Curriculum Vitae David A. Brown, ACTAR #1586 5104 Timberhaven Ct Flower Mound, TX 75028 972-821-6372 or 972-772-5000 EDUCATION 1992-1994 Post-Graduate Studies - Mechanical Engineering & Advanced Applied Mathematics University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1991-1992 Post-Graduate Studies - Business Administration Studies University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1985 Bachelor of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Arlington EXPERIENCE January 2006 - Present JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service, Inc., Heath Texas. Accident Reconstruction Consultant. Specialized consulting and training related to property loss analysis, reconstruction of accidents and the analysis of designs with regard to safety. Accident Reconstruction Reconstruction, analysis and investigation of vehicle traffic collisions. Analysis of speed, avoidability, visibility, vehicle collision damage and accident scene evidence, including passenger and commercial vehicles. Vehicle Mechanical Testing Testing and evaluation of mechanical systems, including brakes, steering system, suspension components, headlights and lighting systems, and engine and drive train components. Evaluate compliance with motor vehicle safety standards. Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents Analysis of air-brake systems, steering and suspension components, stopping distances, rollover events, and cargo rigging and securement. January 2004 April 2005 Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., Dallas, Texas. Senior Consulting Engineer performing specialized consulting and training related to property loss analysis, reconstruction of accidents and the analysis of designs with regard to safety. Accident Reconstruction Reconstruction, analysis and investigation of vehicle traffic collisions. Analysis of speed, avoidability, visibility, vehicle collision damage and accident scene evidence, including passenger and commercial vehicles. Vehicle Mechanical Testing Testing and evaluation of mechanical systems, including brakes, steering system, suspension components, headlights and lighting systems, and engine and drive train components. Evaluate compliance with motor vehicle safety standards.
David A. Brown Page 2 of 10 Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents Analysis of air-brake systems, steering and suspension components, stopping distances, rollover events, and cargo rigging and securement. May 2001 December 2003 The Warren Group, LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Senior Consulting Engineer performing specialized consulting and training related to property loss analysis, reconstruction of accidents and the analysis of designs with regard to safety. Accident Reconstruction Reconstruction, analysis and investigation of vehicle traffic collisions. Analysis of speed, avoidability, visibility, vehicle collision damage and accident scene evidence, including passenger and commercial vehicles. Vehicle Mechanical Testing Testing and evaluation of mechanical systems, including brakes, steering system, suspension components, headlights and lighting systems, and engine and drivetrain components. Evaluate compliance with motor vehicle safety standards. Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents Analysis of air-brake systems, steering and suspension components, stopping distances, rollover events, and cargo rigging and securement. Safety Design Analysis (both personal injury and property damage) Industrial accident reconstruction, machine controls, machine safeguarding, warnings, OSHA compliance, standards and codes compliance, maintenance, products liability, product failures, failure analysis and consumer products. Property & Machinery Loss Analysis Determine the cause of the loss, establish scope of damage, estimate cost to repair, evaluate replacement cost, establish actual value, estimate salvage value, estimate time required to complete repair. Training Accident reconstruction, hazard identification, engineering design for safety, standards and codes, and products liability. FEBRUARY 1996- MAY 2001 MESA Engineering, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina President, Chief Engineer Consultant Vehicle Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Consulting services involving analysis of vehicle dynamics during accidents for government, insurance and legal clients. Analysis of Vehicle Equipment and System Failures Consulting services involving automotive equipment design defect and product liability issues for government, insurance and legal clients. Evaluation of Machinery and Equipment Failures Consulting services involving machinery and equipment design defect and product liability issues for government, insurance and legal clients.
