Meet the Fire Smarts Faculty
Internationally recognized industry experts with a proven ability and passion for teaching.
Internationally recognized industry experts with a proven ability and passion for teaching.
Russ Leavitt is the Executive Chair of Telgian Holdings. With over 42 years of experience, he holds a Level IV certification from NICET in Fire Sprinkler Layout and Certified...
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Tracey Bellamy has more than 25 years experience in the fire protection community including all areas of the fire sprinkler industry. He has extensive experience with fire suppression...
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Tom Parrish has more than 30 years’ experience in fire protection and emergency response and is the retired Fire Marshal for Putnam Township Michigan as well as Vice President...
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Bob Caputo has more than 25 years experience in the fire protection community including all areas of the fire sprinkler industry. A former fire fighter trained in fire suppression...
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John Campbell has more than 25 years experience in the fire protection community including all areas of the fire sprinkler industry. He has extensive experience with fire suppression...
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Steven Scandaliato is Principal at SDG, LLC, a fire protection design and consulting company. With over 30 years of fire protection engineering, design and project management...
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Juan Olivari obtuvo su título de Ingeniería Industrial en la Universidad de Lima y cuenta con más de 40 años de experiencia en Ingeniería de protección contra incendio incluyendo...
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Ralph Bless has more than 30 years experience in fire protection including a broad range of water based and special hazard system design, code consulting and fire protection engineering services...
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Kyle Smith has more than 22 years experience in the fire service and working as a fire protection consultant. Kyle is a Captain with Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services and has...
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Warren Burns has more than 30 years experience in firefighting and community protection including experience as a firefighter and an Assistant Fire Chief / Fire Marshal...
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Terri Simmons Leyton is President of Terri Leyton Consulting, Inc. and serves as a Vendor Liaison for the California Fire Prevention Institute. With over 20 years experience she is a long-time advocate of fire...
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Ralph Foster is Principal of Foster Engineering and Consulting and is a licensed Fire Protection Engineer in multiple states. He earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South...
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Jayson Drake is Senior Product Manager for Uponor’s North American fire safety business. Uponor (formerly Wirsbo) is a leading manufacturer of PEX-based multipurpose residential fire sprinkler systems...
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David Desjardins is a licensed Professional Engineer and Design Services Manager for Viega, a manufacturer of PEX-based multipurpose residential fire sprinkler systems. With over 10 years experience in the industry...
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Gary L. Johnson is Global Business Development Manager for Lubrizol Advanced Materials Fire Sprinklers, a division of Lubrizol’s FBC Building Solutions, a provider of polymer technologies that include FlowGuard Gold...
Read MoreBill Ramsey has over 35 years of experience in designing and installing fire protection systems. Starting in the early 1970’s Bill opened his fire protection contracting company, which he operated until 1988, when he joined Central Sprinkler Corporation as their National Sales Manager. In this role Bill lead the CAD development for the fire protection industry and provided essential training for the use of this fire suppression technology. Since 1999 Bill has been nationally recognized as a leading fire code consultant in residential...
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