Lev Klyatis is a senior adviser at SoHaR, Incorporated. He holds three doctoral degrees: engineering technology, PhD; engineering technology, ScD (a high‐level East European doctoral degree); and engineering, Habilitated Dr.‐Ing. (a high‐level west European doctoral degree).

His major scientific/technical expertise has been in the development of new directions for the successful prediction of product performance, including reliability during service life (or other specified time), and accelerated reliability and durability testing with accurate physical simulation of field conditions. Dr. Klyatis developed new ideas and unique approaches to accurate simulation. This approach was founded on the integration of field inputs, safety, and human factors, improvement in the engineering culture, and accelerated product development. He developed a methodology for reducing complaints and recalls. His approach has been verified in various industries, primarily automotive, farm machinery, airspace, and aircraft. He has served as a consultant to Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Nissan, Toyota, Jatco Ltd, Thermo King, Black and Decker, NASA Research Centers, Carl Schenk (Germany), and many others.

He was qualified as a full professor by the USSR's Highest Examination Board and was a full professor at the Moscow University of Agricultural Engineers. He has served on the US–USSR Trade and Economic Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). He also served as an expert of the United States, and an expert of the International Standardization Organization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Joint Study Group in Safety Aspects of Risk Assessment. He was the research leader and chairman of the State Enterprise Testmash, Moscow, Russia, and principal engineer of a state test center. He is presently a member of the World Quality Council, the Elmer A. Sperry Board of Award, SAE International G‐11 Reliability Committee, the Integrated Design and Manufacturing Committee of SAE International World Congresses, Session Chairman for SAE World Congresses in Detroit since 2012, and a member of the Governing Board of SAE Metropolitan Section. He has been a seminar instructor for the American Society for Quality.

Lev Klyatis is the author of over 250 publications, including 12 books, and holds more than 30 patents worldwide. Dr. Klyatis frequently speaks at technical and scientific events that are held around the world.

Edward L. Anderson

Edward Anderson is a professional engineer with over 40 years' experience in the design, procurement, and operation of highly specialized automotive vehicles. He is active in the engineering profession in SAE International, the Sperry Board of Award, and the SAE G‐15 Airport Ice and Snow Control Equipment Committee, of which he was a founding member. Ed studied engineering at Newark College of Engineering, graduating with a BS in mechanical engineering and a commission in the US Air Force. He served as an Air Force pilot for 5 years, logging over 1000 hours flying time in C‐141 Starlifter four‐engine turbojet transports flying global airlift missions, and several hundred hours in HH43 Huskie rescue helicopters.

After the Air Force, Ed worked in the private sector as an engineer in the design and manufacture of fire apparatus, small buses, tank truck vehicles, and assorted custom mobile equipment, and as transportation engineer for GPU Service, an electric utility. In 1980, he joined the Port Authority of NY & NJ, starting as an automotive engineer and progressing to supervisor of automotive engineers. The Port Authority's fleet of approximately 3000 vehicles is extremely diverse, including everything from large airport emergency response, security, and snow removal equipment to very compact emergency vehicles that must operate within the confines of the agency's bridges and tunnels. Ed's engineering group was fully involved in all aspects of acquiring suitable vehicles and equipment to support these operations, and was also responsible for boats, emergency generators, and fire pump procurements for the Port Authority's diverse facilities. His group is also responsible for technical analysis, failure investigations, and recommendations for future applications in these areas throughout the agency.

Ed has done presentations to SAE International, the International Aviation Snow Symposium, NAFA, and other groups on the art and science of procuring complex, highly custom mission‐critical vehicles and equipment. As an aid to training new engineers in his group, as well as related management staff, he developed and teaches the course “Engineering the Motor Truck” to teach the complexities and key decision points in this rather specialized field of engineering. The course covers fundamental differences in the specifying of a vocational truck, key analytical factors such as legal limitations, weight and balance analysis, power train considerations, and factors specific to the vocational application of the truck. In addition to teaching his staff, Ed has served as Chair for the SAE Metropolitan Section.

Ed is a professional engineer with a master's degree in health and safety engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a post master's certificate from Dowling College in total quality management.