David A. Brown Page 3 of 10 MAY 1991- FEBRUARY 1996 Engineering, Design and Testing Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina Professional Engineer Consultant Vehicle Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Consulting services involving analysis of vehicle dynamics during accidents for municipal, insurance and legal clients. Analysis of Vehicle Equipment and System Failures Consulting services involving automotive equipment design defect and product liability issues for municipal, insurance and legal clients. Evaluation of Machinery and Equipment Failures Consulting services involving machinery and equipment design defect and product liability issues for industry, insurance and legal clients. AUGUST 1989- APRIL 1991 ELOX Corporation Davidson, North Carolina Senior Project Engineer Research and Development Department Machine Design Computer aided design of mechanical systems for CNC machine tools, including automatic tool changers, multi-axis motor drives, pulse encoders, hydraulics, pneumatics and sheet metal design. Computer-aided Design (CAD) Over 2,000 hours experience AutoCAD computer software for mechanical design. MAY 1985- JUNE 1989 Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas Mechanical Engineer Mechanical Systems Laboratory Machine Design Mechanical design of custom machines for testing critical and non-critical components of helicopter and tilt-rotor aircraft, including: Engine, transmission and internal gear components Airframe and fuselage Wing components Rotor and hub components Automatic folding blade systems Military and Civil Airworthiness Qualification Testing Designed test methodologies and wrote test plan reports for static and fatigue testing of aircraft components to satisfy test requirements. Rotor and hub components Engine, transmission and internal gear components Airframe, landing gear and cockpit components
David A. Brown Page 4 of 10 REGISTRATION Licensed Private Investigator, State of Texas (License No. A-07875) Registered Professional Engineer, State of North Carolina (P.E. # 17244) CERTIFICATIONS 2013 - CDR System Technician - Level 1 and 2 2008 - CDR Analyst 2007 CDR System Technician TAARS Seminar 2005 Licensed Private Investigator Texas State License No. A-07875 2004 - Traffic Accident Reconstructionist - Full Accreditation Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (#1378) 2003 - Certified Collision Data Retrieval SCARS Conference PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists (TAARS) President October 2014 - Present Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) CONTINUING EDUCATION December 7-9, 2015 Courses of Instruction: Evaluation and Analysis of Traffic Signal timing; Measurement and Analysis of Crush Damage; and Use of UAVs for Scanning, Mapping and Aerial Photography; Crash Reconstruction Workshop and Review of Cases; Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Round Rock, TX. -- (24 hours total) March 2-6, 2015 2015 HVE Forum Workshops, Austin, TX; Engineering Dynamics Corporation: Advanced HVE (12 hours), Using SIMON Non-Linear Simulation Model (4 hours), DyMesh 3-D Collision Modeling (4 hours), White Paper Session (4 hours), Advanced 3D Environment Modeling (8 hours), 3D Vehicles Blowouts & Rollovers -- (32 hours total) January 26-28, 2015 Crash Data Retrieval User's Summit, Houston, Texas -- (16 hours) October 6-9, 2014 Courses of Instruction: Crash Testing Cars vs. 18 Wheelers, Traffic Studies: Turning Behavior, Human Factors, Daubert-Report Writing, Overview of Rec-Tec and HVEDR Analysis, Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Ft. Worth, TX. (28 Hours).
David A. Brown Page 5 of 10 August 24-25, 2013 CDR Operator Certification - Technician Level 1 & 2, Collision Safety Institute, Tarrant County Sherriff's Office Training Academy, Ft. Worth, Texas. (16 hours) May 20-24, 2013 Conference: Special Problems in Accident Reconstruction; Attend live crash tests. Assisted with simulation preparation for crash test results presenters. Courses: Theory of CRASH and SMAC Algorithms, GPS Applications in Accident Reconstruction; Affects of Tinted Headlamp Lenses; Institute of Police Technology and Management, St. Pete's Beach, Florida May 19-22, 2013 Leadership Conference, St. Pete Beach Florida. May 15-18, 2013 Assisted with preparation, attended and presented results of live crash tests. Prepared and presented HVE/EDSMAC-4 simulation of crash tests. Courses: Nighttime Photography Techniques in Accident Reconstruction; Analysis of Heavy Vehicle Rollovers; Rotational Mechanics; Tire Disablements; Time and Distance Analysis; Texas Association of Reconstruction Specialists (TAARS) Spring 2013 Meeting, Ft. Worth, Texas. (20 hours) January 21-23, 2013 Crash Data Retrieval User's Summit, Houston, Texas (16 hours) September 28-29, 2012 Courses: Forensic Mapping Process and Equipment and I-Witness Program Use and Process, Round Rock, Texas. (12 hours) May 10-12, 2012 Courses: Instrumented Crash Tests, Commercial Vehicle Braking Systems, Product