William S. Howard, PhD, MBA, PE – The Industrial Equipment, Manufacturing and Machinery Expert

Machine Expert Witness – Industrial Machinery & Manufacturing Equipment

Manufacturing Expert Witness for Industrial Machinery, Automation and Equipment

William Stamps Howard, PhD
William S. Howard, PhD
William S. Howard, PhD is a Machine Design Engineer who specializes in industrial equipment and automation devices. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Software Development, as well as 30+ years of experience working with machines, equipment, and automation, Dr. Howard is a specialist in electro-mechanical equipment -- any type of machine, device or automation equipment.

William S. Howard, PhD is an experienced expert witness in patents, trade secrets, and breach of warranty and contract disputes involving industrial machinery and manufacturing equipment.

William S. Howard, PhD is a machine expert who has designed and developed equipment for manufacturing factories and plants across the United States.

William S. Howard, PhD is a manufacturing expert witness with 30+ years of experience with OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and CE regulations. He has designed and developed hundreds of machines -- over $100 million in total value -- which are currently operating around the world, in over 30 countries. Much of his career has been spent actually inside manufacturing factories ... designing and developing machines and electromechanical automation devices while working at an industrial manufacturing site. In a given year, he may work with 10-20 different manufacturing factories consulting in many different manufacturing areas.

If you are looking for a machine expert who truly understands the design process for equipment, machines and automation equipment -- a machine expert with many years experience actually developing equipment -- then you have come to the right website.

Patent Cases

William S. Howard, PhD is a practicing machinery design engineer with six US patents and three European patents in the field of Industrial Machinery. He has broad first-hand experience in the design, development, and engineering of industrial machinery, machines, equipment, and automation devices. He is experienced with Intellectual Property, and has been retained as an expert witness in many cases since 2004.

Dr. William S. Howard has worked with thousands of machines in hundreds of factories.

William S. Howard at his desk

Patents Page

Trade Secrets

William S. Howard, PhD is very experienced in trade secret cases in the field of Industrial Machinery. He has broad first-hand experience in the design, development, and engineering of industrial machinery, machines, equipment, and automation devices.

Dr. William S. Howard has significant personal experience developing and maintaining trade secrets related to machinery. He has worked with dozens of companies to develop and maintain their trade secrets. In addition, he has performed both forward and reverse design engineering of machinery. This experience can assist you to determine if a company's trade secrets have been misappropriated.

Trade Secrets Page

Machine Guarding

William S. Howard, PhD possesses a wide knowledge of machinery, including the latest techniques in safeguarding, hard guarding, and light curtains, throughout many various industries. Dr. William S. Howard has taught many seminars in OSHA safety and machine guarding.

Dr. William S. Howard works with both plaintiffs and defendants involved in tort litigation, to determine if a defect or design deficiency in machinery caused injury to a plaintiff. Dr. Howard's background in developing and designing a wide variety of industrial machinery -- in many different types of manufacturing -- gives him a solid foundation to render an informed and persuasive opinion on the safety of industrial machines.

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William S. Howard Has Worked With Over 100 Companies!

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  • Sinclair logo
  • Simmons logo
  • Siemens logo
  • SeaPak logo
  • Sara Lee logo
  • RockTenn logo
  • Pepperidge Farm logo
  • OPTI Medical logo
  • Nike logo
  • Multicell logo
  • MTS Medication Technologies logo
  • Mrs. Smith's logo
  • LP logo
  • Kliklok logo
  • Kellogg's logo
  • HydroChem logo
  • Harris Waste logo
  • Atlanta Attachment logo
  • Alliance Machinery logo
  • Agg Tooling logo
  • Advantage Industrial Automation logo

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