During the past nineteen years GM, Ford, Chrysler, Modern, SDRC, Carron and others have contracted for AAD's services, spanning the range from passenger cars to heavy trucks, from passenger vehicles to special purpose vehicles, gasoline, alternative fuel and electric vehicles. 

AAD's principal, , founded American Automotive Design in 1986.  He served as a senior staff engineer for major manufacturers and as a trouble-shooting consultant for over three decades.  His experience includes:

	Thirty-five years in the Automotive Industry
	Engineering expertise in conventional, electric and alternative fuel vehicles
	Hands on cradle-to-grave engineering experience for numerous product lines
	Extensive experience with US, Canadian and European crash safety standards
	Designed, built and implemented heavy truck crash safety facility
	International design engineering experience with European and Japanese vehicles
	Served as Ford's Crash Safety Technical Specialist for all NAAO product lines
	Taught crash safety design techniques in Ford's engineering centers
	Formulated and published Ford corporate standard engineering safety guidelines