About William B. Kushnick, CML, CPS, CFL
EMPLOYMENT
March 15, 1982 to present —
Bill’s Lock, Safe & Security, L.L.C.
• Opened sole proprietorship business on March 15, 1982. Projects include grandmasterkey, card access and digital access systems. Also, high end mortise lockset installation, custom fabrication and design, safe and vault opening, service and repair.
Have installed fingerprint readers and retinal scanners. Certified on all/most electronic safe and locks.
• State of New Jersey Locksmith License: 34LS00025800
Currently hold rank of Certified Master Locksmith, Certified Professional Safe Technician and Certified Forensic Locksmith.
• GSA Container and Vault Inspector (Inspector No.: MBA JC0060)
• GSA Safe and Vault Technician (Technician No.: MB11146T)
• Factory Certified on all government approved locks — X-07, X-08 X-09, X-10, 2740, 2937, LKM-7000, LKM-10K, 2890.
• Security Clearance through the Federal Bureau of Investigation
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
• Continually furthering education by attending certification courses given by the Associated Locksmiths of America, Safe & Vault Technicians Association and the International Association of Investigative Locksmiths.
• New Jersey Institute of Technology — Newark College of Engineering Bachelor of Science Engineering Technology, Construction and Contracting — 1985
• Course work included mechanics, strength of materials, structural systems, construction procedures, cost estimating and scheduling, mechanical electrical systems, industrial cost analysis and problems in construction.
• Syracuse University — Newhouse School of Public Communications Bachelor of Science. Advertising Photography and Photographic Illustration — 1977
• Former State of New Jersey Building Inspector
ASSOCIATIONS
• Associated Locksmiths of America (membership number 11434)
• Safe & Vault Technicians Association (membership number 1946)
• National Safeman’s Organization (Charter member # 305)
• International Association of Investigative Locksmiths (member number 508)
• Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America
CASES IN WHICH INVOLVED AS AN EXPERT WITNESS
• 14 May 2021 — 20 June 2021
Did Forensic examinations and filed reports for Gennet, Kallmann, Antis, Sweetman & Nichols regarding the security of an unoccupied commercial property at 100 State Street, Teaneck, New Jersey.
• My reports were used to determine whether the property was secured properly prior to a fire being set that damaged part of the site.
• 05 February 2016 — May 2017
Scott J. St. George v. Thomas Mrva, John Courtemanche, Tractor Supply Co., Inc. Cannon Safe, Inc.
Plaintiff St. George lost parts of several fingers helping to move a Cannon gun safe.
He was suing the owner, contractor, place of purchase and manufacturer contending the safe was faulty.
Hired by attorney representing Cannon Safe to do a forensic examination of the safe and be an expert witness.
Read all depositions and assisted the attorney, John A Caletri, with strategy.
Inspected the safe in Rhode Island, prepared a report including pictures of the correct lock and the one the plaintiff’s expert misidentified.
Days before giving deposition, the case was settled.
The outcome was favorable for Cannon Safe.
• May 2005
Hired by attorney to inspect a site in Westchester County New York where a safe was improperly bolted to a wood floor which resulted in the theft of the entire safe with contents.
Visited site and photographed the damaged floor. Then prepared a set of drawings showing the correct way to bolt a safe to a wood floor, and what had been done instead.
Finally, wrote a report to accompany the drawings to explain what they were showing.
My report and drawings resulted in a favorable settlement for the client of the attorney for whom I was working.
AWARDS AND OTHER HONORS
• Awarded Patent No. 9,093,827 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 28, 2015 for a Wire Pulling Device.
• Contributing writer — Safe and Vault Technology magazine articles
“SLS Backwards is SLS”, October 1995, p. 17 — 18.
“NKL, The Next Generation”, October 1996, p. 26 — 27.
“Diebold Tri-Bolt Round Door Gamble”, September 1999, p. 17 — 19.
“Having a Time with an HHM Vault Door”, March 2003, p. 26 — 28.
“A York Vault Door Conversion”, January/February 2007, p. 24 — 25.
“Pinpoint Opening”, February 2010, p. 6 — 7.
I.A.I.L. Journal article “Inspecting a Burglarized Safe”, Volume XI, Issue 1, P. 1,5.
August 2019 — Taught 2 day class at FBI Headquarters, Newark, New Jersey.
Course work included basic locksmithing, picking locks, bypass techniques and basic safe lock service for their vaults and containers.
February 22 & 23, 2011 — Taught 2 day class at FBI Headquarters, Newark, New Jersey
Course work included basic locksmithing, picking locks, bypass techniques and basic safe lock service for their vaults and containers.
2nd place finish — Lockmasters International Manipulation Contest — 2008
2nd place finish — Lockmasters International Manipulation Contest — 2004
3rd place finish — Lockmasters International Manipulation Contest — 1997
Listed in books, The New Yorker magazine “Boss”, June 15, 1987, p. 22 – 24 and newspaper articles for opening a vault door in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Opened vault door on television — 1987.