Cnsumer Safety Assciates, LLC 4501 N.W. 25th Way Bca Ratn, Flrida 33434 (561) 241-1900 Wm. F. Kitzes, J.D.!!!!!!!! Safety Management Bard Certified!!!!!!!!! www.prductsafety.cm Prduct Safety Manager!!!!!!!! kitzes@prductsafety.cm CURRICULUM VITAE Safety Analysis!!!!!!!!!!! FAX: Warnings William F. Kitzes (561) 241-1903 Expert Testimny Educatin University f Wiscnsin, B.A.; 1972 Washingtn Cllege f Law, American University, J.D.; 1975 Certificate in Safety Management (1989) American Sciety f Safety Engineers University f Michigan, Cllege f Engineering, Human Factrs Engineering, Summer 1990 Executive Prgram in Safety Management (2007) American Sciety f Safety Engineers Risk Cmmunicatin Skills Harvard Schl f Public Health, March 2013 Prfessinal Safety Assciatins Natinal Safety Cuncil American Sciety f Safety Engineers Bard f Certified Prduct Safety Management, Executive Level Bard f Certified Hazard Cntrl Management, Master Level Human Factrs Sciety System Safety Sciety Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin Flrida Prpane Gas Safety, Educatin and Research Cuncil Chairman, Flrida Cnsumers Cuncil (1993-2007) Wrk Experience U.S. Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin Washingtn, D.C. 20207 1975-1981
1975-1977 Legal Advisr t the Directr, Sectin 15 Office f Prduct Defect Identificatin 1977-1980 Prgram Manager Sprts, Recreatin & Pwer Equipment Office f the Executive Directr 1980-1981 Regulatry Cunsel Office f the General Cunsel The Institute fr Safety Analysis, Inc. Rckville, Maryland 20850 1981-1983 Vice President and General Manager Cnsumer Safety Assciates 1983 - Present Safety Analyst, Prduct Safety Manager Prfessinal Experience Mr. Kitzes has extensive experience in safety analysis, regulatry develpment, and management systems. His backgrund includes the fllwing activities: Managed and supervised prfessinal staff f 18 in preparing safety engineering analysis fr natinally-knwn technical cnsulting firm which specialized in evaluating the safety perfrmance f autmtive and cnsumer prducts Develped the Federal Safety Standard fr Pwer Lawn Mwers, 16 CFR 1205; February 1979 Develped prgrams t identify and analyze safety perfrmance data t evaluate cmpliance with the reprting requirements f Sectin 15 f the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act Negtiated vluntary crrective actin prgrams and cnsent agreements with majr manufacturers t recall defective prducts
Managed interdisciplinary task frce f engineers, epidemilgists, attrneys, and investigatrs in develping standards and cmmunicatins prgrams fr sprts, recreatin, and pwer equipment Cnducted special studies f natinwide injury patterns using the Natinal Electrnic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) CPSC Awards include the Silver Medal fr Meritrius Service, 1977 and the Superir Achievement Award, 1979 Seminars and Wrkshps Mr. Kitzes is an active speaker, authr, and educatr n safety-related issues. The fllwing is a partial list f seminars, wrkshps, and lectures given by Mr. Kitzes since 1975: Cmpliance Issues and The Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act, Diebld Research Grup, 245 Park Avenue, New Yrk, 1975 Gvernment Actin Under the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act with Prfessr Rbert Vaughn, Washingtn cllege f Law, American Bar Assciatin, Washingtn, D.C., 1975 Cnsumer Safety Officer Training in accident analysis and implementing the prvisins f Sectin 15 f the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act (CPSA), U.S. Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin, New Yrk, Chicag, Minneaplis, and San Francisc, 1975 and 1976 Manufacturers Cmpliance Seminar n safety analysis and accident investigatin fr Sectins 15 and 19 f the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act (CPSA), U.S. Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin, Kansas City, Missuri Marketing Analysis and Gvernment Actin, panel with Dr. Salvatre Davita, Gerge Washingtn University, Washingtn, D.C. 1976 Reprting Requirements and Crrective Actin Plans Under Sectin 15 f the CPSA, Prduct Safety Cnference, Washingtn, D.C., 1976 Implementing the New Requirements fr Ntificatin and Reprting: 16 CFR 1115, Prduct Safety Cnference, Washingtn, D.C. 1977 Changes in the Prpsed Standard fr Pwer Lawn Mwers, Outdr Pwer Equipment Institute, Washingtn, D.C. 1978
