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I n d u s t r i a l L o s s C o n s u l t a n t s L L C

Eugene Bryant Keith

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT SPECIALTIST

• Saw Mill Equipment • Machine Tool Equipment • Mining Equipment • Metal Working Equipment, Analog/NC/CNC • Stamping Presses • Printing Presses, Sheet Fed and Web • Seafood Processing Equipment, Extensive Experience working in Alaska • Food Processing Equipment • Oil Field Equipment • Injection Molding Equipment • Pumps and Compressors, Reciprocating/Helical Screw/Lobed • Off Road and Over the Road Equipment • Scrap Processing • Paving Equipment • Large Farm Equipment


Current Employment Industrial Loss Consultants LLC April 1st, 2105 to Present Position - CEO/Senior Machinery Consultant [email protected] www.industrialloss.com Past Employment History Industrial Loss Consulting, Inc. April 10, 1992 to April 1st, 2015 Position – CEO/Senior Machinery Consultant Machinery consulting for the Insurance Industry, Law Firms, and Manufacturing Firms. Our company handles production equipment, turbines, compressors, mining, textile and sawmill equipment. We have worked in over 47 states as well as 10 different countries. We have worked hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, fires, explosions and various loss situations for over 20 different insurance companies as well as numerous Law Firms and Manufacturers. My duties include field inspections, photography, evidence preservation, report writing, cost analysis and clerking work. Pembro Consultants/Induction Heating & Welding, Inc. 1988 to April 1992 Position – Field Engineer/Plant Manager At this firm I had dual duties to do machinery consulting for the insurance industry and I was responsible for the management of the machine repair shop for Induction Heating & Welding. Along with supervising employees during repair operations, I ordered parts, scheduled shipments, quoted repair jobs and marketed for new work.

Keeler-Webb Assoc iates 1985 to 1988 Posi t ion - Fie ld Engineer My duties at KWA involved fire investigation, vehicular accident reconstruction, and mechanical inspections of vehicles involved in accidents, and machinery losses. All of the above work was for the Insurance Industry in a forensic involvement. I was involved with all aspects of fieldwork, photography, evidence preservation, and report writing. I also gained extensive experience in deposition’s as well as court testimony.

Pembro Consultants/Complete Engineer Servi ces 1983 to 1985 Posi t ion – Fie ld Engineer/Plant Manager This was the same position held with Pembro during the period from 1987 to 1992, it was during this time, a joint effort from the two firms to consolidate their efforts in the consulting and repair fields.

New Cast le Engineer ing , Inc . December 1978 to March 1983 Posi t ion - Assis tant Mil lwright up to Sales Engineer While at New Castle Engineering, I worked my way from a helper up through various departments until I


received my own sales territory. I was involved in repair of many types of equipment and eventually went on to inspect and quote repairs in the field for the company. We were involved with compressors, machine tool equipment, heat exchangers and steam equipment.

Military History March 1975 to May 1978 101st Airborne – 1st of the 501st Fort Campbell, KY Honorable Discharge Position - Headquarters Platoon/Company Commanders Aide During the three years in the military I completed various classes and schooling. The most important ones were Helicopter Assault School in the 101st Airborne and the Jungle Warfare Training School at Fort Sherman in the Panama Canal Zone. Education and Training Classes

Dale Carnegie and Associates, Inc. Dale Carnegie Sales Course Indianapolis, Indiana 1980

State of Indiana

Office of the State Fire Marshal Fire and Arson Investigation 60 hr Course Brookville, Indiana 1986

Indiana Fire Instructors’ Association

Indiana State Fire School Fire and Arson Detection Indianapolis, Indiana 1986

Indiana State Association National Association of Power Engineers Power Engineers Certification Plant Utilities, Operation and Maintenance Indianapolis, Indiana 1986

Indiana Vocational Technical College

Indianapolis, Indiana 2 Year Associates Degree Industrial Maintenance Technology / Facilities Maintenance May 1988

Indianapolis Police Academy

Advanced Fire Origin and Cause / Expert Witness


Indianapolis, Indiana 1997

Visual Statement

Trimble Company Accident and Crime Scene Diagramming Henry County Sheriff’s Department New Castle, Indiana 2002

Visual Statement

Trimble Company Advanced Collision Diagramming with 3D Animation Hickory Hills, Illinois 2006

Colorado School of Mines

Introduction to Petroleum Refining and Technology Golden, Colorado 2007

ARAS 360 Accident Reconstruction Computer Training

Nevada State Police Headquarters Las Vegas, NV 2012

Partial Listing of Court & Deposition Experience

ASEMEX v. Crawford & Company, et al Cause #95-2955 County Court at Law Number Three, El Paso County, Texas File #8604420.548 Deposition for the Plaintiff Aurora Bearing Company and ABC Limited Partnership v. Wausau General Insurance Company Cause #LKA 98-316 Circuit Court of the 16th Judicial Circuit, Kane County, Illinois Deposition for the Defendant


