FORMAL EDUCATION:
1964 Gateway High School, Monroeville, PA
Forbes Trail Technical School, Monroeville, PA
(Auto-diesel service and repair program)
1965-67 Military Service/US Army
Overseas service: Vietnam
(Rescue and recovery specialist)
Honorable Discharge/Rank SGT. E5
1968 Wrecker Recovery School
A) Light and heavy towing
B) Heavy vehicle recovery
C) Cargo handling (lift and load 5 to 50 ton)
1975 Wrecker Recovery School
A) Hydraulic takeover
B) Advanced recovery techniques
1978 Consolidated Industrial School/Heavy Truck Division
A) Driveline service and repair
B) Truck and trailer air brake service and repair
1978 Bendix Heavy Systems School
A) Vacuum assist and air brake control and components
1979 to date, Continuing Education:
• Department of transportation seminars
(Updates on rules and regulations)
• Heavy truck and equipment aftermarket classes
(Numerous classes and courses offered by the following suppliers)
A) Bendix Brakes
B) Ford Motor Company (heavy trucks)
C) Rockwell International
D) Various recovery (wreckers) equipment manufacturers
E) Eaton Driveline
• Fire and arson investigation classes
(Continuously updated seminars and classes)
• Aircraft recovery classes
• Off road heavy equipment (track & wheeled) class updates
• Haz-Mat classes
• Transportation Data Logging / classes and updates regarding Trip Recorders
• Online Training
A) E-Learning regarding:
a) ABS / ATC Systems
b) Crash Data Recorder (CDR Systems)
• TMC Seminars (The Maintenance Council)
A) Heavy Truck Components
CERTIFICATIONS:
• Pennsylvania State Inspection Mechanic to class 8/1968-1990
• CDL
• ASE Certifications:
a) Master Technician (heavy and light duty vehicles)
b) Collision Repair and Refinish
• Certified ALLDATA Automotive Information System Technician
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1983 to date: President of RAN group
A) Heavy duty truck and machinery mechanic (on and off road)
B) Consultant in forensic automotive and heavy machinery mechanics
• Hydraulic repair and installation specialist
• Heavy truck and trailer specialist
C) Vehicular fire and arson investigation
• Responsible for the rebuilding of fire damaged vehicles and machinery (all types)
D) Coordinator of test lab for component failure research
E) Aircraft recovery technician
F) Videotape technician
1) Accident sites
2) Mechanical repair procedures
G) Vehicle and machinery forensic analysis for government agencies, insurance companies and
independent adjusting firms:
1) PA Attorney Generals Office
2) Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
3) State Farm Insurance Co.
4) Donegal Mutual Insurance Co.
5) Nationwide Insurance Co.
6) Lumberman Insurance Co.
7) Penn National Insurance Co.
8) Kemper Insurance Co.
9) PMA Group
10) St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
11) Allstate Insurance Co.
12) Mutual Grange Insurance Co.
13) Highlands Insurance Co.
14) Crawford & Company
15) R. P. Ross & Company
16) Universal Underwriters
17) Erie Insurance Group
18) Bituminous Insurance Co.
19) Rockwood Insurance Co.
20) General Accident Insurance Co.
21) AIG claims Service
22) Prudential Insurance Co.
23) Zorich Insurance Co.
24) Conemaugh Valley Mutual Insurance Co.
H) Vehicle and machinery analysis and direct consultation for various engineering
companies and law firms/References upon request.
I) Field welding consultant for Westinghouse Electro Mechanical Division,
Cheswick, PA
J) Consultant and instructor at Carnegie Mellon University regarding downloading and analysis of
Crash Data Recorders
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
K) Member of Readiness Protocol “Response Team”
(Central Appalachia Region: OH, WV, MD, and Western PA)
a) R.T.L.C. (Rollins Truck Leasing Corporation)
b) M.S.I. (Matlack Systems, Inc.)
c) R.E.S.I. (Rollins Environmental Services, Inc.)
L) Professional test driver/operator of on and off road equipment for demonstration
M) Professional race car driver (Oval track/Road race course)
1965 to 1992: Vice President of Ted’s Service and Towing System
ICC MC# 136152
PUC A104946
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
A) Towing and recovery-heavy truck and trailer
a) Installation
b) Maintenance and repair
B) Loading and transporting of machinery and equipment
C) Specialized machinery placement (in shop movement)
D) Radio tower erection
E) Fork lift transporting and subsequent usage
F) Long distance heavy hauling (machinery and materials)
G) Tilt bed truck operations
H) Heavy truck bed and wrecker installation
I) Heavy truck maintenance and repair
J) Light duty passenger vehicle maintenance and repair (all types
K) Rebuilding of fire damaged vehicles and machinery (all types)
L) Rental truck and car maintenance
M) Road service for numerous trucking and leasing companies
N) Mobile crane service for lifting and handling of loads to 30 tons
O) Welding (all types)
P) Body repair, frame straightening and painting (includes specialized additive type coating)
Q) Off road equipment repair
R) Stationary generator and machinery repair
S) Training new personnel for all of the above
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS:
1978 to date:
Interstate Towing Association
1983 to date:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
1989 to date:
Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Safety Council
1993 to date:
I am currently on the advisory board to the Woodland Hills School district of Pennsylvania (Auto Diesel Program), Churchill, PA.
1994 to date:
The Maintenance Council (TMC) – ATA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS CONTINUED:
1996 to date
Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators
1997 to date:
National Associations of Fire Investigators
1998 to date:
I am currently on the advisory board to the Forbes Road East Area Vocational Technical School (Auto Technology Program), Monroeville, PA.
1999 to date:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) Pittsburgh Section Governing Board Member.
I have been accepted as an expert witness in Federal and State courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the states of Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, New York, Washington, Nevada, Illinois, California, Georgia and Florida. In addition I have testified for the Attorney General’s office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All of the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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