Provides Opinion & Testimony In:
locksmith, lock smith, forensic locksmith, fire investigator, arson, burn vehicles, forensic examination
Expert Witness No.58
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2000 – Present
- Private Locksmith Services
- South Amboy, New Jersey
- Automotive theft expert and cause and origin expert
- Vehicular fraud and theft evaluation
- Electronic security system evaluation
- Lock and Key anti-theft system analysis
- Automotive defect evaluations
- Cause and Origin fire analysis
1994 – May 1999 Hard Facts Investigative Engineering
Freehold, New Jersey
- Automotive Technologist
- Vehicular fraud and theft evaluation
- Electronic security system evaluation
- Laboratory ignition mechanical lock core analysis
- Product failure and defect evaluation
- Industrial machine toll analysis
- Auto body platform and structural analysis
- Lock and key anti-theft system analysis
- Electronic system evaluations
- Cause and origin fire analysis
1986 – 1994
Zorn Packaging
Farmingdale, New Jersey
Production Supervisor/Maintenance Manager
- Maintained over half a million dollars worth of high voltage industrial machinery
- Designed upgrades to production line equipment
- Supervised line production and 38 member staff
- Supervised maintenance and operation of Beasly French printing press
- Supervised and instructed employee safety program implementation
- Maintained and implemented preventive maintenance program
1980 – 1986
Paul's Security
Howell, New Jersey
- Locksmith
- Code cutting and key impression production
- Repair and installation of locking systems
- Vehicle entry
- Lock picking
- Residential security system installation and evaluation
CREDENTIALS/AFFILIATIONS
Certified Forensic Locksmith
State of New Jersey Locksmith License
Member of National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI)
Member of New Jersey Locksmith Association (NJLA)
Member of International Association of Investigative Locksmiths (IAIL)
Member of Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA)
Member of The Master Locksmiths Association of New Jersey (MLANJ) (2006)
Attended forensic locksmith classes 1, 2 and 3
Member of the International Automotive Technicians Network (IATN)
ASE Certified Auto Brakes
ASE Certified Auto Heating and Air Conditioning
ASE Certified Engine Repair
ASE Certified Engine Performance
Candidate for eligibility as a ASE master Technician
Level 1 and 2, code compliance certified for Fire and Life Safety
Factory Certified through Detex
Attended By Pass class Through IAIL
Attended tool mark identification class through IAIL
Attended numerous car burnings through NJVTI, IAAI from 2001-2016 (135 hrs)
Attended 2004 "back to the basics" Fire seminar for IAAI (8 hrs)
Attended 2005 "Forensics" how they can be used as evidence fire seminar (8 hrs)
Attended 2002 "Inaugural education conference" seminar for IAIL
Attended 2005 "Auto theft and arson" seminar for IAIL (16 hrs)
Attended New Jersey Vehicle Theft Investigators annual training seminars from 1994 – 2015 (338 hrs)
Attended Middlesex County Fire Prevention 2014 (6 hrs).
Attended PA Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority Seminars from 2009-2016 (142 hrs)
Attended 2007 Auto theft, Arson Awareness, Vehicle Transponder systems
Attended 2008 Auto Theft & Arson Forensic Examinations
Attended 2009/2011 Life safety Codes
Attended 2010 Combination Lock Manipulation class
Attended 2010 Complying with Applicable regulations
Attended 2010 Mul-T-Lock certification
Attended 2011 Auto Theft & Arson forensic examinations
Attended 2011 New Jersey Fire Door Assembly Inspector
Attended 2011 Industrial and Shop Safety
Attended 2013 Locksmithing 101 class
Attended 2014 Exit Device Installation and servicing
Attended 2015 Lock Bypass Techniques
Attended 2015 NJ Uniform Building code Laws and Codes
Attended 2015 Industrial and Shop safety Laws and Codes
Attended 2015 NJ Barrier free Hardware Laws and Codes
Attended 2015 Accessibility Laws and Codes
Attended Desk and Utility Lock Installation and Servicing
Attended 2014 Exit device installation and Servicing Trained through NJVTI, IAIL, IAAI and NJSIA on vehicle theft investigations, arson investigation, and vehicle security devices on a yearly basis since 1998
Presented numerous presentations for numerous insurance companies for fraud awareness
The following list represents courts where I have qualified to testify as a expert witness:
District Courts:
Montgomery Township, Woolwich Township, Patterson, New Brunswick, Allentown
Superior Courts:
Camden County, Suffolk County, Monmouth County, Essex County, Philadelphia, Kings County
