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ALM EXPERTS: Midwestern Edition 2024 NON-MEDICAL RESUMES

Michael D. Senneff

Product Safety Help LLC
Phone: 563.508.8322
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[email protected] • ProductSafetyHelp.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Agriculture/ Farm Equipment & Machines • Product Liability
• Garden/Lawn Equipment • Products Liability Investigations
• Labels & Warnings • Safety Regulation
• Machine Safety • Safety Risk Analysis
• Machinery & Equipment • Vehicle Fire Cause and Origin NON-MEDICAL RESUMES
• Product Defects • Warnings & Instructions
• Product Design

MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
• Employed by the John Deere Harvester Works, a manufacturing unit of Deere & Company from
April 19, 1976 to July 1, 2006. Manager of unit product safety program from 1992 to 2006.
• Numerous years of experience designing tooling, fixtures and equipment for combine and header
assembly
• Designed electrical test fixtures and machines powered by hydraulics and electric motors
• Manager of Deere corporate product safety department from July 1, 2006 to 31 October 201
(retirement)

CURRENT TECHNICAL SOCIETIES, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers- Lifetime Member
• ISO Safety Standards Committee for Agricultural, Forestry, Lawn and Gardening Machinery
o Member - Technical Committee 23, Technical Committee 23/SC3
o Member - U.S. Technical Advisory Group for Technical Committee 199 - Safety of Machinery
• Certification: NAFI Fire and Explosion Investigator, No. 9722-4573, Certification

RECENT PRESENTATIONS
2015 February, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., ‘An Overview of the European
Union’s Regulatory Approach to Agricultural Machinery Safety through the Machinery
Directive 2006/42/EC’.

April, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Advanced Studies in CE Marking

20 1 April, Association of Equipment Manufacturers
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2008 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers NAMIC Engineering Safety
Award.

2010 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Evelyn E. Rosentreter Standards
Award.

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