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The Society of Fire Protection Engineers

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers was established in 1950 and incorporated as an independent organization in 1971. It is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 4500 members globally and over 60 regional chapters.

The following are links to The Society of Fire Protection Engineers and other chartered chapters:

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers: www.sfpe.org
Other Chapters of SFPE: www.sfpe.org/AboutUs/Chapters.aspx

The Southern Ontario Chapter

The Southern Ontario Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers is chartered by The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). Please send all general inquires to info@sfpesoc.com. Additionally Chapter Officers can be contacted directly using the email addresses provided below.

2022/2023 Executive Committee

Officers
Christopher Mastro, Chapter President president@sfpesoc.com Chris has served on the SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter’s Executive Committee since 2017. Chris began his insurance and risk management career in 2008 with Northbridge Insurance as a risk consultant conducting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation solutions. He is currently the Risk Services Director at Northbridge for Property and Casualty. Chris is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds his Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) and his Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designations.
Matthew McDonald, First Vice President & Program Chair program@sfpesoc.com Matt specializes in the area of fire and life safety consulting. His educational credentials include a Fire Protection Engineering Technologist Diploma from Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. He has been employed by ARENCON Inc., a specialty consulting group assisting clients in the area of Codes, fire safety and design, since February 2018. Matt is a member of OACETT and is working towards certification with OACETT to become a Certified Engineering Technologist. Matt’s project experience as a fire protection consultant includes Code compliance assessments and fire safety and evacuation planning. Prior to employment with ARENCON Inc., Matt was enrolled in the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College where he received training in Building and Fire Codes, various NFPA standards, fire dynamics, sprinkler, fire pumps, fire alarm and chemical extinguishing system design. Matt received the 2016 and 2017 Society of Fire Protection Engineers Southern Ontario Chapter (SFPESOC) Thomas Chiang Award, the 2017 Fire Suppression Systems Association (FSSA) Scholarship, and the 2017 Legacy Fire Award recognizing both educational and community involvement as well as maintaining high levels of success in his studies. While attending Seneca College, Matt was the Treasurer and Vice President of the Fire Protection Student Association (FPSA) and was an active volunteer where he assisted in organizing events. Matt had the opportunity to work at Homestead Land Holdings Limited during his co-op work term where he performed monthly inspections for their high-rise apartment buildings.
Chris Logan, Second Vice President & Membership Chair membership@sfpesoc.com Chris has been involved in the fire protection industry officially since 2007, but started sorting sprinklers and fittings in the shop of the family business with his grandfather at a young age. He has assisted on various fire protection committees such as the CASA Tech Committee, Ontario College of Trades, and others. Chris enjoys talking fire protection on the Fire Sprinkler Podcast, and educating the community on the benefits of Fire Sprinklers. He is a Red Seal Journeyman sprinkler fitter, a Seneca College Sprinkler Design Graduate, and NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist.
Cathy Shen, Treasurer treasurer@sfpesoc.com Cathy Shen has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2019. Cathy has over 18 years of experience in the fire industry and is currently a Senior Associate and Project Manager at LRI Engineering Inc. Cathy is a Certified CFAA Technician with experience in all phases of fire alarm and fire protection system engineering, life safety, smoke management system commissioning, building and fire code consulting. Ms. Shen works as a project manager on a variety of projects involving fire alarm system and fire suppression system design, tender, construction site management and commissioning tests. Cathy is also a ULC Certified ULC-S1001 Integrated Systems Testing Coordinator for fire protection and life safety systems. Ms. Shen is a graduate of Fire Alarm Technician program and Fire Sprinkler System Design program at Seneca College. Prior to these studies, Cathy also completed Computer Programming Diploma at Seneca College and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from East China University in Shanghai, China. Ms. Shen was a certified Professional Engineer in Beijing, China, specializing in industrial clean room HVAC systems design.
Kami Singh, Secretary secretary@sfpesoc.com Kami has been involved in the Property and Casualty industry for over 25 years and has considerable expertise in the areas product development, marketing, training and underwriting. Kami sits on several insurance committees in Canada. Just to name a few, Insurance Bureau of Canada –Toronto Insurance Bureau of Canada –Atlantic Canada Property Underwriter Club – Past President Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) Centre for Study of Insurance Operations. (CSIO) Kami currently works for Informco Inc. as the Vice President of the Insurance Division, she has held several other senior roles with Insurers in the Insurance Industry. In her current role, she works very closely with the Superintendents of Insurance (Ministry of Finance and Justice) across the country in developing insurance regulations and wordings for the Canadian Insurance Industry. Her involvement in the industry includes automobile forms, rates and underwriting filing for several major players in the industry, development of property, farm and church insurance products for insurers and serves as a technical wording expert for the Superintendent’s offices, legal counsel, claims, underwriters, and rehabilitation centers. She was instrumental in launching a major Insurance company, which successfully became one of Canada’s leading insurers in direct writing insurance business. Above her current role, she sits on other boards and is an Instructor for the Insurance Institute of Canada. Kami has also instructed at Seneca Collage and Sheridan Collage. Kami has won the “Instructor of the Year” award 2 years in row for her outstanding performance. She is also an Associate of the Insurance Institute of Canada.
