Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Vocational Expert Testimony: Since 1985, testified as Vocational Expert at Workers' Compensation Appeals Boards in the Cities of Oakland, Stockton, Walnut Creek, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Rosa. Social Security Vocational Expert for ten years having given testimony in over seven hundred cases. Personal Injury Vocational Expert Witness. Extensive testimony regarding Le Boeuf cases. Skilled in the development of Diminished Earned Capacity Reports.

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling: Twenty-six years counseling in the areas of evaluating, testing, developing and monitoring rehabilitation plans for industrially injured employees, sight and hearing impaired, substance abuse, developmentally disabled, economically disadvantaged, and youth employment. Experienced in preparation of on-site job analyses. Extensive experience and success in direct job placement and on-the-job training program development. Long-term Disability Assessment.

Department of Labor Rehabilitation Counselor: Certified by Department of Labor to counsel, evaluate, develop, and monitor return-to-work programs for Federal employees, Longshore, and Harbor Workers.

Vocational Software: Designed, implemented, and sold vocational software for office administration and client tracking. Sold seventy-five units to twenty vocational counseling firms.

Administration: Coordinator of various training programs to return to work the economically disadvantaged, developmentally disabled, sight and hearing impaired, and injured workers. Coordinator of job seeking skills training workshops. Coordinator of vocational counseling office, which required the supervision of twelve individuals.

Languages: Bilingual (Spanish/English)

UNITED STATES PATENT:

Safety Shoe - Patent Number 6539647

WORK HISTORY:

Senior Vocational Counselor/Vocational Expert:
        Diaz & Company, 80 Eureka Square, Suite 108, Pacifica, CA
        Diaz & Company, 1122 "B" Street, Suite 301, Hayward, CA

Vocational Expert:
        Social Security Administration Oakland Office of Hearings and Appeals, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA

Vocational Counselor:
        United States Department of Labor - Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

Software Designer:
        Rehabilitation Engineering Systems, South San Francisco, CA

Senior Vocational Counselor:
        Rehabilitation Management, Inc., 436 - 14th Street, #1414, Oakland, CA

Vocational Coordinator:
        Oakland Chinese Community Council, 261 - 11th Street, Oakland, CA

Vocational Coordinator:
        Center for Employment Training, 537 "C" Street, Hayward, CA

Youth Employment Director:
        Center for Employment Training, 537 "C" Street, Hayward, CA

Career Counselor:
        Far West High School, 528 - 27th Street, Oakland, CA

PUBLICATION:

White Paper: IARP-DFEC Work Group, The Rehab Professional, Volume 17, Number 3, 2009

COMMITTEES:

International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) on Diminished Future Earnings Capacity (DFEC)
California Association of Applicant Attorneys (CAAA) on Diminished Future Earnings Capacity (DFEC)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

California Association of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Professionals (CARRP)
        Professional Member (1989-2006)
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP)
        Member at Large of Northern California, 2007-2008
        President Elect, 2009-2010
National Association of Forensic Economics (AREA)
University of California, Berkeley Alumni Association, Lifetime Member

EDUCATION:

University of San Francisco - Graduate Studies
University of California, Berkeley - B.A., English
University of Oregon, Eugene