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• Expert Witness #214975

  This expert is the founder and CEO of a highly successful consultancy specializing in plastics. This expert has spent many years in the Plastics Industry as a leading authority on plastic and composite part failure. This expert worked for a plastics product manufacturer as a leading Principal Scientist. This expert is a world-renowned scientist and author as evidenced by many awards. This expert is a member of ASM International (a society of Material Scientists), the American Chemical Society Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials Divisions, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the Failure Analysis Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the Institute of Packaging Professionals, and the Society of Automotive Engineers. This expert has provided expert services in over 150 litigations involving plastics and composites. This expert is one of the top plastic failure experts in the world having analyzed hundreds of plastic and composite parts including, pipes, food packages, bottles, tanks, latches, toys, medical devices, exercise equipment, automotive parts, pulleys, chairs, and stools. This expert has authored >100 scientific papers, >60 US Patents, a book, and several encyclopedia articles on chemicals and plastics.

  CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS ON CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS

  • Forensic analysis/testing of plastic and composite parts
  • Manufacturing processes for plastic bottles including extrusion blow-molding, injection blow-molding, and stretch
  • Blow-molding
  • Root cause analysis of CPVC fire suppression system failures
  • Exercise equipment failure
  • Plastic piping products including ABS, PVC, CPVC, PEX, PP, PVDC, and HDPE
  • Additives for plastics including antioxidants and UV stabilizers
  • Design of plastic parts to meet the requirements of the application
  • Fracture mechanics of plastic materials and composites
  • Chemical resistance/degradation of plastics and elastomers
  • Discoloration and loss of clarity of plastics
  • Plastic part and package design and stress analysis
  • Polymer blends and compounding
  • Polyolefin based resins and applications
  • Additives for improved adhesion in polymer blends and composites
  • Chemicals and Plastics R&D
  • Monomer stabilization and polymerization
  • Molding and extrusion of plastics including foams and films
  • UV, thermal, and environmental degradation of chemicals and plastics
  • Plastic flammability and plastic flame retardant formulations
  • Migration of chemicals and additives from plastics
  • Chemicals and plastics for medical use
  • Composite and nanocomposite materials including carbon fiber composites
  • Permeability (vapors and odors) of plastics
  • Plastics used in medical applications
  • Abrasion resistance of plastics and elastomers
  • Material Selection (choosing the right plastic for the application)
  
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• Expert Witness #124243

  This expert holds a PhD in Chemistry, has many years of experience in polymers and has extensive design, testing and evaluation experience in the absorption and dissipation of forces - polymeric materials. This expert is the named inventor on numerous U.S. patents involving plastics that have been commercialized, including numerous household products and energy absorbing protective headgear. This expert’s areas of specialty include new product development, voluntary standards, statutes, labeling, custom and practice, technology and cost in relationship to the hazards, and dangers and risks involved in the use and application of consumer products. An active member of the ASTM for many years, this expert has been involved in the creation of the standards and testing involved with polymeric products. This expert is a former member of the Advisory Board -World Congress on Industrial, Technical, and High Performance Textiles and the Advisory Board - American Board of Engineering and Technology. This expert is a member of:

  American Chemical Society

  The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Senior Member)

  Society of Plastics Engineers

  American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)

  American Board of Forensic Examiners

  … to name just a few and has earned among others, ASTM qualification in:

  C-8 Refractories;

  C-14 Glass & Glass Products;

  D-1 Paint, Varnish, Lacquer & Related Products;

  D-9 Electrical Insulating Materials;

  D-13 Textiles;

  D-13.52 Flammability

  D-14 Adhesives;

  D-19 Water;

  D-20 Plastics;

  D-26 Halogenated Organic Solvents;

  D-30 High Modulus Fibers and their Composites;

  E-7 Non-destructive Testing;

  E-15 Analysis & Testing of Industrial Chemicals;

  E-17 Skid Resistance;

  E-20 Temperature Measurement, Chemicals;

  E-27 Hazard Potential of Chemicals;

  E-30 Forensic Sciences;

  E-28 Mechanical Testing;

  F-15 Consumer Product Safety;

  F-23 Protective Clothing;

  F24-10 Test Methods

  F24-20 Specifications and Terminology

  F24-24 Design and Manufacture

  F15 Consumer Products

  This expert has extensive litigation experience (testified 9 times, deposed 20+), and has authored and presented extensively.

