SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Mechanical Engineering
- Product Failure Analysis
- Fire Investigations - Fire Cause and Point of Origin
- Environmental Contamination
- Structural Failure Investigations
- Personal Injury Claims Analysis
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Bachelors of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Queens University, 2005
Additional Courses
- Residential Electricity for Fire Investigators, May 2009
- Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator, Toronto, 2007
- CPR & First Aid, MacViro, 2006
- Health & Safety Planning Course (40 hrs), CFR/ HAZWOPR, 2006
- Confined Space Entry, Fielding Chemical, 2005
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Royal Military College (RMC), 2004
- Fall Arrest Training, 2004
- Forklift Safety Training, RMC, 2004
- WHMIS Certificate, RMC, 2003
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Giffin Koerth Inc.
Smart Forensics
Forensic Engineer
March 2007 – Present, Toronto
- Fire and Explosion Investigation
- Environmental Contamination Cases
- Mechanical Failure Analysis
MacViro Investigative Engineering
Forensic & Field Engineer
Aug. 2005 - Feb. 2007
Fire and Explosion Investigation
Building Structural Failure Investigations
Environmental Contamination Cases
Mechanical Failure Analysis
Construction Health and Safety inspection and planning
Environmental Sciences Group, RMC
1999 - 2004 (summers), Kingston, Ontario
Environmental Sciences Group at the Royal Military College of Canada is the Defence Department’s technical authority for Canada’s largest environmental cleanup project and also develops new approaches for the remediation of contaminants, especially in remote locations such as Canada’s Arctic
Responsibilities with ESG included:
Research and development pertaining to hydrocarbon spill remediation
Environmental assessments (soil sampling and remediation)
Field analyses (XRF metal scans, PCB testing)
GPS mapping
Coordination of technical and equipment resources, while on site in the Arctic
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / ASSOCIATIONS
Associations
- Professional Engineers of Ontario
- Canadian Association of Fire Investigators
- National Association of Fire Investigators
