Saint Paul Fire Department

Jeremy Berger is a Fire and Life Safety Educator for the Saint Paul Fire Department in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a firefighter for the New Brighton Department of Public Safety and volunteers with the Minneapolis Fire Hall and Museum....

International Association of Fire Fighters

Jim Brinkley is the Director of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Department of Occupational Health and Safety. Jim was responsible for overseeing the revisions for the IAFF/IAFC Wellness Fitness Initiative and the Peer Fitness Training (PFT) program....

Clark County Washington Building Safety

Jim Muir is the Chief Building Official for Clark County Washington.  He manages the Building Safety Program.  He has been a code professional for 23 years and was a commercial contractor prior for 20 years....

NFPA

Jim Pauley is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). NFPA is a global, nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards.  He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the NFPA Research Foundation....

Spacesaver Corporation

Cisco Systems, Inc

Joel Goergen is a Distinguished Engineer for Cisco Systems, driving high speed signaling systems and intelligent high current power systems.  Goergen has over 30 years of research experience in high speed signaling / coding techniques and advanced power distribution architectures....

APPA

John Bernhards serves as the associate vice president for APPA, the international organization for educational facilities with over 1,300 member institutions and 15,000 active facilities and physical plant professionals....

LED Transformations, LLC

Dr. Curran has spent over 25 years in the area of product development including 12 years as VP Engineering for Wheelock, Inc. With 32 patents issued, Dr. Curran has been responsible for products ranging in scope from shear wave seismic sources to fire evacuation systems to LED signals and area lights....

Panther Pines Consulting, LLC

John Facella, P.E., C.Eng., is the Manager of Panther Pines Consulting, LLC, specializing in public safety communications consulting. He has 30+ years in the wireless industry working for both Motorola and Harris, and as a senior vice president with a national consulting company....

XL Catlin

John Frank began his career as a professional firefighter and rose to the rank of Assistant Fire Chief at a major industrial logistics center and aircraft overhaul facility. He also served as a volunteer firefighter....