The Phoenix Insurance Company v. Southern Fiber, Inc., et al Civil Action # 5:01-CV-130-V United Sates District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Deposition for the Plaintiff The Providence Bank, Plaintiff v. Wagnerware Corporation, dba Wager Manufacturing, Co., et al. / general Star Indemnity Company, Plaintiff v. Financial Resource Associates Inc., et al. Case No. 01-CV-3937 Deposition for the Plaintiff Pretzels, Inc, Plaintiff v. Shambaugh & Sons, Inc.; and Simerman Construction CO., Inc. Cause No. 90D01-9811-CP-114 Deposition for the Plaintiff John and Nancy Strong (Plaintiffs) v. Carolina Builders Corporation d/b/a Stock Building Supply d/b/a Erb Lumber (Defendant) Cause No.: 1:03-cv-00714-JDT-TAB Deposition as Sheriff’s Department Investigator on Vehicular Fatality Aurora Bearing Company Daar, Fisher, Kanaris & Vanek Aurora Bearing Co. & ABC Limited Partnership Wausau General Insurance Company Circuit Court of the 16th Judicial Circuit Kane County, IL LKA 98 316 Champion Home Builders Vs. ADT Security Systems Robinson & Cole Northern District of New York 00-CV-0287 Foundry - Wagner Manufacturing Co. Vs. ASU Group The Provendent Bank & General Star Indemnity, Co. Butrus Khoshbin Wilson Vogt Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County, OH 99-CV-3878 & 01-CV-3937 Kelly Pickle Co. Vs. Transportation Insurance Piper & Schmidt State of Wisconsin Circuit Court, Onconto County 01-CV-99 Cupples Products, Inc. - Legal Review Lathrop & Gage St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.


Fidelity National Information Solutions, Inc., et al. Indiana Southern District Court 4:02CV1687ERW Chris Kaye Plastics Corp. Vs. Milacron, Inc. el al. Cozen O'Connor Circuit Court of St. Louis 02CC-004468 Dash Multi-Corp Vs. Vapor Corp., et al GAB Business Services, Inc. Circuit Court of the county of St. Louis, Missouri 634442 Buse Vs. Fed Pacific Lange, Quill, & Powers, P.S.C. Court of Hamilton County, OH A8909590 J. Barrett Buse & Ann B. Buse Federal Pacific Electric Company, Challenger Electrical Equipment Corp, Richard's Electric Supply Co, Kenneth Kuntz Bridgestone/Firestone - Liberia, Africa McLarens/Cigna District Court 60th Judicial District of Jefferson County, TX B-148, 853 Chicago Dubuque Foundry District Court of Iowa in and for Dubuque County LACV 050881 Chicago - Dubuque Foundry Corp.& Employees Mutual Casualty Company Henry County Superior Court 33D01-0502-FC-0004 State of Indiana Andrew Saunders Case State of Indiana vs. Sammie McBride Henry County Circuit Court Criminal Case Case No. 33C01-1107-FC-000016 May 22nd, 2012 Testimony for Prosecution


Articles and Publications In the past Industrial Loss Consulting, Inc. produced a monthly news letter. I wrote a column for that letter each month on various topics specific to the commercial machinery industry. I also have worked as a presenter from 2000 to 2004 for the PLRB (Property Loss Research Bureau) teaching classes on machinery inspection to property loss adjusters. I have also co-taught classes at the Indianapolis Police Academy on fire investigation of electrical fires. Major Cases The following is a listing of some of our major assignments over the last 23 years involving insurance and legal related cases.

1.) Cuba, Power Generation Equipment Cost and failure analysis November 10, 1999

2.) Boston, MA. Hot Isostatic Press Explosion Cost Analysis and Clerking Equipment July 27, 1998

3.) Alberta Canada, Major Peat Moss Production Facility, Cost Analysis and Clerking Equipment November 10, 2000

4.) Lincolnton, NC. Textile Mill Fire, Cost Analysis and Follow-up as Appraiser January 3, 2001

5.) Gainesboro, TN. Chemical Anodizing Plant Fire, Cost Analysis and Equipment Clerking April 2, 2001

6.) Lafayette, IN. Production Plant Destroyed by Tornado, Cost Analysis and Equipment Clerking April 27, 1994

7.) Los Angeles, CA. Aerospace Plant Destroyed by Earthquake, Cost Analysis, Relocation Work, Downtime Estimates January 12, 1994

8.) St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Television Station Damaged by Hurricane, Cost and Damage Analysis January 12, 1996

9.) Liberia, Africa. Major Rubber Production Facility Overrun During Civil War. Cost and Damage Analysis January 25, 1996

10.) Newport News, VA. 900 Ton Bridge Crane, Damage Analysis and Repair Clerking June 29, 1992

11.) Newport News, VA. Dive Operations to Inspect and Analyze Damages to Underwater Pipeline. June 26, 2000

12.) Honolulu, Hawaii. Damage and Cost Estimates for Water Pumping Station July 16, 1999

13.) Kodiak, Alaska. Major Fish Processing Facility Fire. Damage Estimates and Damage Analysis June 18, 1997


14.) New Delhi, India. Major Floral Production Facilities. Structural Collapse and Equipment Damage Cost Estimates April 23, 1997

15.) Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fire at Voice of America Transmitter Site. Cause and Origin and Damage Analysis June 23, 1997

16.) St. Kitts, British Holding. Printed Circuit Board Plant Fire. Damage and Cost Estimates January 22, 2001

17.) Grand Forks, ND. Major Potato Production Facility Fire. Damage and Cost Estimates. Equipment Clerking June 14, 1999

18.) LeMars, Iowa. Major Ice Cream 19.) Erie Canal, Panama - Erie Pan Am Generating Company, Explosion, 2.3 MW Utility

Generating Station 20.) Carlstadt, NJ, USA - Pictorial Offset, Flood – 6 printing press line, support equipment

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