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Corporate specialist & consultant in Reliability Engineering, Risk Analysis and Applied Statistics. Author of a book, more than 40 papers, 9 patented inventions and 3 trade secrets in these fields. Associate Editor of Elsevier's Reliability Engineering and System Safety journal.

EDUCATION:

	Ph.D., Reliability Engineering (Applied Statistics), University of Maryland, USA
	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
	B.S./M.S., Electrical Engineering [honors], Kharkov Institute of Mechanization & Electrification, Ukraine

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Reliability Engineering, Risk Analysis & Appl Stats

Reliability/Survival data analysis (incl. warranty data analysis), Reliability models with covariates (proportional hazard, accelerated life, survival regression), Repairable system and recurrence data analysis (RP, HPP, NHPP, GRP), SPC (process capability, control charts), Multivariate regression analysis and ANOVA, Design of Experiments, System reliability analysis (fault and event trees), Probabilistic risk assessment, Bayesian analysis.

Computer Languages & Applications

Practical programming experience in Pascal, C/C++, and VBA. Projects completed include uncertainty propagation routines (Monte Carlo and Bootstrap) in C, Reliability Analysis and Risk Estimation (RARE) software package in VBA. Extensive experience with specialized packages such as SAS^Ž Enterprise Guide, Statistica, MINITAB, Mathematica, CrystalBall, Weibull++, ITEM, RELEX, and others.

Electrical Engineering

Analytical and experimental investigations of the reed, solid-state and quasi-electronic relays. Optimization of dynamic modes of the series solid state switching devices. Special expertise and inventive solutions in reed interface relays for control/protection systems of high voltage equipment.

Teaching/Lecturing

Formerly an associate professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Krivtsov has exceptional communication and teaching skills. Currently, he is a member of the Gnedenko International Group on Reliability, conducting seminars/workshops to various government and private organizations.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, 1996 - present. Ford Staff Technical Specialist in Reliability & Statistical Analysis, Office of Technical Fellow in Quality Engineering (2002-present), Senior Technical Specialist (1999-2002), Reliability Technical Specialist (1997-1999), Reliability Implementation Engineer (1996-1997). Responsibilities: corporate reliability training (incl. Ford of North America, Mexico, Brazil, Australia); statistical engineering (incl. six sigma) support of product development; field data analysis and early detection procedures; probabilistic risk assessment (e.g., a technical liaison to the US DOT National Highway Safety Administration); statistical warranty cost forecasting.

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1993 - 1995. Graduate Research Scientist on the Reactor Safety Assessment System (RSAS) - a joint project between UMD, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Responsibilities included: software modules reliability assurance (data flow and robustness), knowledge base and inference engine enhancement, RSAS deployment at the NRC's Operation Center. Other UMD responsibilities included teaching support of mathematical methods in reliability engineering, design and development of reliability analysis software tools.

Kharkov Institute of Mechanization & Electrification, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1991-1993. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (1993), Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (1991-1992). Responsibilities included teaching courses in low voltage electrical apparatus and relay protection, engineering statistics, theory of reliability and maintainability; supervising graduate projects, co-chairing the Electrical Engineering Department Scientists' Council.

Inventor, Inc., Kharkov, Ukraine, 1991-1993. Reliability Consultant. Investigated reed relay output parameter stability using variability propagation techniques. Conducted extensive research in system reliability analysis, specializing in optimization methods for the shared load and redundant systems for the power and electronic engineering applications. Developed operating time reduction techniques employing methods of bounceless commutation and dynamic damping. Invented a number of technical solutions in the field of electromagnetic interfacing and coupling registered with the Russian Patent and Trade Mark Office.

