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Leadership

Who runs the practice.

Ivan Collins leads the firm as Managing Partner, with Joe Manning as Managing Partner for Finance and Risk. Steven Farlow, Adam Wright and Kyle Kohler lead the Auto, Civil and Fire divisions, and Whitney Reinhardt runs operations. The partners carry forty-plus-year threads of forensic engineering work across mechanical, materials, and civil disciplines.

Executive

  • Managing Partner

    Ivan Collins , P.E.

    Mechanical Engineer, Managing Partner

  • Managing Partner, Finance and Risk

    Joe Manning , PhD, P.E.

    Mechanical Engineer, Financial Managing Partner

  • Operations Director

    Whitney Reinhardt

    Operations Manager

Division leads

  • Accident Reconstruction Lead (Auto)

    Steven Farlow , P.E.

    Mechanical Engineer, Accident Reconstruction Division Lead

  • Building Sciences Lead (Civil)

    Adam Wright , P.E.

    Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering Division Lead

  • Fire Investigation Lead

    Kyle Kohler , P.E., IAAI-CFI

    Staff Engineer, Fire Investigation Division Lead

  • Lab Director

    Steven Crane , PhD, P.E.

    Staff Engineer

Partners

  • Partner

    Thomas Wenzel , P.E.

    Material Science Engineer

The rest of the team delivers the work.

Engineers, investigators, and laboratory specialists, twenty-plus people across four divisions.

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Accident Reconstruction Analysis, PLLC

Forensic engineering since 1979.

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  • 5801 Lease Lane
  • Raleigh, NC 27617

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