expert summary

Mr. Mark Fabbroni is Vice President and Practice Lead of 30 Forensic Engineering’s Collision Reconstruction and Trucking group. He has led the technical development of the team over the past decade, and currently manages the multidisciplinary service offering specializing in collision reconstruction and automotive failure analysis. Mark began his career in vehicle testing, validation and root cause failure analysis, and has spent the subsequent 17 years in the forensic industry investigating over 1,700 incidents involving commercial vehicles, motorcycles, cyclists, pedestrians, event data recorders, mechanical fitness assessments, and mechanical failures. His research interests include autonomous vehicle system performance, event data recorder and fleet tracking data accuracy, driver behaviour, and vehicle performance. Mark has held engineering licenses in four Canadian jurisdictions, and is currently a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario, The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists. He has been qualified as an expert witness in mechanical engineering, collision reconstruction, and cargo securement by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and has experience providing expert evidence at trials, mediations, arbitrations, and depositions.

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Motor Vehicle Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Involving:

• Commercial Vehicles, Automobiles, Trains, Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Pedestrians
• Multi-disciplinary Teams
• Passenger and Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders (“Black Boxes”)
• Post-Collision Vehicle Examination
• Mechanical Fitness Assessment & Vehicle Testing
• Supplemental Restraint System Use and Performance
• Collision Scene Examination
• Collision Avoidance Assessments
• Collision Simulation

Product Failure:

• Analysis of Automotive Component Failures including tires, wheel separations, and airbags
• Defect / Recall Investigations
• Analysis of Mechanical Failures

academic background

Master of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering), NSERC Scholar, University of Toronto, 2004

• M.Sc. Thesis:  Flame Propagation in Natural Gas Fueled Direct Injection Engines

Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours Mechanical Engineering) with Distinction, Dean’s Honours List, Mechatronics Option Co-operative Education, University of Waterloo, 2002

additional courses

• 24-hour Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Analysis and Applications Course for Engineers, Crash Data Specialists LLC, Toronto, February 2019
• Crash Test Team Member, CATAIR AGM and Conference, Ontario Police College, Aylmer, Ontario, August 2018
• Passenger and Commercial Vehicle Tires Seminar, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Toronto, June 2017
• World Reconstruction Expositions, WREX, Orlando, Florida, May 2016
• Northwestern University Heavy Vehicle Crash Reconstruction Course, 2015
• SAE Accessing and Interpreting Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders, 2014
• CDR User’s Conference, 2008 – 2015
• SAE World Congress, 2006 – 2014
• CDR Technician Course, Toronto, 2006
• CDR Data Analyst Course, Toronto, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013
• PC Crash Training Seminars, Toronto, 2009, 2013
• Motorcycle Operator Training Course, Durham College, Oshawa, 2005
• Ontario Motorcycle License, Class M2, 2005

employment background

-30- Forensic Engineering

Vice President & Practice Lead, Collision Reconstruction & Trucking
June 2018 – Present, Toronto, ON

• Collision reconstruction group lead and leader of commercial vehicle loss service offering, responsible for management of the team including establishing budgets, procuring equipment and software, planning training, monitoring performance, running group meetings, and ensuring that the group’s methods and resources are state of the art in addition to lead investigator duties
• Member of the executive leadership team responsible for the management, strategic planning, and governance of 30 Forensic Engineering

Practice Lead/Principal — Collision Reconstruction & Trucking
August 2013 – June 2018, Toronto, ON

• Collision reconstruction group lead responsible for management of the team including establishing budgets, procuring equipment and software, planning training, monitoring performance, running group meetings, and ensuring that the group’s methods and resources are state of the art in addition to Senior Associate duties

Senior Associate—Collision Reconstruction
November 2010 – August 2013, Toronto, ON

• Lead investigator and supervisor of multidisciplinary technical investigations
• Mentor and manager of junior engineers

Associate | Collision Reconstruction
January 2006 – November 2010, Toronto, ON

• Investigator of technical investigations primarily involving motor vehicle collisions and mechanical failures through examination, simulation, and reconstruction.