Customer Service Electrical

DOUGLAS KRISTOF

**** ******* ***** • Columbus, OH 43235 • 614-***-**** • 614-***-**** (mobile) • abvb9p@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL ANALYST ENGINEER FOR COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL CLAIMS

Fire and Explosion Analysis / Forensic Engineering

Education / Risk Analysis

• Creative and innovative problem solver.

• Ability to lead diverse teams through complex projects with limited resources.

• Experienced with all types of electrical equipment; including PCs, PLCs, printing equipment,

factory

and manufacturing equipment, medical equipment, telephone and telecommunications equipment,

power transmission and distribution equipment, and HVAC and building automation systems.

• Skilled researcher for origin and cause, as well as analysis on extent of damage.

• Registered CFEI – Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator.

Recognized and experienced expert witness in federal, state, local and criminal courts .

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• Six years working for Burr-Brown as a data acquisition specialist

L OSS A NALYSIS E DUCAT ION

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PRESIDENT/OWNER

JT KRISNICK LTD. - Columbus, Ohio

1997 - present

Provide forensic engineering and consultation to the insurance industry and legal professionals. Specialization in

subrogation. Perform expert claims analysis work to determine the cause and origin of electrical and electronic

failures. Manage loss control. Provide on-site electrical engineering consultations to fire investigators. Educate

claim analysts and other insurance representatives on subrogation.

Customers include Catholic Mutual, Nationwide, St. Paul, Erie, Zurich, Pharmacists Mutual, Liberty Mutual,

Hartford Steam Boiler, Crawford & Co. and PERSO (Ohio Township Claims Association).

Selected Contributions:

Worked with the municipalities’ pool for State of Ohio to identify electrical damage to

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water and wastewater treatment plants and electric utility substations.

Assessed damage to a radio station after Hurricane Katrina and calculated repair cost.

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Determined cause of damage and developed repair procedure for PLC carwash (SCADA).

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Established the most likely cause of damage to a cell tower and developed a procedure for

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repairing it after a hurricane.

Identified the cause of damage to a circular irrigation system and developed a repair

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procedure.

Programming of PLC’s for pneumatic and hydraulic systems

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PLC and distributed logic design for segmented conveyors (SCADA controlled)

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Determined the true extent of damage involving storm damage to dozens of HVAC on a

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rooftop.

Discovered and published the “third” way that technology products can be damaged by

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lightning.

M ANAGIN G, M ARKETING C ONSULTIN G

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REGIONAL MANAGER

LWG - Chicago, IL

1991 - 1997

Managed offices and marketed engineering services to clients in Columbus, Detroit and Pittsburgh. Developed

engineering and customer service programs for major clients in a seven-state area by matching individual

employee skills to the customers’ unique needs. Provided expert consultations to insurance and legal professionals

on electrical, electronic and other large losses.

Selected Contributions:

Investigated an explosion in a hospital’s underground conduit and tunnel system caused by

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a unused water pipes in proximity to active electric power lines.

Supervised the recovery of all lab and technical equipment at Case Western Reserve

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University and NASA Lewis Research Center after a water incursions.

Supervised the recovery from a fire at an eastern Pennsylvania water bottling plant.

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Supervised the new install of primary computer equipment at Baptist Memorial Hospital in

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Nashville, TN.

Determined the cause of an HV utility transformer explosion on a college campus in NW

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Ohio.

Supervised the replacement of HV transformers in a state office tower after ozone induced

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failures.

Researched and designed replacement water treatment plant for Twinsville, OH using

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current SCADA technology.

Supervised the repair of the electronic control panel for a church pipe organ damaged by

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lightning.

E DUCAT ION A ND C REDENTIAL S

Six years working for Burr-Brown Research Corporation

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Electrical • University of Cincinnati

Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI)

Instructor: Technical loss and lightning classes at Nationwide Training Center

Instructor: Technical loss clinics at GAB Robbins, Crawford & Co. and PLRB

Affiliate Member PLRB

Author: “The Three Types of Damage Caused by Lightning”

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