Description
An aviation flight data expert with a current pilot’s license who has considerable expertise in the field of flight data analysis. He chaired the Flight Recorder Working Group of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators and represented Canada as the national expert panel member to ICAO’s Flight Recorder Panel. He started in the field of aircraft accident investigation in 1977 and has worked for more than 20 years with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. For the last 15 years of his career at TSB, he was the head of the flight recorder and performance laboratory, which he developed for the Board. He was the Flight Recorder Group Chairman on all major accidents in Canada as well as several international accidents during his tenure as the Recorder Laboratory Head
Academic Background
- Engineering – Aerospace/Mechanical, 1977-1981, Carleton University
- Pilot License, 1975-1976, Ottawa Flying Club
- Investigation Studies, 1975 -1976, University of Southern California
Professional Experience
- RTI Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, Aviation Flight Data Expert, 2006 to present
- Plane Sciences, CEO, Aviation Flight Data Acquisitions, Ottawa, Canada, 2013 – Present
- CAE Flightscape, Director, Aviation Flight Data Acquisitions Ottawa, Canada, 2002 – 2013
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Developer and manager of TSB FDR Labs, Canada, 1983-2002