This industrial equipment and asset appraisal expert witness has more than 25 years of experience in auctioneering, commercial asset appraisal, industrial liquidation, and heavy equipment valuation. His professional background includes appraisal and auction analysis involving agricultural equipment, construction machinery, contractor equipment, industrial fabrication assets, forestry equipment, heavy trucks and trailers, fleet vehicles, and commercial machinery. He has also provided consultations, deposition services, and courtroom testimony for more than 5 years in matters involving industrial equipment and asset valuation.

Since founding an industrial auction and appraisal firm in 1999, he has overseen large-scale heavy equipment auctions, business liquidations, and agricultural dispersal sales throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. His work includes valuation and merchandising of commercial, industrial, and agricultural assets for lending institutions, bankruptcy-related matters, corporate surplus disposition, equipment liquidation, and secured asset recovery. Areas of expertise include machinery appraisal methodology, liquidation valuation, auction marketing, industrial inventory analysis, transportation equipment valuation, and disposition of distressed or surplus business assets.

Holding both the Certified Auctioneers Institute designation and the Graduate Personal Property Appraiser designation, he also completed Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice training and advanced auctioneering education programs. His professional affiliations include membership and leadership involvement with the National Auctioneers Association, the Oregon Auctioneers Association, the Washington Auctioneers Association, the Idaho Association of Professional Auctioneers, the Turnaround Management Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He previously served as president of the Oregon Auctioneers Association.

Earlier in his career, he worked extensively as a contract auctioneer specializing in livestock and dealer automobile auctions before transitioning into industrial and commercial asset auctions. His expert witness experience includes testimony in state circuit court proceedings and United States Bankruptcy Court matters involving asset valuation and appraisal-related disputes. Additional industry recognition includes multiple Oregon Grand Champion Auctioneer titles and participation in national and international auctioneer competitions focused on livestock and industrial auction performance.