Former Commanding Officer of Mass. State Police Ballistics Section; supervised two labs and seven forensic ballisticians with 1200-1700 cases annually conducting investigations and examinations for 350 cities/towns, all U.S. Military services, State/Federal agencies except FBI.  Member of the Firearms Review Board which evaluated officer-involved shootings, their justification and relationship to policy, procedures, and training.

     Since 1979 I have been involved in both the forensic, criminal, and civil areas of shooting incidents including fatal/non-fatal, crime scene reconstruction, microscopy/toolmarks, gunshot distance determination, defective design, firearms and hunter safety protocols, trajectory, etc.     Extensive training with the late Dr. George Katsas and other pathologists in gunshot wounds/wound ballistics and have lectured at numerous colleges, medical symposiums, and legal conferences on gunshot wound evidence and shooting investigations.

     I  will review cases to ensure conclusions/opinions of experts have complied with the practices and procedures which are recognized to be consistent with a high level of professional ethics and not drawn from data which itself is inaccurate or atypical; or where merely for the sake of bolstering their conclusions utilize unwarranted or superfluous tests in an attempt to give apparent greater weight to the results or reach a target conclusion.

     Qualified and testified over 250 times within the  Massachusetts Federal and State court levels, military courts-martial and before the Massachusetts Legislature and provided consultation to members of Congress and have been involved in several high profile cases involving organized crime, sniper shootings, drive-by incidents, etc.

     I have also testified as an expert witness in several states across the U.S. in criminal and civil matters;  and I have provided consultation or services to numerous clients across the U.S. which did not necessarily result in court testimony.

     Services have been provided to the U.S. military for incidents in Afghanistan and Iraq;  for clients involved in shooting incidents at the  offshore Parabe Oil Platform and villages of Opia and Ikenyan in Nigeria (Bowoto v. Chevron Corp).   Also to clients in  Canada, The Phillipines, numerous Innocence Projects, and to several families seeking a review of shootings involving family members in which they have questioned the conclusions of the police and/or the scope of their investigation.

     Commanding Officer of the 65-man State Police Revere Barracks in Revere, MA which was responsible for police operations in 6 cities and towns;  as a member of the Staff Inspection Unit I conducted internal investigations, inspections, audits,; Troop Shift Commander for 6 barracks;  Shift Commander GHQ Operations; and other assignments.

     U.S. Army military service in firearms, ordnance, ammunition and ballistics; served in Europe researching the design and development of Eastern Bloc weapons/ammunition. Member of the Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners(AFTE) and International Association for Identification(IAI).