Exercise / Fitness Equipment Consultants: 6

Total Sports Consulting Services (TSCS) specializes in risk management programs for various types of sports, recreation, and fitness. They provide consulting services specific to Sports Injury Prevention and Risk Management to secondary schools, colleges, camps, sports leagues, and athletic facilities/complexes. Consulting services include:

Sports Risk Consulting:

• Development of safety policies and procedure manuals
• Development of injury prevention programs, including concussion, heat illness, and sudden cardiac death
• Review of league, institutional, and/or departmental policies and procedures
• Independent safety and risk management audits Risk and Hazard analysis of sports facilities

Playground Safety:

Workshops / Presentations - TSCS also provides half and full day workshops/presentations for coaches, physical education teachers, athletic directors, facility managers, and anyone directly responsible for participant safety and risk management. 

Principal, Professor Alphonses J. Heraghty is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) by the National Recreation and Park Association and a Certified Supervisor for Outdoor Environments by the National Program for Playground Safety. He specializes in Sport Injury Prevention and Risk Management.

Also a Certified Interscholastic Coach by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), Prof. Heraghty currently serves on the Sports Equipment, Playing Surfaces, and Facilities committee with American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM). He currently serves as Professor and Academic Chair of the Health & Physical Education Department at SUNY Suffolk in Brentwood, New York. Prior to this role, he was the Fitness & Aquatics Director and Head Lacrosse Coach at SUNY Suffolk.

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SPORTFIT LAB is the premier Triathlon shop and performance center in Northern Virginia, providing a full range of training services and products to suit any athlete, whether you are a triathlete, runner, bicyclist, or swimmer. With more than 40 years of experience, they offer a level of personal attention and expertise unmatched in the region.

SPORTFIT LAB uses scientific fitness assessments to develop personalized training programs that meet individual needs. They teach techniques for training and racing, and monitor progress whether training for a first race, or a 10th Ironman event. They understand busy lifestyles, and tailor each program to fit around preferred training schedules, work schedules, and family schedules.

Testing and Coaching Services:

Douglas Baumgarten, M.S., Principal at SPORTFIT LAB offers consulting services related to Fitness, Health Clubs, Exercise Equipment, Personal Training and Sports. Mr. Baumgarten is a graduate of Harvard University and California University of Penna. (M.S. Exercise Science). He is a certified Health / Fitness Director (Amer. Coll. of Sports Medicine), Performance Enhancement Specialist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Bike Fitter, cycling coach, and baseball/softball official. 

Mr. Baumgarten has over 40 years in the fitness industry, as personal trainer, manager, consultant, equipment dealer, President of a large fitness company, and owner of SportFit Consulting. He has contributed to Fitness Management magazine, Boardroom magazine, Club Management magazine, and other publications.

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The experts at Miller Engineering are Ann Arbor-based professional engineers celebrating 30 years of service to University, Government, Insurance, and Industry through research, publications, presentations, and testimony. Miller Engineering has a staff of engineers and experts in the Mechanical, Chemical, Agriculture, Industrial, and Human Factors fields of engineering with specific knowledge in the following areas: 

James M. Miller, PE, PhD – Founder Dr. Miller is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan College of Engineering and a registered professional engineer and consultant with over 30 years of experience as an expert witness. He has served as a consultant to industry and government and is highly qualified to give engineering testimony. Dr. Miller specializes in warnings, labeling and instruction manuals, consumer product design, machine guarding, process safety, fire science, vehicle visibility, tractor egress/ingress, pedestrian and worker slip and fall prevention, recreational vehicles (ATVs, boats, and personal watercraft), compliance with occupational safety and consumer safety standards (OSHA, MSDS, CPSC, ANSI, ASTM, UL, etc.).

Mark R. Lehto, PhD – Co-Founder Dr. Lehto is a Professor of Engineering at Purdue University. He completed his Ph.D. in engineering at the University of Michigan in 1985, where he specialized in Human Factors Engineering, in particular Warnings and Labeling. He has taught courses at Purdue in human and safety factors areas, as well as decision making and artificial intelligence. He has authored numerous professionally-reviewed articles, and he has authored / coauthored internationally-recognized textbooks in the areas of human factors and ergonomics. Dr. Lehto specializes in knowledge engineering, warnings and instructions, structuring expert systems, accident modeling, accident statistical analysis, consumer product safety, boating safety, in-field national surveys of product usage and product information effectiveness.

