IAAI Electrical Fire Investigation Seminar, Atlanta, GA 1991. FBI International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Arson Investigations, Fairfax, VA 1995. Anglo-American Fire Investigation Conference, Uxbridge, UK, 1997. Lightning 101, Global Atmospherics, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2000. These certifications are based upon a peer review of education, training and experience, and successfully completing a written certification exam.
Maintenance of certification requires continuing education.
He is also a certified Fellow of the American Board of Criminalistics, with a specialty in fire debris analysis. This certification requires successfully challenging a written general knowledge examination covering all phases of evidence handling and analysis, and a specialty examination on the details of fire debris analysis. Maintenance of Fellow status also requires annual successful participation in external proficiency testing, and continued professional development. January 1978-Present Manager, Fire Investigations. Authored over 2,000 technical reports.