The Federal Regulatry Prcess, Natinal Institute fr Paralegal Training, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978 & 1979 The Art f Applying Technlgy in Persnal Injury Lawsuits, Regulatry Data -- A Buried Treasure, Natinal Center fr Technlgy in Law, Hunt Valley, Maryland, 1981 The Human Factr: a safety/needs analysis f the mdern fire fighting envirnment, with Richard L.P. Custer, Fundatin fr Fire Safety, Cliffside Manr, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, 1981 CPSC and ATVs, AIEG, Octber 1986, and May 1987 ATV Safety, Natinal Assciatin f Attrneys General, Octber, 1987 Safety Analysis and the CPSA, American Pleasure Bat Safety Assciatin, January, 1988 and 1989 Safety Management and the CPSC, James Tuck Memrial Lecture, Keynte Address, Detrit, Michigan, June 1990 Safety Analysis and Prduct Safety Management, Texas Trial Lawyers Prduct Liability Seminar, Hustn, Texas, April 1994 Safety Management and the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin, The Academy f Flrida Trial Lawyers, Orland, Flrida, January 1995 Panel n Child Safety, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, March 1995 Recalls, Defects and Public Disclsure: Panel Discussin, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, March 1996 Natinal Safety Cuncil Cngress and Expsitin, Sessin #51 Pst Sale Crrective Actin Plans - Recalls and Cnsumer Ntice, Educatinal Resurces Divisin, Orland, Flrida, Octber 1996 Natinal Safety Cuncil Cngress and Expsitin, Sessin #152 Injury Preventin Analysis: Guidelines fr Prduct Safety Managers, Educatinal Resurces Divisin, Chicag, Illinis, Octber 1997 Wrldwide Juvenile Prduct Safety Panel, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 1998 The Faces f the Future Seminar, Keenan s Kids Fundatin, Atlanta, Gergia, May 1998 The Rle f the Safety Analyst, Kentucky Academy f Trial Attrneys, Luisville, Kentucky, May 1998
Natinal Safety Cuncil Cngress and Expsitin, Sessin #69 When Risk Can t Be Eliminated: Building Adequate Warnings, Educatinal Resurces Divisin, Ls Angeles, Califrnia, Octber 1998 Freedm f Infrmatin, CPSC-ABA Frum, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 1999 Prtecting Our Kids, Faces f the Future Seminar, Keenan s Kids Fundatin, Atlanta, Gergia, March 1999 CPSC Cmpliance Wrkshp, Preparing, Develping and Implementing a Successful Recall Prgram, Ls Angeles, Califrnia, Octber 1999 CPSC Cmpliance Wrkshp, Cnducting a Recall - Fast Track vs. Traditinal, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2000 CPSC Cmpliance Wrkshp, Designing, Prducing and Distributing Safer Cnsumer Prducts, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2001 Ten Principles f Prduct Safety Management, Kentucky Academy f Trial Attrneys, Luisville, Kentucky, May 2001 CPSC Cmpliance Curse, Recall Success Stries, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2002 Masters in Trial, American Bard f Trial Advcates, Chicag, Illinis, June 2002 CPSC Cmpliance Curse, CPSC and ICPHSO -- 10 Years Later, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2003 CPSC Cmpliance Curse, Sectin 15 Reprting Obligatins, Panel, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, March 2004 Creating Safe Prducts--Practical Applicatins f Hazard Assessment, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2005 Warnings and Instructins, Human Factrs Sympsium, ICPHSO and CPSC, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Bethesda, Maryland, September 2005 Intrductin t Prduct Safety, AIG UK Limited, Human Fcus, Web based vide Instructin Prgramme, Accredited by the Ryal Sciety fr the Preventin f Accidents, Lndn, England, United Kingdm, 2007 Risk Assessment, AIG Cnsultant, Inc., New Yrk, 2008
Risk Management 101, ICPHSO and CPSC Cmpliance and Training Seminar, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Chicag, Illinis, May 2008 Safety Testing: Beynd the Statutes, Internatinal Cnsumer Prduct Health and Safety Organizatin, Orland, Flrida, February 2011 Publicatins Standards, Regulatins and Safety Guidelines t Prtect Children frm Injury, Children and Injuries, Je Frst, ed., Lawyers & Judges Publishing Cmpany, Inc., Tucsn, Arizna, 2001 Clumnist, Prduct Safety: An In-Depth Analysis, Cnsumer Prduct Safety Guide, CCH, Chicag, Illinis, 2000-2001 Risk Analysis in Prduct Liability Litigatin, 2000 Wiley Expert Witness Update, New Develpments in Persnal Injury Litigatin, Aspen Law & Business, New Yrk, 2000 Prtecting Our Kids - Everyne Plays a Part, Frum, Cnsumer Attrneys f Califrnia, Vlume 27, N. 10, December 1997 Frensic Safety Analysis: Investigatin and Evaluatin, 1996 Wiley Expert Witness Update, New Develpments in Persnal Injury Litigatin, Jhn Wiley & Sns, Inc., New Yrk, 1996 The Rle f the Safety Analyst in Prduct Liability Litigatin, Trial Diplmacy Jurnal, Vl. 18, N. 2, March/April 1995 Safety Management and the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin, Prfessinal Safety, Vl. 36, N. 4, April 1991 ATVs -- The Hidden Danger, Jurnal f Law, Medicine and Health Care, Vl. 17, N. 1, Spring, 1989 Private Causes f Actin Under the Cnsumer Prduct Safety Act, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Vl. 17, N. 1, 1985 Administrative Civil Penalties Are Here T Stay, But Hw Shuld They Be Implemented? Wm. F. Kitzes and David Schmeltzer, American University Law Review, Vl. 26, N. 4, Washingtn, D.C., 1977 Substantial Hazards in Cnsumer Prducts, (Investigatrs Manual), Wm. F. Kitzes, U.S. Cnsumer Prduct Safety Cmmissin, 1977