Derek Gruchy, Past President pastpresident@sfpesoc.com Derek has served on the SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter’s Executive Committee since 2016. He has been an active SFPE member, since 2002, participating in this Chapter, as well as the National Capital Region Chapter. He has served as Treasurer, Membership Chair, Program Chair, President, and now is a Past President of our Chapter. Derek has been involved in the fire industry since 2002, and is currently the Program Co-ordinator for the School of Fire Protection Engineering Technology at Seneca College. Derek is a Certified Engineering Technologist with experience in human behaviour during fire emergencies, life safety analysis, exposure risk determination, building and fire code interpretation, and suppression system designs. Mr. Gruchy specializes in the areas of Human Behaviour During Fire Emergencies, Fire Dynamics and Explosions and also teaches Water Supplies, Fire Pumps, Fire Modelling, Combustion Chemistry, Fire Code and Fire Protection Fundamentals. He has experience in life safety systems commissioning, suppression system designs, performing building inspections and the application of provincial and national fire and building codes, occupant load, and exit capacity calculations. Mr. Gruchy was the first graduate of Carleton University’s Fire Safety Engineering program, obtaining his Master’s. Derek’s thesis was on “Occupant Behaviour During Fire Emergencies”. His findings were used in the CUrisk model as well as marineEXODUS to better predict and model occupant behaviour. Previous to these studies, Derek also completed a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree (specializing in Computer Integrated Manufacturing) from Carleton University. Derek also has research experience determining the impact of smoke levels on occupant evacuation capability (performed as part of his thesis, using volunteers from the general public). He has also done research regarding combustion properties for various materials (performed using Seneca College’s cone calorimeter). As part of the hands-on experience at Seneca College, Derek also leads the live fire demonstrations for students in various courses so that graduates have a true understanding of where Code and standard regulations are derived from.
Alyson Klein Alyson Klein is an Assistant Project Manager at Matteo Gilfillan and Associates Inc. (MGA). Alyson joined MGA in February 2020, with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the University of Western Ontario in Chemical Engineering, 2017. In her role at MGA, Alyson provides fire and life safety Code consultation on various projects which include building designs, alternative solutions and building inspections / audits. Prior to joining MGA, Alyson worked in manufacturing in various engineering, quality and operations roles for aerospace and automotive fluids companies. Alyson is also a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (EIT), Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), and Canadian Fire Safety Association (CFSA).
Frank Cina Frank is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and is also a graduate from the University of Cincinnati where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology. He also holds a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation, Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designation and is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS). Frank began his career in fire protection at Statewide Fire Protection in Las Vegas, NV performing fire sprinkler design and project management for a variety of commercial buildings. Frank then moved back to Canada and started his insurance and risk management career with Economical Insurance where he was a risk services consultant for 11 years looking at a large variety of commercial risks. Mr. Cina then made the move to Northbridge Insurance in 2018 taking a role as senior risk services consultant and is currently the Manager of the Ontario & Atlantic Property and Casualty Risk Services team at Northbridge, a position he has held since 2019.
Gordana Tijanic, P.Eng. Gordana Tijanic has over 25 years of engineering experience. She is a structural engineer with nearly two decades of working experience in the fire protection engineering industry. Gordana is recognized as an expert in building code applications on a wide variety of national and international projects. Gordana is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. She is a Principal at Senez Consulting, Toronto office. Gordana holds a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Julian Valeri Julian has over 30 years of experience in the insurance and risk management industry. He’s held several insurance roles in his career: Claims Adjuster, Internal Auditor, Loss Control Representative, Underwriter, Insurance Broker and Public & Private Sector Risk Manager. Outside of commercial insurance, Julian has held roles as a Risk Manager, Insurance Broker and Director of Real Estate for significant regional municipalities in Ontario as well as private sector industries. Julian also “gives back” to the Insurance and Risk Management field by teaching the CRM Courses at both the University of Toronto and at Seneca College. Julian started working at Sovereign Insurance in 2017. Most recently, he was promoted to Manager, Risk Solutions. Julian’s new role includes leading our risk engineering efforts in thought leadership/training and development, risk engineering governance, vendor management, and account management of several key accounts and member organizations. Julian is also still out in the field conducting loss control inspections on a wide variety of insured risks.
Lorena Folcia Lorena has over 6 years of experience in the Construction and Industrial field with 2 years in the Building and Fire Code sector. Her career has been focused on systems ranging from electricity to HVAC, pipeline and machinery. She has experience in retail and healthcare buildings, having been involved in various stages of the project as an estimator, project manager and industrial engineer in North America and Europe. On the industrial side, she has experience carrying out surveys of a broad range of Industrial, Marine and Naval plants. Thanks to this multidisciplinary background Lorena is familiar with various Standards and Codes such as NFPA, ISO or BREEAM. Currently Lorena is a Project Manager at CodeNext Inc. working on a wide range of projects from commercial Building Code design reviews to industrial Fire Code solutions.
Paul Johnston Paul has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2008. He is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and has over 35 years of experience regarding insurance risk engineering. He is currently the Manager in the Risk Management / Loss Control Department for Wawanesa Insurance, and was formerly the Manager in the GTA at Aviva Canada. Paul is a Certified Engineering Technologist, and has also attained his CRM (Canadian Risk Management) and CIP (Chartered Insurance Professional) designations. Aside from various management duties, Paul also works on a variety of risks involving building surveys with the application of various Standards, and Provincial and National fire and building codes.
Stanis Yu Stanis has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2006 and is a 2022 recipient of SFPE's 'Hats Off Award' for his exemplary service to the Society. During his tenure, he has held several Chapter leadership positions including Treasurer, Membership Chair, Program Chair, President, and Past President. He is currently serving as a Member-at-Large. Stanis is a Senior Project Handler at UL Solutions in the Built Environment Division. He has been evaluating building materials and systems for their reaction to fire and fire resistive properties since 2002. Stanis also represents UL Solutions on technical committees of ULC standards. Stanis is a graduate of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry.
Xiao Li Xiao Li is currently a Senior Fire Protection Specialist at Westinghouse Electric Canada Company. Xiao holds a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (fire safety) from Carleton University and a master’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering. He conducted extensive research work in fire risk analysis and fire safety in the timber-built environment, followed by a continuous work experience as a fire engineer in Canada and abroad. His vast project experiences include mass timber buildings, transportation facilities (subways, rolling stock, airports, transit hubs, and rail tunnels), assembly, industrial, residential and forensic projects.

