With more than 55 years of experience in fire control and investigation, this expert has focused his career on fire cause and origin investigations involving structures, automobiles, trucks, motorhomes, appliances, and insurance fraud. His background includes active firefighting, fire prevention, fire investigation, arson investigations, and criminal investigations. He also has more than 30 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony. His work has involved conducting thousands of fire and criminal investigations related to fire losses and suspected criminal activity.

His professional experience includes 29 years conducting independent fire cause and origin investigations involving structure, vehicle, truck, and motorhome fires, as well as appliance-related fires and insurance fraud matters. Earlier in his career, he served with the Los Angeles Fire Department as a firefighter, fire investigator, and fire captain, where he investigated thousands of fires, participated in criminal investigations, and supervised fire suppression, fire prevention, and investigative operations. He also served as Assistant Fire Chief at United States Air Force Plant 42, overseeing technical services supporting major aerospace and defense programs.

In addition to his investigative experience, he is a licensed private investigator in California and Nevada and has completed advanced training in fire investigation, hazardous materials, criminal investigations, evidence preservation, fraud investigations, and forensic investigative practices. His professional experience supports matters involving fire cause and origin investigations, arson investigations, automotive fires, building fires, truck fires, and insurance fraud.