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J.S. Held Acquires Technorm, Québec’s Leading Forensic, Building Safety & Compliance Experts
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William Bortles joined J.S. Held in July of 2021 as part of J.S. Held's acquisition of Kineticorp. William (Will) Bortles has been reconstructing accidents since 2005. Mr. Bortles has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In addition to Mr. Bortles’ education as an engineer, he has received extensive training specific to the field of accident reconstruction. Will has undergone training from a number of credible organizations including Northwestern University – Center for Public Safety, Society of Automotive Engineers, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, and the Crash Data Group. Mr. Bortles is fully accredited as an accident reconstructionist by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR). He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) where he has published peer-reviewed studies pertaining to accident reconstruction and event data recorders. Will also serves as a peer-reviewer for pending SAE publications and is an active member of SAE’s Data Collection and Archiving Standards Committee. Will is a member of the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS) and the Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators (SATAI).
Mr. Bortles has experience in a wide variety of cases and has testified in state and federal courts as an expert in accident reconstruction and event data recorders. Will’s research focus has been the event data recorders found in airbag control modules from passenger vehicles and engine control modules found in commercial vehicles. He has instructed other reconstructionists and law-enforcement personnel on the accepted practices of imaging event data from passenger vehicles. Recently, Mr. Bortles has been involved in training and research vehicle systems forensics as it pertains to vehicle infotainment and telematics systems. In addition to event data recorders, Mr. Bortles has published papers on the topics of vehicle-to-vehicle crashes, crash test analysis, acoustics, and the analysis of tire mark evidence. His work conducting forensic testing involving high-speed tire disablements, vehicle-to-pedestrian accidents, and loss of directional control has been published by multiple journals, publications, and journals.