Corrections Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 707

Mississippi

Summary of Experience

Warden (Acting) - May 2008 -April 2010 - selected to return as the Warden at Calipatria State Prison (CAL) at Calipatria. [Reported as acting Warden on May 16, 2008 and reinstated to the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation in December 2008].

Principal Consultant - 2000 to present - For the past ten years, as owner and Principal Consultant of A Company, I have participated in several Value Engineering projects around the country, including the City of New York, Department of Correction on Riker'™s Island as principal security consultant as well as Walla Walla State Prison in Washington State. I have also been retained by private counsel in multi-million dollar lawsuits as an expert witness. Additionally, I have provided security related expertise and consulting services on a number of State and Municipal Criminal Justice design and construction projects where building, perimeter and personnel security were the critical elements of the project designs, including the State of California Condemned Inmate Complex.

Warden - 1998 - 2000 - selected by Director and Agency Secretary and appointed by Governor Pete Wilson as the Warden at A State Prison (CAL) [1999 - Reappointed Warden by Governor Gray Davis; confirmed by the California State Senate on January 19, 1999].

1972 - 1998 - began career as a Correctional Officer with the California Department of Corrections (CDC) at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino; 1974 - Correctional Program Supervisor I - promoted at CIM at Chino; 1975 - Correctional Sergeant - promoted at the California Correctional Institution (CCI) at Tehachapi; 1976 - Correctional Sergeant - transferred to the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) at Soledad; 1977 - Acting Correctional Lieutenant and Correctional Counselor at CTF - Soledad; 1977 - Correctional Program Supervisor II - promoted at CTF - Soledad; 1979 - Correctional Counselor I - promoted at CTF - Soledad; 1979 - Correctional Lieutenant - appointed at CTF- Soledad; 1981 - Correctional Lieutenant - transferred to the Training Services Branch-Central Office in Sacramento; 1982 - Transferred as Correctional Lieutenant (Senior and Chief Investigator) to the Background Investigations Unit - Central Office in Sacramento; 1984 - Transferred as Correctional Lieutenant to the Planning and Construction Division (P&CD) - Design Development and Review Unit in Sacramento; 1986 - Promoted to Program Administrator in P&CD in Sacramento; 1988 - Transferred as Program Administrator to
California State Prison Corcoran (COR) at Corcoran; 1990 - Promoted to Associate Warden P&CD
Design Section in Sacramento; 1993 - Promoted to Chief Deputy Warden at Centinela State Prison (CEN) at Imperial; 1997 - Appointed to California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi as Acting Warden.

Relevant Experience

1995 - 2000 - Technology Transfer Committee - Member, California Department of Corrections (CDC) - reviewing new criminal justice technologies

1993 - 2000 and 2008 - 2010 - Calipatria State Prison; California Correctional Institution; Centinela State Prison - Responsible for leadership, safe custody and security of up to more than 1800 employees, up to 6000 inmates, up to $120 million annual operating budget and a $300 million physical plant

1988 - 1990 - Activated new prison at Corcoran - 500 bed medium security facility; 400 bed minimum security facility; 512 bed security housing unit

1985 - Consultant - Nevada Department of Corrections - developed operational procedures through the National Institute of Corrections contract

1984 - 1993 - Planning & Construction Division - over an 9 year period - involved in the design, review and construction of approximately $5 billion worth of new criminal justice projects - including men'™s and women'™s prisons, and clinics and medical treatment facilities ; and specifically representing the user to architects and engineers in the areas of custody, security, operations, technology, staffing, equipment, specifications and spatial relationships and usage, as well as working with the CEMs in value engineering and the Project Managers during the construction phases

1982 - 1984 - Background Investigation Unit - Established, developed procedures/processes and managed the CDC Background Investigation Unit. Authored a 200 page '™CDC Background Investigator Training Manual'™ and related lesson plans, and primary instructor of the 160 hour Background Investigator Training Program to three academies of newly hired investigators

1979 - 1980 - Accreditation - Co-Manager for the successful Accreditation of the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad by the American Correctional Association, Commission on Accreditation

1978 - 1980 - Instructor - Pre-Service Academy for Correctional Staff RE: '™Alternate Methods of Discipline'™; California Highway Patrol RE: '™Radical Groups & Prison Gangs'™

Education

California State University, Long Beach - 1981-1982
Santa Rosa Jr. College - 1980
California State University, Sacramento - 1977
University of California, Santa Barbara - 1976
Chaffey College, Alta Loma - 1974 A.A.
St. John'™s College, Camarillo 1970 - 1971

Credentials

Department of Homeland Security Certification -ICS 100/200/300/400/600/700 - 2008
California Community Colleges Lifetime Limited Service Credential
Subject: Public Services and Administration - April 16, 1981
California Penal Code 832 certified - 1973

Projects/Consulting

Past Projects

August 2004 - July 2005 - SAN QUENTIN CONDEMNED INMATE COMPLEX - Special Security Consultant to the State of California, Department of Corrections, Security Operations and Maintenance Branch (SOMB).
September/October 2004 - GEROGE R VIERNO COMPLEX (GRVC) - 832 BED ADDITION/CORE BUILDING UPGRADE - Security/Operations Consultant to NCE Limited, Value Management Specialists, Markham, Ontario, Canada - for the Department of Correction, Rikers Island & Mayor'™s Office of Management & Budgets, City of New York.
July/August 2004 - ROSE M. SINGER COMPLEX (RMSC) - 800 BED ADDITION/CORE FACILITY EXPANSION - Security/Operations Consultant to Value Management Strategies, Inc., Value Management Specialists, Escondido, California - for the Department of Correction, Rikers Island & Mayor'™s Office of Management & Budget, City of New York.
April/May 2007 - WALLA WALLA PRISON FACILITY - SOUTH CLOSE SECURITY EXPANSION - PHASE II PROJECT AT THE WA STATE PENITENTIARY - Security/Operations Consultant to RFPP Consulting Engineers, Portland, OR (in conjunction with RH & Associates, Inc., Certified Value Specialist, Glendale AZ) - for the State of Washington, Department of Corrections, Walla Walla Prison Facility.
July 2004 - 2008 - SAN QUENTIN CONDEMNED INMATE COMPLEX - Security Consultant to Winzler & Kelly Consulting Engineers, Santa Rosa, CA - for State of California, Department of Corrections.
July 2006 - 2008 - CCC SUSANVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REPLACEMENT PROJECT - Security Consultant to Winzler & Kelly Consulting Engineers, Eureka, CA - for State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
July 2006 - July 2008 - MULTIPLE SITE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES - Security Consultant to Winzler & Kelly Consulting Engineers, Sacramento, CA - for State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
July 2006 - 2007 - EXPERT CONSULTANT - FEDERAL CIVIL LAWSUIT - Expert Consultant to Private Counsel - California - Retained through ProConsul, Inc. Long Beach, CA.
May 2007 - April 2008 - EXPERT CONSULTANT - FEDERAL CIVIL LAWSUITS - Expert Consultant to Private Counsel - Mississippi - Retained by Gray-Wade PLLC, Attorneys at Law, Jackson, MS.

Current Projects

May 2010 -Present - Expert was selected to be part of the Subcontractor Team in a Joint Venture with Tetra Tech, ARD Inc. and SAIC in support of Civilian Police and Rule of Law Programs submittal for the provision of Correctional Expertise for the United States Department of State. The proposal includes providing Expert Correctional Consulting Services in support of a Multi-National program.
July 2010 - Present - Expert was selected in San Diego, as the Security Expert in the preliminary design review of a Federal Field Detention Facility to be constructed in the San Diego area.