Zipline Expert Witnesses
Zipline expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on zipline. The zipline expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Athletics & Recreation, Intellectual Property, Mechanical Engineering, and Risk Management.
Michael R Smith
Zip Line and Aerial Adventure Park Expert
AdventureSmith, Inc.
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Athletics & Recreation, Risk Management
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zipline, zip lines, zipline accident, zipline braking, zipline brake system, zipline construction, zipline death, zipline safety, residential/backyard zipline, zipline standards, aerial adventure course, aerial adventure course standards, ropes course, challenge course, climbing, ACCT, ASTM, NAARSO
Michael R. Smith is an industry leader and proven business, marketing, and risk management consultant with 26 years of experience designing and developing award-winning aerial adventure parks and 30 years of experience delivering adventure-based tours, adventure programs, and team and leadership development programming. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies as a business consultant, authored and published climbing guides, worked as a Field Instructor for the Outward Bound School, and is regularly retained as a zip line and adventure park expert witness.
Smith maintains a niche consultancy, AdventureSmith, Inc., focused on risk management, marketing, business consulting, and staff development systems for the aerial adventure course market. AdventureSmith, Inc. has supported many challenge courses, zip lines, and aerial adventure parks in the U.S.A. and Canada. Services include but are not limited to course inspections, operation audits, guide, facilitator, and manag...
Nathan Macdonald, PE, CSP
Amusement Rides Fitness Equipment and Patents
Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc.
Alpine, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Amusement Rides and Devices, Fitness Equipment, Patents, Intellectual Property, Forklift, Roller Coaster, Zipline, Trampoline Park, Slip and Fall, Consumer Products, Fitness Cables and Carabiners, Automation, Scissor Lift, Telehandler, Design Patents, Trade Secrets, Standards Compliance, aerial lift
Experienced mechanical engineering consultant with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Lead engineer on the design and analysis of numerous products, including ziplines, exercise equipment, drop rides, slingshot rides, aerial lifts, trailers and towing equipment, automated drill pipe handling systems, and other hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic systems and equipment. Licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE) in Utah, Certified Safety Professional (CSP) in comprehensive practice. Certified Commercial Building Inspector, Licensed operator and trainer for forklifts, telehandlers, and MEWP's such as aerial lifts, scissor lifts, and boom lifts.
Familiar with reading, interpreting, and using standards in the engineering design process including, among others, ANSI, ASTM, OSHA, SAE, and ISO standards. Dedicated to high engineering standards, practice, and quality of work product. Performed accelerometer testing on various amusement rides and devices including ziplines...