  
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• Expert Witness #263894

  This expert serves as Director and leads the Forensic Investigation group of a highly successful, International consultancy. This expert has conducted complex financial analyses involving lost sales, lost profits, incremental profits, manufacturing and marketing capacity, fixed and variable costs, product line profitability, price erosion, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, commercial success, and prejudgment and post-verdict interest for both plaintiffs and defendants. This expert has also served as an expert witness in matters filed in U.S. District Court, state court, and before the American Arbitration Association. Additionally, this expert has lectured on the topic of intellectual property damages at law schools and bar associations.

  This expert’s case experience encompasses a broad array of industries including automotive, aviation, biotechnology, cellular, chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial securities, healthcare, HVAC, information technology, internet, medical products, military, network security, online learning, optical, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, sporting goods, supercomputers, and telecommunications.

  
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• Expert Witness #261974

  This expert is a Managing Director for a highly regarded economic consultancy. This expert has consulted with plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of litigation and commercial dispute matters involving theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, chemicals and livestock, fraud, forensic accounting, conversion, shareholder, professional malpractice, and class action litigation. This expert has performed and managed many complex financial, economic, and accounting analyses, including lost profits, lost wages, reasonable royalties, business valuation, disgorgement/unjust enrichment, tracing, fraud investigation, cost of capital, and pre- and post-judgment interest. This expert has been designated as an expert in state and federal court proceedings and arbitrations and has testified in depositions and trials.

  
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• Expert Witness #261260

  This expert brings to the table many years of engineering, operations, and commercial experience in the energy industry, including refining, chemicals and natural gas processing. This expert has advised producers, midstream service providers and private equity firms in evaluating acquisitions and grass roots investments. This expert has analyzed royalty payments and associated deductions for oil and natural gas production and developed unbundling cost allocations for natural gas processing and transportation systems. This expert has assisted with startups, troubleshooting and incident investigations for domestic and international facilities.

  This expert has led audits of operating and measurement practices, including tests for adherence to contract requirements and standard practice. This expert has performed numerous valuations and due diligence associated with acquisition or divestiture and investigated accidents, including explosions, fires and injuries, for operating companies, as well as legal and insurance clients.

  
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• Expert Witness #247325

  This expert is a Clinical Psychologist whose focus is on Neuropsychology, and the effects of foreign substances and chemicals on the brain. This expert is published in this area and serves as a designated expert witness in the multiple courts. This expert is also designated as an expert in Neuropsychological assessment. This expert is established as an authority in this area, being a member of peer groups and associations and publishing scholarly articles in the field. This expert has provided valuable opinions in both civil and criminal matters. This expert has served with distinction as a Senior Psychologist at a youth facility, and has dedicated service to work in the criminal justice system.

  
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• Expert Witness #263905

  This expert serves as Senior Manager and leads the Forensic Investigation group of a highly successful, International consultancy. This expert brings to the table many years of experience, with expertise in economic damage analysis and quantification, and other financial issues, including damage quantifications and analyses, fraud and forensic accounting investigations, forensic accounting analyses, and ethics and compliance reviews. This expert’s case experience encompasses a broad array of industries including automotive, aviation, biotechnology, cellular, chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial securities, healthcare, HVAC, information technology, internet, medical products, military, network security, online learning, optical, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, sporting goods, supercomputers, and telecommunications.

  This expert previously spent years with an Internal Audit Investigations team at a Fortune 500 manufacturing company, handling damage calculations and recoveries from fraudulent billing schemes, employee misconduct investigations, and highly sensitive senior/executive level employee investigations. This expert’s prior experience also includes positions at large international companies in the life sciences and financial services sectors, providing internal investigation, internal audit, and financial reporting control services. This expert’s experience includes discovery, deposition and trial assistance, calculation of economic damages, forensic accounting analyses in litigation and non-litigation matters, as well as other dispute forums, and advising clients related to internal fraud preventative and detective controls.

  
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• Expert Witness #261987

  This expert, a Managing Director with a Disputes and Investigations consultancy, brings many years of experience on cases involving commercial damages quantification and causation, and major forensic accounting investigations. This expert has provided numerous expert reports and testified at deposition in approximately 80 matters. In at least 25 matters, this expert has been recognized as an expert witness at trials pending in state and federal courts and arbitration panels. This expert is regularly retained to evaluate issues sch as lost profits, price erosion, unjust enrichment and reasonable royalty damages.

  While leading the firm's intellectual property group, this expert also has significant experience in other commercial litigation damages studies in matters such as breach of contract, minority shareholder, business interruption, lost profits, business valuation issues, construction and government contract claims, other commercial disputes and regulatory investigations and settlements. This expert has extensive experience in many areas such as: biotechnology, chemicals, computers, construction, government contracting, internet websites, manufacturing, medical devices, and mining - to name just a few.