Officers

Christopher Mastro, Chapter President
president@sfpesoc.com

Chris has served on the SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter’s Executive Committee since 2017.

Chris began his insurance and risk management career in 2008 with Northbridge Insurance as a risk consultant conducting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation solutions. He is currently the Risk Services Director at Northbridge for Property and Casualty.

Chris is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds his Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) and his Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designations.

Matthew McDonald, First Vice President & Program Chair
program@sfpesoc.com

Matt specializes in the area of fire and life safety consulting. His educational credentials include a Fire Protection Engineering Technologist Diploma from Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. He has been employed by ARENCON Inc., a specialty consulting group assisting clients in the area of Codes, fire safety and design, since February 2018.

Matt is a member of OACETT and is working towards certification with OACETT to become a Certified Engineering Technologist.

Matt’s project experience as a fire protection consultant includes Code compliance assessments and fire safety and evacuation planning.

Prior to employment with ARENCON Inc., Matt was enrolled in the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College where he received training in Building and Fire Codes, various NFPA standards, fire dynamics, sprinkler, fire pumps, fire alarm and chemical extinguishing system design.

Matt received the 2016 and 2017 Society of Fire Protection Engineers Southern Ontario Chapter (SFPESOC) Thomas Chiang Award, the 2017 Fire Suppression Systems Association (FSSA) Scholarship, and the 2017 Legacy Fire Award recognizing both educational and community involvement as well as maintaining high levels of success in his studies.

While attending Seneca College, Matt was the Treasurer and Vice President of the Fire Protection Student Association (FPSA) and was an active volunteer where he assisted in organizing events.

Matt had the opportunity to work at Homestead Land Holdings Limited during his co-op work term where he performed monthly inspections for their high-rise apartment buildings.

Chris Logan, Second Vice President & Membership Chair
membership@sfpesoc.com

Chris has been involved in the fire protection industry officially since 2007, but started sorting sprinklers and fittings in the shop of the family business with his grandfather at a young age. He has assisted on various fire protection committees such as the CASA Tech Committee, Ontario College of Trades, and others. Chris enjoys talking fire protection on the Fire Sprinkler Podcast, and educating the community on the benefits of Fire Sprinklers. He is a Red Seal Journeyman sprinkler fitter, a Seneca College Sprinkler Design Graduate, and NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist.

Cathy Shen, Treasurer
treasurer@sfpesoc.com

Cathy Shen has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2019.

