Experience

Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immediate Past President

  • Jan 2023 - 1 year

  Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Continue on the leadership team through the Executive Committee. This leadership will also be focused upon Chairing the Nominations Committee to facilitate the creation of the 2023 Ballot for the 2024 Board and Nomination Committee members.

• President

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Guide the Society of Fire Protection Engineers as President in 2022. Continue SFPE’s journey to be more diverse and inclusive, support an increased global presence and enhance our membership experience with more offerings such as guides, standards and credentialling opportunities. Advocate for our profession with key stakeholders to include fire safety and fire engineering as a key considerations in the built environment. My tenure as President will build upon prior participation as… Show more Guide the Society of Fire Protection Engineers as President in 2022. Continue SFPE’s journey to be more diverse and inclusive, support an increased global presence and enhance our membership experience with more offerings such as guides, standards and credentialling opportunities. Advocate for our profession with key stakeholders to include fire safety and fire engineering as a key considerations in the built environment. My tenure as President will build upon prior participation as an SFPE Member, Board Member and Fellow: Chair, SFPE Design Fire Scenario Standard Development Director, SFPE Board of Directors (2015- 2020) Lead Staff to the ICC Fire Code Action Committee (2015-Present) Lead Staff, International Fire Code (2015 to present) SFPE Nominating committee SFPE Technical Steering Committee SFPE Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings Development Committee Enforcers Guide for Performance based Design ICC/SFPE Editorial Board, SFPE Program Committee for International Peformance Based Design (PBD) Conferences: -Chair, Virtual Conference 2022 -Brisbane, Australia, 2014 -Hong Kong, 2012 -Lund, Sweden, 2010 -Auckland New Zealand, 2008 -Tokyo, Japan, 2006 -Luxemburg, 2004 -Melbourne, Australia, 2002



International Code Council

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief Fire Protection Engineer

  • Jan 2023 - 1 year

  The International Code Council is the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions that include product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification. The Code Council's codes, standards, and solutions are used to ensure safe, affordable, and sustainable communities and buildings worldwide. My current role formalizes the work I have been doing over the last several years. My dedication to serving our members and communities at… Show more The International Code Council is the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions that include product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification. The Code Council's codes, standards, and solutions are used to ensure safe, affordable, and sustainable communities and buildings worldwide. My current role formalizes the work I have been doing over the last several years. My dedication to serving our members and communities at large as a fire engineering subject matter expert and as an experienced staff in code development continues. In addition, I am taking more of a leadership and project management focus with the Reimagining of the ICCPC https://www.iccsafe.org/products-and-services/performance-code/ which is beginning in 2023 with a target publication of 2027. This activity will allow me to work within the ICC Consensus Standards Process (ANSI) in addition to my work with the ICC Code Development Process. I will continue to lead the Fire Code Action Committee Activities, play a key staff role in facilitating the development of the I-Codes and supporting technical excellence as it relates to fire and life safety in the new and existing buildings.

• Fire Engineering, Program Management, Technical Liaison to Government Affairs

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2023

  In this role I served in a dual capacity: first, staying immersed in the field with an engineer’s mindset to understand emerging technology and ensure the code development process is followed to keep the codes consistent with best practices. Second, I served our members and communities at large as a fire engineering subject matter expert, as a resource for members, with a particular focus on code application and assisting in the process of advocating building and fire safety codes in a… Show more In this role I served in a dual capacity: first, staying immersed in the field with an engineer’s mindset to understand emerging technology and ensure the code development process is followed to keep the codes consistent with best practices. Second, I served our members and communities at large as a fire engineering subject matter expert, as a resource for members, with a particular focus on code application and assisting in the process of advocating building and fire safety codes in a regulatory policy environment. I also lead the Code Council's Fire Code Action Committee and several code development committees to address relevant code development needs with regard to fire and life safety in new and existing buildings and hazardous materials.

• Senior Staff Engineer

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2014

  I acted as a facilitator of the code development process for building and fire model codes related to new and existing buildings. I supported our membership with code opinions and products such as commentary that supplement the application of codes and continued to participate with outside stakeholder organizations such as American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at a critical time after 9/11 on the development of requirements for fire service access elevators (FSAE) and occupant… Show more I acted as a facilitator of the code development process for building and fire model codes related to new and existing buildings. I supported our membership with code opinions and products such as commentary that supplement the application of codes and continued to participate with outside stakeholder organizations such as American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at a critical time after 9/11 on the development of requirements for fire service access elevators (FSAE) and occupant evacuation elevators (OEE).



International Conference of Building Officials

• Staff Engineer

  • May 1995 - Jan 2002

  Brea, California, United States As staff I supported the development of the Uniform Fire Code, International Fire Code and International Building Code. I was the lead staff for the development of the ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities. The involvement with performance codes and performance-based design concepts allowed me to participate in activities shaping regulatory policy discussions globally very early on in my career.