I have 40 years of experience, and specialize in the field of electrical and mechanical failures with specific knowledge in the areas of lightning, grounding and component level failures. I have published on such topics as circuit breaker failures, open neutral and floating grounds and flame rollout of gas-fired appliances. I have testified 36 times on topics such as electrical fires, gas appliance fires and lightning damage to equipment. I have an extensive hands-on, field experienced background that provides me with the ability to diagnose the failure mode of electrical and mechanical devices, and then to trace the cause of the failure to component level, or to the external event.