  
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• Expert Witness #242473

  This expert is an experienced expert in the field of specialty chemicals including, but not limited to, a variety of inorganic minerals and solid polymers. This expert has an extensive background and understanding of chemical reactions that occur at interfaces of solids and liquid-solid interfaces. This expert has many years of experience with the reactions of silane coupling agents with inorganic solids such as clays and silica, and is a published author on the flow behavior of polymers.

  For many years, this expert has consulted for corporations involved in the development, optimization, patenting, marketing and quality control of new and existing products and processes.

  This expert has served as a forensic expert witness in a multitude of disciplines including patent analysis/infringement, trade secret litigation, product & process issues, OSHA Regulations, Codes & Standards, physical chemistry and material properties. This expert has provided Federal and State depositions and courtroom testimony numerous times. This expert has been deposed in two intellectual property cases, both of which were successful for this expert's client. This expert has also consulted for medical device companies engaged in development of novel surgical techniques, and is a named inventor on 23 patents.

  
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• Expert Witness #251233

  This expert holds a PhD in Economics from an Ivy League School. This expert specializes in antitrust, intellectual property, and the evaluation of commercial damages and has decades of experience in litigation involving patent damages, pharmaceuticals and antitrust issues. This expert serves as a managing Director for a global consultancy dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. This expert provides strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations for government authorities and the world's leading law firms and corporations. In the antitrust area, this expert has analyzed the competitive consequences of numerous mergers in a wide range of industries, including agricultural products, chemicals, consumer products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, among many others; this expert has frequently presented the results of the analyses to US antitrust agencies and courts. In addition, this expert has addressed liability and damages issues involving allegations of predatory pricing, monopolization, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, tying, and other antitrust violations in a variety of different industries. Many of this expert's antitrust inquiries have focused specifically on intellectual property and its unique role in the analysis of market power and competitive effects. In the intellectual property area more generally, this expert has evaluated economic damages in cases involving patent infringement, trade secrets, trade dress, Lanham Act violations, and other claims. This expert has written and lectured extensively on the use of economic analysis in these matters. This expert has also evaluated liability and damages issues in many other settings. This expert has calculated economic damages in cases involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud, and misrepresentation, among many other issues. This expert has also studied commodity futures markets in several cases involving allegations of market manipulation. This expert has testified before state and federal courts, the US Federal Trade Commission, and various other regulatory bodies. This expert's articles and speeches have been invited and published by the American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, European Competition Law Review, and many other comparable institutions.  

  
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• Expert Witness #269041

  This process engineering, oil/gas expert has over 20 years of experience working in and consulting for the petroleum refining, gas processing, fertilizers, chemicals, alternative fuels, and engineering and construction industries, with work spanning process engineering design, research and development, field services, and project management.

  This expert has experience in a broad range of refinery and petrochemical process operations, with extensive engineering and operations involvement with fluid catalytic cracking. This expert began as a design engineer developing engineering design packages for FCC process units, then worked in field services as a technical advisor and completed over 25 international field assignments in over 15 countries across refining process technologies, including multiple FCC units. This expert was responsible for inspection of installed process piping and equipment, operations training, commissioning, and performance testing. This expert's research and development experience includes development of a xylene isomerization catalyst that was later commercialized.

  While working for a major process technology licensor, this expert was responsible for commissioning several new and revamped process units throughout the world. This expert also executed a demonstration plant project for a new biomass-to-liquid fuel process. This expert's management experience includes field services management supporting modular, on-site hydrogen generation systems, as well as commercial management with a renewable fuels company. This expert holds a Level 7 Certificate under the Regulated Qualifications Framework, accredited at master's level, for Legal Experience Training Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence.

  
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• Expert Witness #269836

  This air quality expert holds a Ph.D. and is a P.E. with over 30 years of experience assessing risks of environmental chemicals. This expert has presented projects and research at numerous conferences on topics including acid rain, dense gas plume dispersion, indoor air quality and dispersion modeling, ocean disposal of carbon dioxide, multi-pathway risk assessment, methods to estimate exposure point concentrations, vapor intrusion, landfill gas, and environmental applications of decision analysis methods. This expert earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from a well-regarded technical university and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from a prestigious technical institute.

  This expert has experience evaluating Clean Air Act permitting issues, including Title V permits, emergency emissions provisions, and the Section 112(r)(1) General Duty Clause, which concerns regulated hazardous chemicals and safe management of those chemicals.

