I-ENG-A_® of THE TRISTATE AREA

By Engineering Group of the Southeast

E-mail: tristate@ienga.net

RESUMES

Lightning Damage
Determination

Biographical Sketch:

Lt. Gregg Goodwin works directly with I-ENG-A_® of Columbus on fire investigations.  Lt. Gregg Goodwin has been a firefighter since 1990, and has been a fire investigator since 1997. 

 

Education:

 

· Central Ohio Police Officers Training Academy

· Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke VA

· Associates of Applied Science – Criminal Justice

 

Professional Certifications:

 

· NTOA Certified Tactical Rescue Technician

· State of Ohio Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic

· State of Ohio Professional Firefighter II

· State of Ohio Fire Officer I

· State of Ohio Fire Instructor

· State of Ohio Advanced Arson Investigation

· Graduate of National Fire Academy

Biographical Sketch:

Mr. John Kraner works directly with I-ENG-A_® of The Tristate Areaio on fire investigations.  He is a Certified Fire Safety Inspector.  He started his career in Greenfield Township as a firefighter in 1971.

 

He has provided expert witness testimony in the 5^th district court of appeals, and has provided depositions during his many years as a medic.

 

Qualifications:

 

· Certified Fire Safety Inspector

· Fire Service sprinkler Seminar – NFPA

· NFPA 921 Fire and Explosion Seminar – 2 days

· Juvenile Firesetters Seminars

· Introduction to Arson Investigation – Ohio Fire Academy

· Arson Investigation I – Ohio Fire Academy

· Arson Investigation II – Ohio Fire Academy

Mr. Anthony Staschiak has more than 25 years of experience in both commercial and residential properties and has completed thousands of property inspections, with a special emphasis on roofs. 

 

He provides complete roof inspection services, from commencement of construction to completion of installation.  He has recently completed two apartment complex projects, one in Louisville, KY (28 buildings – each with 10,000 sf of roof) and one in Marysville, Ohio (27 buildings – each with 10,000 sf of roof) where he was hired by the owner in each case to ensure the roofing contractor completed a tear-off and replacement by following the proper procedures.

 

Licenses:

Licensed, City of Columbus, General Contractor #HIC3059

Licensed, Department of Agriculture, State of Ohio, Custom Applicator #1312

Licensed, Department of Agriculture, State of Ohio, Inspection

Certification #83910

 

 

Certifications:

State Inspection Certification

Certified Real Estate Inspector CRI#2001104

Certified Member, NAHI

 

Associations:

National Association of Home Inspectors

 

 

Hail Damage Claim
Investigation

Lewis W. Ernest, PE, is a licensed civil engineer in six states and has over thirty (30) years of engineering and business management experience.  During his career, Mr. Ernest has assumed various engineering and management positions which have provided a wide range of engineering experiences and challenges.

 

In the most recent years of his career, his engineering efforts have focused on the investigative/forensic arena where he has served as Vice President and Director of Operations for two consulting engineering firms.  Mr. Ernest has used his Business Management (MBA) and engineering education as well as his involvement with I-ENG-A in the development and management of three successful Investigative Engineering Business Units.  Mr. Ernest and his business units have been involved with over 3000 multi-disciplined case assignments for the insurance industry, the legal community and the private sector.

LEWIS W. ERNEST, P.E., I-ENG-A TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Mr. Peter Vallas, Sr., is President of Peter Vallas and Associates, Inc., an independent multi-discipline consulting engineering firm with offices in England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida.

 

The firm has its own testing laboratories which offers all I-ENG-A members special discounts on a variety of services.  They specialize in investigative engineering world-wide. Mr. Vallas has been a guest speaker all over the United States as well as in Europe, Asia, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. He is a licensed fire science teacher in the states of Florida and New Jersey, and is an adjunct professor at Broward Community College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

ELVIN AYCOCK, P.E., P.H., P.L.S., R.E.M., ACTAR,

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION ADVISOR

PETER VALLAS SR., I-ENG-A FIRE INVESTIGATION ADVISOR

Elvin Aycock is a Professional Engineer, Professional Hydrologist, Professional Land Surveyor, Registered Environmental Manager and ACTAR certified. He specializes in traffic accident reconstruction, hydroplaning accident cases, storm drainage flooding damage and land surveying claims. He has more than 30 years of experience as an investigative and forensic engineer.

 

Mr. Aycock serves as an advisor to the Investigative Engineers Association member firms for accident reconstruction and automobile claims of all sorts.  Vehicluar black box data retrieval technology is available to all member firms through Elvin.