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James Stahl Jr. is the current IFC President. He has held the position since 2010, and previously served the organization as Vice President. He is the Vice President & General Manager, Engineering and Emerging Businesses and member of the Board of Directors for Specified Technologies Inc. (STI). In his 23 years in the firestop industry, he has been involved in a variety of different roles, including product development, fire testing, technical support, building codes and standards work, marketing, and sales. He has served on a variety of different technical committees and task groups related to firestopping, including ASTM, BICSI, ISO, and UL Standards Technical Panels. He has 25+ patents in the field of fire protection and frequently speaks and writes about firestopping. You could say that firestopping runs in his blood as his late father, James “Jim” Stahl Sr., was an early pioneer in the field of firestopping and a founding member of the IFC.
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Angie Ogino is Thermafiber/Owens Corning’s Technical Services Leader. Angie has over 20 years’ experience in the mineral wool and firestopping industry, providing engineering judgments and technical assistance on mineral wool product performance for architects, building officials and contractors in the fire containment area.
Angie is the developer and coordinator of all perimeter fire containment testing for Thermafiber at Underwriters Laboratories, Southwest Research and Intertek/Omega Point Laboratories. Angie is responsible for managing Thermafiber’s UL and Intertek/OPL Follow-Up Service Quality Programs. She is also the developer of Thermafiber’s educational programs on perimeter fire containment and has presented perimeter fire containment programs at the AIA National Conventions, as well as the CSI (Construction Specifiers Institute), PCI (Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute) and major architectural and curtain wall manufacturing firms throughout North America. Angie is a member of the Insulation Contractors Association of America where she Co-Chaired the Commercial Construction Committee for 5 years. She is also a member of Firestop Contractors International Association and participates in code development for IBC, Chapter 7 (Fire and Smoke Protection Features). Angie is also a LEED Accredited Professional |
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Chip O'Neil is the Vice President of Business Development at RWC, a leading plumbing and firestop industry manufacturer (Brands - HoldRite, SharkBite, Cash Acme, John Guest, and Stream Labs). As a seasoned strategic executive in the plumbing and firestop manufacturing industry he has a proven track record of converting makeshift methods into engineered and patented solutions, while creating value for stakeholders. His experience includes 22 years in the residential, multi-family, commercial and industrial plumbing, piping and fire protection contracting industry and 17+ years of responsibility for the company's overall marketplace innovation, product development, business development, and technical authorship.
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John Valiulis has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, and a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He obtained his professional registration in Fire Protection Engineering in 1993. He has lectured on fire protection topics in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Caribbean, and has written for many US and Canadian publications.
John spent the first 15 years of his career with Factory Mutual, in Research and Engineering functions in the US, Canada and Scandinavia. In his subsequent 19 years at Hilti, John’s primary responsibility has been working first-hand in the ICC, ASTM and NFPA codes and standards development processes. He has served on six NFPA technical committees. |
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Tony Crimi, P.Eng., MASc., is a registered professional engineer and founder of A.C. Consulting Solutions Inc., specializing in building- and fire-related codes, standards, and product development activities in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Working with manufacturers and industry associations, he advocates for approval and safe use of materials and products, and for their code recognition. Crimi has more than three decades of experience in the area of codes, standards, testing, and conformity assessment. He is an active participant in International Code Council (ICC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM, UL, and ISO, and is the immediate part-chair of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) Standing Committee on Fire Protection. Crimi can be reached at tcrimi@sympatico.ca.
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Rand has been counsel since IFC's formation. He is an antitrust lawyer. Is a graduate of Stanford and Stanford Law School (1972). He served in the US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (1974-1979). Previously, was an associate (1980-!983), partner (1983-1993) and counsel (2005-2009) to Cahill, Gordon & Reindel LLP of NY., NY, serving in the D.C. office. He has advised a number of major corporations during his 47-year career. More recently for many years, he practiced law on his own. Is a member of the Texas bar, currently inactive in D.C., Va. and CA.
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George Yoshida has worked in 3M Fire Protection Products for 20+ years in various business development roles. He has been responsible for the oil & gas and nuclear segments as it relates to the fire protection of electrical raceways and structural steel as well as new product development. He is now the Global Portfolio Leader for 3M Fire Protection. He is past Vice-President of the International Firestop Council and has published several articles on fire protection. He has travelled around the world visiting customers in the commercial, nuclear and oil and gas segments in Brazil, France, Spain, Qatar, Mexico, India, Korea, China and many other countries. He is passionate about life safety as his visits have focused on training and educating on passive fire protection. He and his wife Susan have three children and live in St.Paul, Minnesota. He has a BS in business from the University of Minnesota.
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Edward Goldhammer, P.E. has held the position of Code Action Committee Chair since 2015. He is Director of Codes and Standards with Hilti North America and has over 3 decades of experience in the field of fire protection engineering. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly, SLO and a Masters in Fire Protection Engineering from University of Maryland. Edward is a duel registered professional engineer in both Fire Protection engineering and Mechanical engineering. He is an active participant in the International Code Council (ICC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM, UL, and ISO including standards chair for ASTM E814 Penetrations, E2750 Extension of Data, E3037 Movement in Penetrations, UL STP 1479 Membrane Penetrations, and Convenor for ISO 10295 Penetration and Joint Seals.
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Mr. Tesche has 29 years of experience in the Construction industry at Global FPG he is responsible for all aspects of the business, from engineering & design to consulting, inspections and education. Pat has worked with many large general contractors using his skills in Lean Construction, Quality Management and Preconstruction Risk Assessments to ensure project stay within budget and completion dates. Pat conducts Passive Fire Protection seminars to numerous AHJ's, Fire Marshalls, and Civil Defense Personnel to Inspection firm throughout North American, South America and the Middle East. Pat is an IFC instructor for Firestop Hand-On Inspectors training and a contributing author of the IFC Firestop Inspector Test and Intertek IQP Program. Pat proudly serves on a variety of industry organizations. He is the IFC Inspectors Chair, Member of the ASTM E06 Committee focusing on the ASTM E 2174 & 2393 and is the Task of Group Chair for the ASTM E 3038 Firestop Inspectors Qualifications, as well as the ASTM E05 Fire Test Committee, UL Standards Technical Panel 1479/2079, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), American Society for Sanitary Engineers (ASSE 9000), American Society of Health Care Engineers (ASHE), IFC (International Firestop Council) and a member of the ICC Liberty Chapter.
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Mike Kerrison is the Global Fire Protection Application Engineering Manager at Unifrax I LLC with 16 years' experience in various engineering and marketing positions supporting the passive fire protection business at Unifrax. In addition to running countless full scale fire testing programs, during his time at Unifrax he has conducted numerous educational seminars for architectural and engineering firms, state and local code authorities, as well as insulation, mechanical, and general contracting companies.
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