards, and operational performance.