Brad Hartsburg, ASA, CPPA, CSA is the president of Fortress Machinery Appraisals and Consulting Inc. which is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and serves predominantly any area of Canada, including the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Brad is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers, as well as CPPA, a Canadian Personal Property Appraiser with the Canadian Personal Property Appraisers Group, and CSA, a Certified Senior Appraiser with the Equipment Appraisers of North America and has 40 years of industry experience. He specializes in appraisals of heavy equipment; heavy trucks and semi trailer equipment in the construction, oilfield, forestry, mining and transportation sectors and other related industries for specific purposes of asset based lending, refinancing, insurance purposes, as well as mergers and acquisitions. He has Caterpillar dealer experience as Used Equipment Manager, Customer Service Manager, Product Support Salesperson, General Line Equipment Salesperson and is a Red Seal Inter provincial Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. He was the General Manager of an industrial auction company as well as a heavy truck and diesel engine consultant for the Ford Motor Company as well as growing up in the family heavy truck and trailer business. Brad belongs to local industry associations such as the Alberta Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, Better Business Bureau and was a member of the American Society of Appraisers Machinery and Technical Specialties – MTS committee for 13 years as well as was the Editor of the American Society of Appraisers - MTS Machinery and Technical Specialties Journal for 4.5 years which published four times annually.