Expert Details
Motor Vehicle Safety
ID: 732229
California, USA
He was a principal architect within the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -- specifically, in programs including vehicle safety research, communications and crash-test programs.
His expertise includes government and industry product safety policies, dangerous products' advertising claims,
safety standards' adequacy, and product injury public health consequences.
Expert has consulted independently for over 30 years.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1974 | Degree: Diplomas | Subject: Research Administration | Institution: Harvard School of Business |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1985 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant / Expert Witness | Department: |
Responsibilities:He lends over 30 years' expertise to manufacturers, litigation parties, researchers and consumers. His goal is to maximize product safety and to minimize product-caused injury. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2006 | Employer: Public Health Advocacy Institute | Title: Acting Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert assumed overall responsibility for the organization's operation. Specifically he organized and directed its Motor Vehicle Hazard Archives Project. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2007 | Employer: Tufts University School of Medicine | Title: Adjunct Professor | Department: Community Health |
Responsibilities:Expert taught a graduate course in Injury Control Policy. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1969 to 1984 | Employer: Insurance Institute for HIghway Safety | Title: Senior Vice President | Department: |
Responsibilities:He handled overall management of the organization -- specifically, managing research communications activities. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1967 to 1969 | Employer: U.S. Department of Transportation | Title: Director, FHWA Office of Government, Media, Industry Relations | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert played a policy-setting role in DOT highways, motor vehicle safety, and highway safety programs. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1966 to 1967 | Employer: U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Title: Manager | Department: Transportation and Communications Policy Department |
Responsibilities:Expert managed the Transportation and Communications Policy Department within the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1963 to 1966 | Employer: Interstate Commerce Commission | Title: Special Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:He provided special assistance to Interstate Commerce Commissioner William H. Tucker. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1967 to 1969 | Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation | Role: Director, FHWA, Office of Intergovernmental, Press and Industry Affairs | Description: See earlier |
| Years: 1962 to 1966 | Agency: Interstate Commerce Commission | Role: Advisor to Commissioner | Description: Advisor to Commissioner Tucker |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: U.K. | Summary: Expert Witness in litigation concerning hazardous motor vehicle |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: France | Summary: Consultant to San Gobain Vitrage concerning U.S. regulations governing motor vehicle window, windshield glass |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Society of Automotive Engineers National Press Club Public Health Advocacy Institute (board) Center for Auto Safety (board) CAPA (board) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has published numerous papers. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has frequently testified in the courts and before congressional and regulatory bodies concerning motor vehicle crash causation and injury causation issues. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Developed "Injury Control Policy" course for Tufts University School of Medicine; Injury Issues seminars for Institute for Injury Reduction; Presd and other events for Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; etc. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert has cultivated some marketing experience. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert is a frequent author and lecturer on product hazard and safety issues. |
Fields of Expertise
safety, automotive safety, product liability, product safety, public health, consumer safety, car seat, product defect, National Transportation Safety Board, safety policy, child restraint system, motor vehicle safety program, child product safety, product recall process, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle safety standard, occupant restraint system