Transportation Expert Witnesses in Tennessee

This expert has 35+ years of experience providing safety and loss control for the Trucking Industry. He is certified by the National Association of Safety Professionals and the North American Transportation Management Institution. He has completed several courses regarding safety, loss control and compliance issues. Previously, this expert served as the Director of Loss Control and Safety for the Alabama Trucking Association where he was responsible for all loss control activities ($46 million fund) and the development of accident prevention programs. He now is the President and Founder of a Risk Management firm providing expertise in safety and loss control for clients in the state of Alabama.

This logistics professional currently works for a freight services company in Arkansas. He entered the industry in 2003 and has spent 12 years dealing with customers, carriers, and insurance companies. The expert is a Certified Transportation Broker by the Transportation Intermediaries Association. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Transportation & Logistics Council.

This well credentialed expert earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from George Washington University, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from George Washington University. He has held academic positions at various levels dating back to the 1980s and currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Department Head for a leading public research university in Virginia. His areas of engineering expertise include mechanical engineering, control systems, dynamics, robotics, intelligent vehicles, and transportation safety. He focuses his efforts on several application areas, including automotive safety systems, vehicle dynamics and control, collision warning/avoidance, and autonomous vehicles. The expert has co-authored 2 books and 7 book chapters, as well as numerous other publications (over 160), and he has received 1 patent.

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in the trucking industry, with experience in areas relating to trucking safety, FMCSA, recruiting, operations, and risk management. He earned his BS in resources management from Troy University and completed training in advanced avionics with the United States Navy. He began his career in the trucking industry as an operations manager for E. Ray Watson Company before moving on to Alabama River Companies. During his 21 years with Alabama River Companies, he held various roles such as production supervisor, mill coordinator, product unit area manager and woodyard area manager. He has also previously served as the principal for Hornady Transportation and currently serves as the president of a private business consultancy in Alabama.

This expert has over 50 years of experience in commercial motor carrier and trucking industry. His work in the industry has focused on customary practices, standard of care, tractor-trailers, and compliance and safety training and practices for drivers, motor carriers, warehouses and forklifts. He received his certificate in traffic & transportation law & management from the University of Virginia and is active in his field as a member of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals and the Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy. He is certified by the Department of Transportation as a breath alcohol technician and factory authorized calibration technician, by OSHA as a train the trainer in forklift safety, and by FEMA through their emergency management institute. He previously served as the vice president of Russell Transfer, Inc., the senior vice president of Valley Transport Associates, and corporate secretary of Fleetmaster Express, Inc. This expert is currently the managing member of a transportation safety and compliance consultancy in Virginia.