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Jon B. Landerville, M.S., P.E.

jlanderville@vectorscientific.com

Vice President and Director of  Engineering

Mr. Landerville has worked in the specialized area of vehicle accident reconstruction since 1984 when he served as a Junior Engineer at Severy, Inc. assisting with vehicle and accident site inspections, investigations, and reconstructions. Since then his education, background, training, and experience has included collision dynamics and accident reconstruction analyses of automobile, heavy truck/bus, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian impacts. In addition to specialized training in the application of engineering principles collision dynamics, Mr. Landerville has developed expertise in several state-of-the-art accident reconstruction techniques including three-dimensional computer simulations, close-range photogrammetry, computer-aided visualization, and animation. Mr. Landerville serves as Vice President and Director of Engineering at Vector Scientific, Inc. As Director of Engineering he oversees the consulting and testing activities of the VSI Engineering Division.

Prior to joining VSI at its inception in 2001, Mr. Landerville was a Senior Engineer at Knott Laboratory from 2000-2001 and Staff Engineer at Vollmer-Gray Engineering from 1992-2000. During this time he specialized in vehicle accident reconstruction and forensic engineering analyses. Mr. Landerville also worked at Hughes Space and Communications Group from 1987-1992 where he gained extensive experience with failure analysis using nonlinear FEA techniques including structural and dynamic analysis of large, complex structures, as well as structural, impact, vibration, and acoustic testing.

Mr. Landerville received his Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.) from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1989 and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) from California State University, Long Beach in 1987. Mr. Landerville has been a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of California since 1991 and holds certification from the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR). He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Southwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators (SATAI).

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