Consultant- Transport Packaging
-Graduate of Union College, Schenectady, NY with a degree in Industrial Administration
-Employed in transport packaging and handling for entire professional career
-On General Electric's corporate staff for 20+ years as an internal engineering consultant on packaging, handling and warehousing for all GE plants, both domestic and overseas
-Independent consultant in transport packaging and handling, serving over 150 clients for 20+ years
-Licensed professional engineer (California)
-Certified professional in packaging and handling (IoPP)
-Certified manufacturing engineer (SME)
-Honors and awards: Packaging Hall of Fame (PEF); Fellow Member, Member of the Year, Lifetime Member (IoPP); Fellow Member (ASTM); Annual Packaging Award (NIPHLE)
-Professionally, active in the following organizations:
ASTM- chairman of Committee D-10 on Packaging for 4 terms, subcommittee chairman, task group chairman for development/review of 7 standards
IoPP- past president of SPHE (IoPP predecessor), chair of Technical Liaisons group, past chair of Transport Packaging Committee
ANSI- chairman of MH-10 Committee on Transport Packages and Unit Loads, member of MH-1 Committee on Pallets
ISO- head of USA delegation to ISO Technical Committee 122 on Packaging
Member of ISTA, NIPHLE, and TAPPI
-Author of book entitled "Transport Packaging" (1998)
-Co-author "Freight Claims Prevention in Plain English" (1992)
-Contributing author to "Packaging Forensics" (2000), "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology" (2009), and "Production Handbook" (1987)