Liability Issues, Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspection Issues, Vericom Systems, Forensic Uses of GPS Systems, Presentation of Crash Test Data, Texas Association of Reconstruction Specialists Spring 2012 Meeting, Ft. Worth, Texas. (24 hours) March 26-30, 2012 Course: How to Interpret Commercial Vehicle Event Data Recorders, The University of Tulsa Department of Continuing Engineering and Science Education (CESE), Tulsa Oklahoma. (27 hours) February 27 - March 3, 2012 2012 HVE Forum Workshops, New Orleans, LA; Engineering Dynamics Corporation: Advanced HVE (16 hours), Using Damage Studio (4 hours), DyMesh 3-D Collision Modeling (4 hours), White Paper Session (4 hours), Building Vehicles in HVE and HVE-2D (4 hours) -- (32 hours total) September 22 24, 2011 Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System Technician, Level I, Bosch Crash Data Retrieval System Technician, Level II Presentation and Review of Toyota Data, Collision Safety Institute and TAARS, Irving, Texas (20 Hour) October 2010 Conference, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS), Ocean City, Maryland. (18 Hours)
David A. Brown Page 6 of 10 March 4 5, 2010 Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Theoretical and Applied Vehicle Dynamics, 2010 HVE Forum, San Antonio, Texas. (12 Hours) March 3, 2010 Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Heavy Vehicle Brake Simulation in EDSMAC-4, 2010 HVE Forum, San Antonio, Texas. (4 Hours) March 3, 2010 Engineering Dynamics Corporation, HVE Users Group and White Paper Session, 2010 HVE Forum, San Antonio, Texas. (3 Hours) March 1 2, 2010 Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Advanced HVE-2D, 2010 HVE Forum, San Antonio, Texas. (16 Hours) October 7 9, 2009 Conference, Heavy Vehicle Crash Reconstruction, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS), Ocean City, Maryland. (18 Hours) September 17 19, 2009 Conference, Air Brake System Equipment and Operation; Advanced Truck Brake Inspection Techniques, Ogburn s Truck Center Training, Ft. Worth, Texas. (20 Hours). May 2009 Course, Advanced Skills for the CDR Technician, Collision Safety Institute, Inc., Mesquite, TX, (24 Hours). February 19-21, 2009 Course, Advanced Skid Mark and Roadway Analysis, Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Huntsville, TX, (20 Hours). November 13-15, 2008 Course, Rotational Mechanics, Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Houston, TX, (18 Hours). October 21-24, 2008 Course, Collision Safety Institute, Bosch-Approved Crash Data Retrieval System Data Analyst Course. Ft. Worth, TX. (32 Hours). September 2008 Course, Bosch/Vetronix Approved Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Technician Course, Heath DPS, Heath, Texas (8 Hours) July 2008 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Chapter 6, United Transportation Training, Inc., Heath, TX, (16 Hours) January 28-30, 2008 Crash Data Retrieval User s Conference The ARC Network & Collision Safety Institute, Houston, TX (16 Hours) January 4, 2008
David A. Brown Page 7 of 10 Forensic Mapping Training - Crash Scene Investigation Utilizing Electronic Total Station, Data Collector, and CAD Diagramming Software, MJC & Associates, Inc., Heath, TX. (8 Hours) September 13-15, 2007 Bosch/Vetronix CDR Technician Certification Course and Commercial Vehicle Air Disk Brake Systems. Presentation Incorporation of Images into Reconstruction Reports, TAARS, Austin, TX. (20 Hours) February 24, 2007 Private Investigators Continuing Education, Board Rules and Ethics & Conflict of Interest, Mr. John R. Sands, Fort Worth, TX (4 Hours) February 23-24, 2007 Seminar Driving Dynamics, Vector Analysis, Understanding PDOF, Safety Apparel/MUTCD Update, & PSB Rules Update and Ethics, TAARS, Fort Worth, TX (12-Hours) October 3, 2006 Seminar, Private Investigators Continuing Education, Ethics & Conflict of Interest, Mr. John R. Sands, Heath, TX. (2 Hours) April 10-11, 2006 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collision Investigation, Carrollton Police Department, Carrollton, TX. (16 Hours) November 17. 2005 Course, Air Brake Systems, ABS Brakes and Foundation Brake &Adjustment, Ogburn s Truck Parts, Technical Support Training, Garland, TX. (8 Hours) January 2005 Forensic Mapping with Leica 307 Total Station, Sokkia SDR-33 and TDS Recon Data Collector, Company training, JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service, Inc., Heath, TX. (4 hours) January 2004 Forensic Mapping with Nikon Total Station, HP-48G data collector and AIMS Mapping Software, Company training, Rimkus Consulting Group, Houston, TX, (4 hours) July 31-August 2, 2003 Certified - Restraint Control Module Data Retrieval SCARS Conference, Charleston, SC. (20 hours) August 20-24, 2001 Advanced Traffic Crash Reconstruction with WinCrash - University of North Florida - Institute of Police Technology and Management. (40 Hours) 1998 University of North Florida, Jacksonville Florida: Human Factors and Visibility Concepts Affecting Driver Perception and Reaction Times (20 Hours) 1997 Central Piedmont Community College: Computer Database Programming, Microsoft Access Database (16 Hours) 1994 Allied Signal Heavy Vehicle Equipment Training School, Atlanta, Georgia: Operation and Maintenance of Heavy Duty Vehicle Air Components and Brake Systems (24 Hours)