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

	2000-2010: Session Chair and/or Speaker, International Symposium on Reliability Availability & Maintainability (RAMS)
	1999-2010: Associate Editor, International Journal of Reliability Engineering & System Safety
	2009: Invited Speaker, Maine Maritime Academy
	2009: Invited Speaker, Mathematical Methods in Reliability, MMR-2009
	2005, 2007: Invited Speaker, American Statistical Association (ASA), Detroit Chapter
	2005: Invited Speaker, International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability, SMRSSL-2005
	2004: Invited Speaker, American Society of Quality (ASQ), Ohio Chapter
	2003: Key Note Address, Modern Technologies, Quality & Restructuring, TMCR-2003

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books/Monographs

	M. Modarres >, M. P. Kaminsky >, V.V. Krivtsov > (2009), Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis, London, ISBN: 0-8493-9247-0.
	V.V. Krivtsov (2000), A Monte Carlo approach to modeling and estimation of the generalized renewal process in repairable system reliability analysis, ISBN/ISSN: 0-5997-2587-7.
	M. Modarres, M. P. Kaminskiy, V.V. Krivtsov (1999), Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis, Marcel Dekker, New York, ISBN: 0-8247-2000-8.
	V.V. Krivtsov (1991), Parameter Correction Methods of Magnetically Controlled High-Voltage Interface Devices (in Russian), Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, Kharkov, Ukraine, 236 p.

Book Contributions

	V.V. Krivtsov and V.I. Gurevich (2003), Reliability Optimization for the Series Configuration of Electronic Components - in Protection Devices and Systems for High-Voltage Applications, Marcel Dekker, New York, ISBN: 0-8247-4056-4.
	V.V. Krivtsov, D.E. Tananko and T.P. Davis (2002), Application of Proportional Hazard Model to Tire Design Analysis, in Statistical and Analytical Methods in Automotive Engineering, Professional Engineering Publishing, ISBN:1-86058-387-3.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (1998), A Monte Carlo Approach to Repairable System Reliability Analysis - in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, New York, Springer, ISBN: 3-540-76262-0.

Refereed Journals

	V.V. Krivtsov, I.M. Kolmanovsky, and T.P. Davis (2008), A Constrained Quadratic Spline as a Model for Cumulative Hazard Function, to appear in International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS).
	M. P. Kaminsky and V.V. Krivtsov (2008), An Integral Measure of Aging/Rejuvenation for Repairable and Non-repairable Systems, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory & Applications, Vol. 1, pp. 69-76. Also available in Cornell University Archive - Statistical methodology, arXiv:0711.3218v1 [stat.ME].
	V.V. Krivtsov (2007), Recent Advances in Theory & Applications of Stochastic Point Processes in Reliability Engineering - Editorial Review, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 92, # 5, pp. 549-551.
	V.V. Krivtsov (2007), Practical Extensions to NHPP Application in Repairable System Reliability Analysis, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 92, # 5, pp. 560-562.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (2006), Bayesian Probability Papers, Reliability: Theory & Applications, ISSN 1932-2321, No 1(2), pp. 57-62.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (2005), A Simple Procedure for Bayesian Estimation of Weibull Distribution, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 54, pp. 612-616.
	M.I. Awad, M.A. Dejack, and V.V. Krivtsov (2004), Evaluation of Fatigue Life Regression Models - SAE Technical Paper Series, # 2004-01-0625.
	D.E. Tananko, V.V. Krivtsov and D.C. Rohweder (2003), Do We Really Need a Spec on Tire Static Balance? - SAE Technical Paper Series, # 2003-01-0151.
	V.V. Krivtsov, D.E. Tananko and T.P. Davis (2002), A Regression Approach to Tire Reliability Analysis, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 78, # 3, pp. 267-273.
	V.V. Krivtsov and J. W. Case (1999), Peculiarities of Censored Data Analysis in Automotive Industry Applications - SAE Technical Paper Series, # 1999-01-3220.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (1997), A Monte Carlo Approach to Warranty Repair Predictions - SAE Technical Paper Series, # 972582.

