Key Takeaways
Mike’s Background
- Over 40 years of Fire Protection Consulting Experience
- Studied Fire Protection and Safety Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
- Labs were at Underwriters Laboratories
- Received an MBA from University of Houston
Working at Rolf Jensen and Associates and then Jensen Hughes
- Over 30 years
- Involved in the code writing process and litigation support.
- Saw failures of passive systems
- Got involved with the healthcare industry and was part of committees related to life safety code.
- Dealt with Healthcare projects, finding a balance in passive and suppression systems.
- Faced different life safety issues in different occupancies like assembly spaces, large theaters, and high-rise buildings
Healthcare
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Wife was a nurse, so familiarity with the Healthcare space.
- Did work with the Military and VA Hospitals.
- Currently chairs the medical gas technical committee
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
Industry Challenges
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
Advice for Newcomers to the Engineering Field
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
Coffman Engineering
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
Speaking Engagements
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.
- Was sent to a committee meeting as an alternate and eventually became a full committee member.