Chemical Process Safety Expert Witnesses

Horseshoe Bay, Texas

Chemical Engineering - Process Safety, Chemical Process Safety, Governance, Outsource Manufacturing, Leadership, Fires, Explosions, Management System, Chemical Exposure, Acid Exposure, Safe Work Practices, Permits, Toxic Chemical Release, Chemistry, Chemicals, Reactive Chemicals, Reactivity, Toxicity, Mechanical Integrity, Safeguards

• I am a recognized thought leader in process safety — co-author of two CCPS publications that define the standard of care in process safety litigation and governance: Process Safety: Leadership from the Boardroom to the Front Line (Wiley/CCPS, 2019) and Guidelines for Process Safety in Outsourced Manufacturing, 2nd Edition (CCPS, 2026). When opposing counsel challenges the standard of care, my opinions carry the weight of the CCPS frameworks I helped author. • My standard-of-care authority is grounded in 44 years of hands-on experience — 21 of them in direct operational roles including Plant Manager, Production Leader, and Site Director — running the chemical facilities where process safety is won or lost at the front line. That operational foundation distinguishes my analysis from purely academic or staff-function experts. • At Dow Chemical (Fortune 50), across two positions I led the corporate initiative that achieved a cumulative 90% reduction in Tier 1 incidents over ten year...