  
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• Expert Witness #279875

  This DEA quota expert is an attorney with experience serving in the DEA Office of Chief Counsel as an agency representative in enforcement actions to revoke registrants' authority to handle controlled substances.

  This expert also served as a senior policy advisor within the DEA's diversion control program, advising on issues involving the diversion of controlled substances and listed chemicals into illegitimate channels. In that role, this expert oversaw the execution of legislative, programmatic, investigative, and regulatory initiatives.

  
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• Expert Witness #279884

  This DEA quota expert served in a senior leadership role within the DEA office responsible for diversion control and has over 25 years of federal law enforcement experience as a special agent and investigator.

  This expert was responsible for overseeing and coordinating major controlled substance diversion and clandestine laboratory investigations, drafting and promulgating federal regulations, testifying before Congress, establishing drug production quotas, and maintaining liaison with the pharmaceutical industry, international governments, state governments, federal agencies, and state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

  This expert provided regulatory oversight and supervised the inspection and investigation of businesses that import, export, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or dispose of controlled substances and listed chemicals to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements related to drug and facility security, recordkeeping, and accountability.

  
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• Expert Witness #281113

  This drug toxicology expert holds a PhD in Toxicology and has over 25 years of experience as a toxicologist in the consumer products, personal care, industrial and specialty chemicals, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries. This expert is a board-certified toxicologist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT). This board certification is globally recognized and demonstrates competency in the field of toxicology. It is awarded to toxicologists who have met educational, experience, and certification examination requirements in the field of toxicology.

  Forensic investigations have required this expert to fully understand the principles of forensics, including issues resulting from recreational drugs and alcohol. This expert has served as an expert witness in numerous cases in the area of drug toxicology.

  
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• Expert Witness #281207

  This DEA quota expert worked at the DEA for over 30 years, including in a senior leadership role in diversion control, before starting a consultancy. This expert was responsible for ensuring that the Aggregate Production Quota and Annual Assessment of Need for all Schedule I and II controlled substances, as well as List I chemicals including pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, were sufficient to meet legitimate scientific, medical, export, and reserve-stock needs for the U.S.

  This expert has worked extensively with the pharmaceutical industry and federal agencies, including the FDA, on regulatory and legal issues involving narcotic raw materials, new product development, and abused substances.

  
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• Expert Witness #282481

  This oil and gas expert holds P.G., CHMM, and RSO credentials and has senior executive leadership experience with a professional services and consulting firm specializing in environmental consulting, engineering, and industrial hygiene. This expert holds certifications in Hazardous Materials Management, remediation credentials for petroleum storage tanks, and extensive experience in oil and gas cleanup and compliance. This expert also holds B.Sc. degrees in Biology and Geology and an M.Sc. in Geology from a university.

  This expert has worked in the industry for over 35 years and founded a firm over 30 years ago. This expert has expertise in fuels, lubricants, chemicals, storage, transportation, blending, release response, emergency recovery, remediation across downstream, midstream, and upstream settings, and related compliance and regulatory reporting. This expert holds a P.G. credential or license in several U.S. states and has performed fuel system audits throughout this expert's career, including active exploration and production sites, orphan oilfield sites, large-capacity floating-roof tanks, and small retail facilities.

  This expert has handled environmental due diligence for multi-state acquisitions and has experience with regulated tank projects, compliance audits, retrofits, full system removals, compliant reporting, inventory control, emergency response, gross recovery, oil and gas portfolios, transportation and bulk terminals, exploration and production assets, bulk facility divestitures, airports, refineries, transportation, distribution, and pre-redevelopment petroleum storage tank removal consulting.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant with deposition, jury trial, and bench trial experience.

  
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• Expert Witness #286320

  This release, fate and transport of contaminants expert serves as a senior hydrogeologist for a large, internationally recognized engineering consultancy. This expert has over 40 years of experience focused on the evaluation and remediation of contaminated sites and has assisted clients in the mining, power generation, oil and gas, automotive manufacturing, and chemical industries with site remediation, brownfield redevelopment, and litigation support.

  This expert has practiced hydrogeology for over 35 years in the Midwest, including Kansas as a registered Professional Geologist. During this time frame, this expert has managed projects and provided senior hydrogeologist expertise on several sites where petroleum hydrocarbons have impacted soils and groundwater. These sites have included petroleum refineries, terminals and pipelines, retail gas stations, and automotive facilities. At many of these sites, this expert has been responsible for determining the sources of petroleum hydrocarbon releases, evaluating the fate and transport of these chemicals, and providing predictions of future migration.

