Mary E. Ahern, P.E., - Specializes in Traffic Engineering and Traffic Signal System Design and Optimization. As an Expert Witness, Ms. Ahern has experience in determining causes of vehicle accidents, investigating pavement markings, assisting in case direction and traffic solutions, preparing sight distance calculations and accident site photography analysis. She also teaches traffic engineering and geometrics as an adjunct instructor for Northwestern University.

Areas of Expertise:Red Light Cameras

Traffic Engineering Traffic Counts Traffic Warrant Studies Traffic Signal and System Design Video Vehicle Detection Audible Pedestrian Signal Design Emergency Vehicle Preemption Design Accident Analysis

Red and Amber Clearance Interval Calculations Accident Site Photography Accident Site Video Production Sight Distance Calculations Dilemma Zone Issues Procedure Development Sales Roadway Design

Alexander Anolik, a seasoned trial attorney, is widely recognized as one of the pre-eminent Travel Attorneys in the world. He is president of the largest U.S. law corporation emphasizing the practice of Travel Law and Travel Industry Litigation, with a travel law support staff including attorneys, consultants, paralegals and industry trained registration assistants in his Tiburon, California offices.

Mr. Anolik is a travel industry professional with over 42 years of experience working with clients on all aspects of travel services, including tour operators, travel agencies, injured passengers and providers of travel.

Mr. Anolik has testified or consulted in hundreds of cases on a variety of issues including, but not limited to, evaluation procedures, liability and "custom and practice" within the Travel, Tourism, Transportation and Hospitality Industry. He has provided testimony in various state, federal, legislative, arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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Beat K. Schlumpf is an Expert in European Supply Chain Management, Networks and Logistics. He has over 30 years of experience in supply chain execution. Mr. Schlumpf has extensive knowledge in a broad range of management assignments with a focus on facilities design, worldwide distribution network design, expansion and consolidation and warehousing for textile, machinery, postal services (mail, parcel, express) and transportation industries.

He has acted as an Expert at the UNCTAD and was featured speaker on practices and operation used by global freight logistics firms for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and lecturer for distribution logistics.

Mr. Schlumpf has published articles on outsourcing, one stop shopping and co-operation with forwarders and integrators and new inventing Operations Audit to increase efficency.

OUR MISSION: To assist our clients SETTLE their Industrial Cases OUT OF COURT, which significantly reduces the time and cost of extensive litigation.

To provide compelling COURT TESTIMONY, documents and exhibits for the cases that eventually do go to Trial.

Since 1983, 94% of our 565 Industrial Cases have settled OUT OF COURT – as representatives for Insurers, Defense and Plaintiff Attorneys. Our group of Associates has in depth expertise in a broad spectrum of Industries – specializing in Industrial and Construction Safety, and Accident Reconstruction. Available worldwide for plaintiff and defense cases.

COMPANY PROFILE: Causey Engineering has been providing Expert Witness, Forensic Engineering, Investigation, and Litigation Support services NATIONWIDE since 1983. Our experts have hands-on industrial and construction, field and office experience.

Areas of Expertise:

Central Power Plants Chemical plants Drilling Engineering & Design Equipment & Machinery Food Manufacturing Forestry Industrial Construction Intellectual Property Ladders & Scaffolds Logging Lumber and Wood Products Oil & Gas Production

Materials Handling Natural Gas Packaging Paper Products Patents Petrochemical Power Stations Pulp & Paper Refineries Saw Mills Transportation Utilities Warehousing

Expert Witness Services:

Accident Investigation & Reconstruction

Claims Analysis

Codes & Regulations

Forensic Analysis

Expert Testimony

Litigation Support

Models & Prototypes

Project Management

OSHA / Safety

Strategic Planning

Expert Profile: GERALD J. HIETPAS, P.E.

Mr. Hietpas is President of Causey Engineering LLC. Mr. Hietpas has particular experience in pulp, paper, lumber and food manufacturing, industrial construction, intellectual property and patent infringement. (See our website for more details)

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Dr. Martin Moore-Ede is a leading expert on Human / Driver Fatigue and Driver Error in Transportation Accidents, including commercial motor vehicles (truck, bus and motorcoach), automobiles, marine vessels (ship, tugboat), rail locomotives (freight and passenger), public transit vehicles (bus, light rail, commuter rail) and aviation equipment (commercial, cargo and private aircraft).

As a Harvard professor for 25 years, Dr. Moore-Ede conducted the pioneering research investigating the role of fatigue as a leading cause of fatal and high cost accidents on highways (including single vehicle, hit-rear and driver inattention accidents), and of train derailments, collisions at sea, and human errors in aviation. He has published 10 books, and 125 scientific papers on human fatigue, errors and accidents and the physiology of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythms. He has served on multiple national and international committees, and has received numerous awards. He is a frequent guest on television (CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, 20:20, Dateline, Oprah Winfrey, Nova, BBC) radio (NPR Fresh Air, Connection), and print media (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Time and Newsweek). He has testified before Congressional committees on multiple occasions, and advised government agencies in the US, Canada and the U.K.