David A. Brown Page 8 of 10 1993 University of North Florida, Jacksonville Florida: Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents (40 Hours) 1992 Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois: Analysis of Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Accident Reconstruction (80 Hours) COURSES, SEMINARS AND LECTURES PRESENTED October 5, 2010 Presentation entitled Combining Simulation Output Variable Data, Multiple Raster Images and Forensic Mapping Data in Vehicle Crash Reconstruction, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS), Ocean City, Maryland. (2 Hours) July 15, 2010 Presentation entitled Applied Technology in Vehicle Crash reconstruction, National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA), Shreveport, Louisiana. (3 Hours) October 8, 2009 Presentation entitled Combining Aerial Photography and Forensic Mapping Data in Vehicle Crash reconstruction, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS), Ocean City, Maryland. (1 Hour) September 18 19, 2009 Presentation entitled Inspection of Problematic and Damaged Truck Brake Systems, Ogburn s Truck Center Training, Ft. Worth, Texas. (4 Hours). February 29-March 1, 2008 Presentation entitled Advanced Presentation Techniques in Accident Reconstruction using Microsoft PowerPoint, TAARS Conference, Arlington, TX (4 Hours) September 13-15, 2007 Presentation entitled Incorporation of Aerial Photo Images into Reconstruction Reports, TAARS, Austin, TX (4 Hours) 2004-2005 Numerous seminars involving Evidence Identification and Collection, Collision Analysis and Reconstruction, Restraint Control Module Data Retrieval, and Technology in Collision Reconstruction. July 26, 2003 One-hour seminar, entitled Restraint Control Module Data Retrieval, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney s, Convention, Asheville, SC. May 8, 2002 Three-hour seminar, approved by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Continuing Education Agency Services Division, entitled Vehicle Brakes & Collision Reconstruction: Cars & Trucks presented at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Matthews, North Carolina.
David A. Brown Page 9 of 10 May 1, 2002 Three-hour seminar, approved by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Continuing Education Agency Services Division, entitled Vehicle Brakes & Collision Reconstruction: Cars & Trucks presented at Montgomery Mutual Insurance, Charlotte, North Carolina. February 27, 2002 Three-hour seminar, approved by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Continuing Education Agency Services Division, entitled Vehicle Brakes & Collision Reconstruction: Cars & Trucks presented at Travelers Insurance, Charlotte, North Carolina. 1995 Course presented at the Insurance Crime Information Exchange, Accident Reconstruction, Adams Mark Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina 1994 Course presented at the Charlotte Claims Association Seminar entitled Accident Reconstruction, Charlotte, North Carolina 1991 Course presented at the American Trucking Association Seminar, Preservation of Evidence in Accident Reconstruction, joint presentation with Mr. Woodrow Poplin, Greensboro, North Carolina. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT November 2009 HVE-2D Beta Software Tester Assisted Engineering Dynamics Corporation software developers in pre-release testing of HVE-2D Version 7.1 vehicle crash simulation software. December 2009 SimPort-3D Authored tested and implemented proprietary algorithm to import simulation output data from any vehicle collision simulation application. Programming Language: 3DS-Max Script. January 2010 SiteModeler-3D Authored tested and implemented proprietary algorithm to import forensic mapping point coordinate data and create 3D collision site model from any total-station or data collector output file. Programming Language: 3DS-Max Script. April 2010 VIN-Cruncher Authored tested and implemented proprietary spreadsheet-based application to analyze and predict the correct vehicle identification number from erroneous or partial VIN numbers. May 2011 HVE-2D Beta Software Tester Assisted Engineering Dynamics Corporation software developers in pre-release testing of HVE-2D Version 8.2 vehicle crash simulation software. April 2012
David A. Brown Page 10 of 10 HVE-2D Beta Software Tester Assisted Engineering Dynamics Corporation software developers in pre-release testing of HVE-2D Version 9 vehicle crash simulation software. December 2012 HVE-2D Beta Software Tester Assisted Engineering Dynamics Corporation software developers in pre-release testing of HVE-2D Version 9.05 vehicle crash simulation software. Latest Update: 02/15/2016