David R. Clark, PE, PhD – Co-Founder Dr. Clark is an Emeritus Engineering Professor at Kettering University. He was an engineering Ph.D. graduate from the University of Michigan, where he specialized in human factors engineering and system safety analyses. In particular, his earlier degrees in mechanical and electrical areas have given him a special expertise in electrical fire- and explosion-related accidents. Dr. Clark is also published on the topics of warnings and labeling. With considerable in-plant experience at General Motors, he is uniquely qualified to provide student theses and design projects while teaching at Kettering that deal with many types of mechanical and optimization projects. Finally, he has extensive experience working for loss control companies, performing over 150 fire origin and cause investigations in the past few years.

Harvey C. Voris is a Product Design Engineer with 35 years of proven experience in the Fitness Industry. Mr. Voris has designed and worked on approximately 200 fitness products and has been issued 7 U.S. utility patents. 

Consulting Services Include:

• Standards compliance evaluations of products, facilities and providers
• Design, analysis, and sourcing services for product concept through manufacturing
• Manual, warning, and documentation drafting
• Testing protocol design, testing apparatus design, and industry standard compliance verification

Mr. Voris has a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from UCLA with a specialization in Bio Structural Mechanics. His Masters in Engineering is from Cal State Long Beach where he specialized in Fatigue and Failure Analysis. Mr. Voris has spent 21 years devoted to the development and promotion of safety standards for the fitness industry. He has authored numerous standards and has chaired the ASTM committee devoted to fitness standards development since 1995. Mr. Voris has also delivered seminars on Fitness Safety Standards and Product Design topics both nationally and internationally. www.experts.com

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Fitguard, Inc. specializes in providing Commercial Fitness Equipment Service and Installation solutions for the fitness industry. Their core focus is commercial fitness facility preventative maintenance programs and fitness equipment installation. Fitguard can also provide a full range of soft goods and refurbished fitness equipment to meet all fitness facility needs.

• Preventive Maintenance- Fitguard offers regular scheduled preventative maintenance visits performed on a custom schedule that will meet the needs of your fitness facility. Some of the benefits of this program: 
  • Ensure equipment operates properly
  • Decrease equipment down-time
  • Help prevent major equipment failure
  • Ensure maximum life out of equipment
  • Decrease the chance of injury to patrons
  • Meet the manufacturer’s specifications to ensure warranty coverage

• Diagnoses and Repair - Factory trained technicians can diagnose and repair all brands of fitness equipment. As a factory authorized repair center for most major brands of fitness equipment, we can order and replace OEM parts to ensure that your equipment is fixed properly and operates within manufacturer specifications
• Warranty and Repair - Fitguard technicians are trained and authorized to perform warranty repairs for most major fitness equipment manufacturers
• Upholstery and Welding - Fitguard’s upholstery service can restore your equipment’s pads back to new. All pads are sewn and color can be selected. Fitguard can also repair cracked frames or a broken weld on any fitness machine. 

Ryan Meier, Principal, has over 30 years of experience in all matters  relating to Fitness Equipment. Throughout his decades in business, Mr. Meier has logged over a million service calls and provided preventative maintenance service to thousands of commercial customers, including Apartment Communities, Hotels, Schools and Universities, Municipalities, Government Facilities, Professional Sports, Health Clubs, Hospitals, Rehabilitation, Country Clubs, Residential, and Fitness Equipment Manufacturers.

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David Smith is an experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) with seven issued patents. Award-winning inventor. Vice President of Alpine Engineering and Design, a mechanical engineering consulting company with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Worked on the development of multiple successful products including among other things: aerial lifts, garbage trucks, thrill rides, ziplines, trailers, oil and gas equipment, exercise equipment, manufacturing equipment, and multiple consumer products. 

Graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in product development. Licensed professional engineer (PE) and certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP). Certified trainer for boom lifts, scissor lifts, rough terrain, and counterbalanced forklifts. Over 10 years of experience in product development, patents, equipment safety, and risk assessments. 

Experienced expert witness having drafted over 200 reports/declarations in patent cases and catastrophic injury and death cases. Designed and built multiple custom testing devices to obtain data and evaluate opinions. Created multiple demonstratives to explain the mechanics and circumstances of accident sequences and patented devices. Testified in deposition 11 times and in trial once.