  In addition, this expert spent a number of years with an insurance company providing technical and regulatory assistance on pollution claims filed against the insurer. As part of this role, this expert investigated numerous contaminated sites, evaluated the source of contamination, assessed current and future impacts of releases, and provided estimates on release timing. This expert has provided litigation support to insureds regarding the timing of releases and the fate and transport of contaminants on and off their property.

  
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• Expert Witness #287477

  This psychiatry expert is a board certified psychiatrist and forensic psychiatric expert with over 40 years of practice.

  This expert has been recognized among a limited group of physicians qualified to evaluate pilots for federal aviation purposes and a national pilot association. This expert has also performed Independent Medical Examinations for a state medical board, a state bar grievance committee, and various companies and unions.

  This expert has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at numerous professional meetings. This expert maintains a forensic practice balanced between plaintiff and defense work and has experience involving toxic chemicals, fumes, explosions, legitimate injuries, and PTSD.

  
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• Expert Witness #290284

  This PFAS testing and exposure expert is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) with over 20 years of experience and holds a senior technical leadership role at an environmental health consulting firm providing scientific, technical, and managerial resources for complex environmental remediation projects, consumer health and safety matters, and chemical and manufacturing plants.

  This expert evaluates exposures to chemicals and potential health risks in consumer products, workplaces, and the environment. Specifically regarding PFAS in consumer products, this expert has assisted with understanding testing data, recommending and facilitating product testing through accredited third-party analytical laboratories, analyzing results with respect to various regulations, and estimating potential health risks. These products have included cosmetics, food packaging, and recreational equipment.

  This expert has also provided deposition testimony regarding historic exposures to PFAS chemicals and potential health risks.

  
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• Expert Witness #293868

  This consumer product safety expert holds an MPH focused on epidemiological and environmental risk assessments related to consumer products. This expert has over 15 years of experience in the testing, inspection, and certification industry and has spent much of that time advising companies on California Proposition 65 compliance.

  This expert has extensive knowledge of the regulation, its listed chemicals, and how it applies to consumer products and materials. The work includes developing risk-mitigation strategies for manufacturers and importers and advising on the practical implications, scope, and limitations of Proposition 65 settlements. Earlier in this expert's career, work included a number of years in an analytical testing laboratory, reviewing and preparing samples for chemical testing related to Proposition 65 compliance, including leather and textile materials evaluated for Chromium VI. This expert also routinely coordinates and arranges laboratory testing for various R&D purposes.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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• Expert Witness #296243

  This toxicology and industrial hygiene expert holds a PhD in Environmental & Occupational Health, a Master of Science in Public Health (Toxicology), and a B.S. in Biological Sciences, and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, Licensed Mold Assessor, and FAIHA with over 25 years of experience applying expertise in toxicology, industrial hygiene, environmental and occupational health, and indoor air quality to investigate exposures to microbes and chemicals in multiple types of buildings.

  This expert is nationally recognized in occupational and environmental risk assessments, workplace exposures, workplace fatality investigations, health care facilities, flame retardants, irritant chemical exposures, indoor air quality, and mold.

  
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• Expert Witness #297185

  This logistics expert has over 40 years of experience in the transportation industry, with work spanning rail operations, transportation-related computer systems, service management, market management, account management, sales leadership, business development, and logistics strategy. This expert began in rail operations and later worked at the headquarters level, leading a diversified programming team that designed and coded sophisticated transportation-related computer systems.

  This expert later held increasingly responsible roles across business sectors including petroleum and chemicals, coal, fertilizers, metals, sulfur, and other industrial products. This expert concluded a major rail-industry career in a senior business development role focused on long-term transportation strategy, particularly relating to the petroleum industry in western Canada.

  Following that rail-industry career, this expert became a principal consultant for a trans-modal and inter-modal logistics and supply chain consultancy specializing in business development, sales and marketing, and operations.

  This expert has been in the transportation and logistics business for over 40 years, with experience in sales and marketing, logistics, transportation operations, and information technology. This expert has negotiated dozens of transportation contracts for a wide variety of commodities from both supplier and consumer perspectives, including significant multi-year agreements involving industrial materials and energy-sector transportation.

  This expert has developed numerous rail and truck terminals from conception through operation, including freight contract negotiations, permitting, systems development, project oversight and management, and long-term contracts with major rail carriers. This expert has also negotiated contracts of varying sizes and has broader relevant transportation and logistics experience.

  This expert has limited experience as an expert witness and litigation consultant, including research, expert report writing, and deposition testimony, and has not testified at trial.

  
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