Conference Proceedings

	M. P. Kaminsky > and V.V. Krivtsov > (2009), A GiniType Index for Aging/Rejuvenating Objects - in Proc. Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Moscow, Russia, June 2009, pp. 391-394.
	V.V. Krivtsov > (2008) Statistical Warranty Forecasting - in Proc. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, January 2008.
	V.V. Krivtsov and M. Frankstein (2006), Automotive Component Reliability: Should it be measured in Time or Mileage? - in Proc. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, January 2006, pp. 86-70.
	V.V. Krivtsov (2005), Application Extensions of Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process, Invited Speech - in Proc. International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability, Beer Sheva, Israel, February 2005, pp. 217-220.
	V.V. Krivtsov and M. Frankstein (2004), Nonparametric Estimation of Marginal Failure Distributions from Dually Censored Automotive Data - in Proc. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, January 2004, pp. 86-89.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (2000), A Monte Carlo Approach to Estimation of G-Renewal Process in Warranty Data Analysis - in Proc. 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Bordeaux, France, June 2000, pp. 583-586.
	V.V. Krivtsov and J.W. Wasiloff (2000), Classical Vs. Bayesian Reliability Growth in Theory and Practice - in Proc. ASQ 54th Quality Congress, Indianapolis, IN, May 2000, pp. 311-316.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (2000), G-Renewal Process as a Model for Statistical Warranty Claim Prediction - in Proc. Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Los Angeles, CA , January 2000, pp. 276-280.
	V.V. Krivtsov (1999), Bayesian Reliability Analysis in Automotive Industry Applications - in Proc. 11th SAE Aerospace International Reliability, Supportability & Logistics Conference and Workshop, Auburn Hills, MI, May 1999.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (1999), A Statistical Estimation of the Cost Impact from Introducing a Mileage Limit in Automobile Warranty Policy - Proc., Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 28, # 2, p. 73.
	V.V. Krivtsov (1998), A Monte Carlo Simulation of Stochastic Point Processes for Automotive Industry Applications - Proc., Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 27, # 2, p. 98.
	M. P. Kaminskiy and V.V. Krivtsov (1997), A Validation of Accelerated Test life Data - in Proc. 9th SAE Aerospace International Reliability, Supportability & Logistics Conference and Workshop, Dallas, TX, June 1997.
	V.V. Krivtsov, et. al (1996) A Reactor Safety Assessment System: Summary of Methods and Experiences - in Proc. International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management ESRA, Crete, Greece, June 1996, pp. 30-36.

Patented Inventions

	V.I. Gurevich and V.V. Krivtsov (1991), An HV Solid-State Switching Device - USSR Patent # 1728945.
	V.V. Krivtsov and V.I. Gurevich (1990), An HV Reed Interface Switching Device - USSR Patent # 1739396.
	V.V. Krivtsov and V.I. Gurevich (1990), A Way of Non-bounce Commutation by a Reed Interface Relay - USSR Patent # 1772834.
	V.V. Krivtsov and V.I. Gurevich (1989), A Synchronized Reed-Interface Relay - USSR Patent # 1665423.

For a complete list of publications & patents, please follow: http://www.krivtsov.net/publicat.htm

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

KEYWORD COMPETENCIES: reliability, reliability engineering, risk analysis, statistics, statistical, survival, censoring, non-parametric, nonparametric, estimation, Kaplan-Meier, distribution analysis, hazard function, cumulative hazard, probability, probability plot, probability paper, maximum likelihood, MLE, Weibull, lognormal, log-normal, exponential, Gumbel, Rayleigh, Gaussian, inverse Gaussian, binomial, Poisson, goodness-of-fit, log-logistic, proportional hazard, PH, Accelerated Life Testing, ALT, Arrhenius, Eyring, Palmgren, competing risk, competing risks, survival regression, residual, warranty data, emerging concerns, warranty cost, forecasting, preventive maintenance, optimal maintenance, optimal stock, probabilistic risk assessment, PRA, recall, recalls, litigation support, stress-strength interference, credit risk, logit, binary logistic regression, BLR, repairable system, recurrent events, renewal process, RP, good-as-new, HPP, minimal repair, NHPP, generalized renewal process, GRP, repair effectiveness, MTTF, MTBF, AMSAA, Duane, system reliability, availability, reliability allocation, reliability prediction, reliability block diagrams, RBD, fault tree analysis, FTA, event tree analysis, ETA, variability, uncertainty propagation, Monte Carlo, Bootstrap, empirical model building, design of experiments, orthogonal, DOE, Taguchi, multiple regression, GLM, variance, ANOVA, MANOVA, covariance, correlation, hypothesis testing, t-test, f-test, statistical process control, SPC, process capability, cp, cpk, pcr, pcrk, control charts, acceptance plans, sampling, random, Bayesian, Baeys, sigma, six sigma, 6 sigma, DMAIC, DCOV, DFSS.

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