As the CEO of the consulting firm, Circadian Technologies, Inc., he currently advises and supervises teams which work with over half of the Fortune 500 companies on strategies to minimize fatigue risk, and reduce accidents caused by fatigue. In addition, Dr. Moore-Ede undertakes both plaintiff and defense expert witness work in selected cases, and provides confidential advice to attorneys and their clients on how to minimize litigation risk, and distinguish readily defensible from hard to defend claims, and on strategies to cross-examine opposing counsel’s witnesses. He has extensive experience of providing expert testimony in the courtroom, where he has an outstanding record of educating and engaging juries so they reach informed conclusions, and of using scientifically validated computer models to reconstruct accidents scenarios.

Donald L. Asa is a Heavy Vehicle Specialist and expert in the area of Motor Carrier Safety and Regulatory Compliance. He is a Commercial Vehicle Accident Investigator and Consultant with over 60 years of experience in the Trucking Industry.

Mr. Asa's experience includes professional driving issues, truck driver actions and reactions, responsibilities, qualifications, training, compliance and safety. His services include Motor carrier safety and regulatory compliance review and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Title 49 compliance. He is also familiar with the operation and maintenance of tractor-trailer brake systems, loading and unloading issues and related heavy equipment issues.

As an Expert Witness, Mr. Asa is available for Consultations, Case Review, Discovery Assistance, Deposition and Trial Testimony.

Areas of Expertise:

Trucking Operations Driver Qualification / Training Driver's Daily Logs Regulatory Compliance Truck Maintenance Driver Action, Reactions

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Trucking Industry Standards Loading, Unloading Issues Truck Braking Issues Hazardous Driving Conditions Truck Blind Spots

Dennis Wylie is an internationally recognized Human Factors Expert on driver error; inattention and improper lookout; driver fatigue; car, truck and bus driver skill and knowledge requirements; driver and motor carrier standards of care; hours of service violations; circadian rhythms; sleep debt; impaired vigilance, alertness, decision making, reaction time, and control responses.

Mr. Wylie directed the largest study of driver fatigue and alertness conducted in North America, a seven-year multimillion dollar international project that was the main factor in major revision of the federal and state rules governing working hours for commercial automobile, truck, and bus drivers, including an increase in required off-duty time of 25%.

Mr. Wylie and his colleagues also developed the national commercial driver licensing system. He is the principal author of the Commercial Driver's Manual used by all state licensing agencies for licensing commercial automobile, truck, and bus drivers. The information in the Commercial Driver's Manual defines the skill, knowledge and standard-of-care requirements for commercial drivers and is the basis of the commercial driver license (CDL) tests. Mr. Wylie and his colleagues trained the first CDL Examiners in each state, who went on to train the others. All commercial drivers in the United States – more than 20,000,000 so far – have been licensed under the CDL system, which is set out in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 383 "Commercial Driver's License Standards."

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David F. Merrion is the retired Executive Vice President for Engineering, Detroit Diesel Corporation, now a subsidary of Daimler AG. He is both an Expert Witness and Expert Consultant on Diesel Engines, Diesel Emissions, and Diesel Engine Components such as fuel injection systems, turbochargers, and diesel after-treatment systems.

Mr. Merrion is also an expert in alternate fuels, hybrid vehicles and diesel engine applications such as trucks, buses, marine, gen sets, mining, construction etc.

Mr. Merrion has a MSME from MIT, is an SAE Fellow, received the ASME Honda Medal, and has been on four National Academy of Science Committees.

Dean Tekell Consulting provides expertise in the areas of Traffic Engineering, Parking, Public Transit, Vehicle Dynamics, Accident Reconstruction, and Technical Accident Investigation.

Often, government agencies, consulting engineers, architects, developers, business institutions, and attorneys must know how to move people and their goods safely and efficiently. The firm offers advice on site selection, traffic access, and traffic circulation on the site. The firm provides insight into potential problems with zoning and subdivision regulations. Traffic impact studies, traffic signal warrant analysis, traffic signal design and permitting services related to development activity are also available through the firm. Parking garage and parking lot operations are specialties offered to business institutions.

Other services include: Queuing Studies for drive-through services; Traffic Calming and neighborhood speed control; School trip and pedestrian safety plans; Traffic Accident Reduction and highway safety techniques; Transit Funding Operation; Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems.

Frank Dell has over 25 years consulting experience to the Food & Consumer Products Industries (food & non-food retailers, wholesalers, foodservice and manufacturers). Mr. Dell's experience includes supply chain (distribution, logistics, procurement, inventory & transportation), operations improvement (store & warehouse) and costing and strategy.