David A. Thompson, Ph.D., CPE, PE, Professor
Portola Associates
820 Ellen Court
Incline Village, NV 89451
775-833-3304 Fax: 775-833-3305
Email: DavidThompson@Human-Factors.org
Web Site: www.HumanFactors.org



EDUCATION

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering; (Machine Design major)
  • BS, Industrial Engineering, with High Honors, elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; (Work Design, Analysis major)
  • MS, Industrial Engineering, elected to Sigma Xi Honorary Society; (Systems)
  • PhD, Stanford University, Industrial Engineering (jointly with the Stanford Medical School)
EXPERIENCE

  • Professor, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, 25 years (now retired)
  • Clinical Faculty, UCSF Medical School, 13 years (Occupational Medicine Department)
  • Consulting experience, 47 years
  • Litigation experience, 40 years
  • 65 scientific publications
  • Over 150 professional presentations
  • Retained in about 900 forensic cases
  • Approximately 90 trial appearances
  • US Navy Officer, Destroyers (3 years)
  • Member Accident Review Board, SF MUNI (13 years)
  • Member, ASTM and ANSI Engineering Standards Committees
REGISTRATION & SOCIETIES

  • Registered Professional Engineer, California (# I-84)
  • Member, Industrial Engineering Applicant Review Committee, State of California Board of Registration (1967)
  • Board Certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering
  • Certified Professional Ergonomist (# 48)
  • Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • Fellow, American Back Society
  • Life Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • Life Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Member, American Society of Safety Engineers
  • Member, National Academy of Forensic Engineers
  • Member, Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists
  • Member, American Association of Forensic Scientists
SELECTED CONSULTING CLIENTS

  • Safeway
  • General Motors
  • Toyota
  • Nissan
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Microsoft
  • Sun Microsystems
  • IBM
  • Pacific Telephone
  • U.S. Department of State
  • FMC Corporation
  • AARP
  • Syntex
  • frogdesign
  • Pacific Gas & Electric
  • General Electric
  • United Airlines
  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Standard Oil
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Pepsi Cola
  • Reuters News Service
  • Apple Computers
  • Sierra Pacific Power Company
SELECTED LITIGATION CLIENTS

  • Boccardo Law Firm (San Jose)
  • Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel (San Jose)
  • Belli & Belli (San Francisco)
  • EEOC (Chicago, San Francisco)
  • US Attorney (San Francisco)
  • Sedgewick Detert Moran & Arnold (San Jose)
  • Cesari Werner & Moriarity (San Francisco)
  • Crosby Heafy Roach & May (Oakland)
  • Fish & Richardson (Menlo Park)
  • Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bently (Redwood City)
  • Barry Novak Law Offices (Beverly Hills)
  • Barry & Randolph (Sacramento)
  • Levy Phillips & Konigsberg (New York)
  • Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer (New York)
  • Kerr McGee (New Mexico)
  • Keefer O'Reilly Ferrario & Lubbers (Las Vegas)
  • McDermott Hansen & Reilly (Denver)
  • Matsumoto LaFountaine & Chow (Honolulu)
  • Provost & Umphrey (Beaumont)
  • Prescott Gates & Ellis (Los Angeles)
  • Fabris Burgess & Ring (San Francisco)
  • Galiher DeRobertis Nakamura Ono Takitana (Honolulu)
  • Greene, Broillet, Taylor, Wheeler & Panish (Santa Monica)
  • Chain, Younger, Cohn & Stiles (Bakersfield)
  • Lane, Fahrendorf, Viloria & Oliphant (Reno)
  • Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sacramento)
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • City of Chicago
  • City of San Francisco


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