Cathy has over 18 years of experience in the fire industry and is currently a Senior Associate and Project Manager at LRI Engineering Inc. Cathy is a Certified CFAA Technician with experience in all phases of fire alarm and fire protection system engineering, life safety, smoke management system commissioning, building and fire code consulting.

Ms. Shen works as a project manager on a variety of projects involving fire alarm system and fire suppression system design, tender, construction site management and commissioning tests. Cathy is also a ULC Certified ULC-S1001 Integrated Systems Testing Coordinator for fire protection and life safety systems.

Ms. Shen is a graduate of Fire Alarm Technician program and Fire Sprinkler System Design program at Seneca College. Prior to these studies, Cathy also completed Computer Programming Diploma at Seneca College and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from East China University in Shanghai, China. Ms. Shen was a certified Professional Engineer in Beijing, China, specializing in industrial clean room HVAC systems design.

Kami Singh, Secretary
secretary@sfpesoc.com

Kami has been involved in the Property and Casualty industry for over 25 years and has considerable expertise in the areas product development, marketing, training and underwriting.

Kami sits on several insurance committees in Canada. Just to name a few,

Insurance Bureau of Canada –Toronto
Insurance Bureau of Canada –Atlantic Canada
Property Underwriter Club – Past President
Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO)
Centre for Study of Insurance Operations. (CSIO)

Kami currently works for Informco Inc. as the Vice President of the Insurance Division, she has held several other senior roles with Insurers in the Insurance Industry. In her current role, she works very closely with the Superintendents of Insurance (Ministry of Finance and Justice) across the country in developing insurance regulations and wordings for the Canadian Insurance Industry.

Her involvement in the industry includes automobile forms, rates and underwriting filing for several major players in the industry, development of property, farm and church insurance products for insurers and serves as a technical wording expert for the Superintendent’s offices, legal counsel, claims, underwriters, and rehabilitation centers.

She was instrumental in launching a major Insurance company, which successfully became one of Canada’s leading insurers in direct writing insurance business.

Above her current role, she sits on other boards and is an Instructor for the Insurance Institute of Canada. Kami has also instructed at Seneca Collage and Sheridan Collage. Kami has won the “Instructor of the Year” award 2 years in row for her outstanding performance.

She is also an Associate of the Insurance Institute of Canada.

Derek Gruchy, Past President
pastpresident@sfpesoc.com

Derek has served on the SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter’s Executive Committee since 2016. He has been an active SFPE member, since 2002, participating in this Chapter, as well as the National Capital Region Chapter. He has served as Treasurer, Membership Chair, Program Chair, President, and now is a Past President of our Chapter.

Derek has been involved in the fire industry since 2002, and is currently the Program Co-ordinator for the School of Fire Protection Engineering Technology at Seneca College. Derek is a Certified Engineering Technologist with experience in human behaviour during fire emergencies, life safety analysis, exposure risk determination, building and fire code interpretation, and suppression system designs.

Mr. Gruchy specializes in the areas of Human Behaviour During Fire Emergencies, Fire Dynamics and Explosions and also teaches Water Supplies, Fire Pumps, Fire Modelling, Combustion Chemistry, Fire Code and Fire Protection Fundamentals. He has experience in life safety systems commissioning, suppression system designs, performing building inspections and the application of provincial and national fire and building codes, occupant load, and exit capacity calculations.

Mr. Gruchy was the first graduate of Carleton University’s Fire Safety Engineering program, obtaining his Master’s. Derek’s thesis was on “Occupant Behaviour During Fire Emergencies”. His findings were used in the CUrisk model as well as marineEXODUS to better predict and model occupant behaviour. Previous to these studies, Derek also completed a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree (specializing in Computer Integrated Manufacturing) from Carleton University.

Derek also has research experience determining the impact of smoke levels on occupant evacuation capability (performed as part of his thesis, using volunteers from the general public). He has also done research regarding combustion properties for various materials (performed using Seneca College’s cone calorimeter).

As part of the hands-on experience at Seneca College, Derek also leads the live fire demonstrations for students in various courses so that graduates have a true understanding of where Code and standard regulations are derived from.

Members-at-Large

Alyson Klein

Alyson Klein is an Assistant Project Manager at Matteo Gilfillan and Associates Inc. (MGA). Alyson joined MGA in February 2020, with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the University of Western Ontario in Chemical Engineering, 2017.

In her role at MGA, Alyson provides fire and life safety Code consultation on various projects which include building designs, alternative solutions and building inspections / audits.

Prior to joining MGA, Alyson worked in manufacturing in various engineering, quality and operations roles for aerospace and automotive fluids companies.

Alyson is also a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (EIT), Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), and Canadian Fire Safety Association (CFSA).

Frank Cina

Frank is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and is also a graduate from the University of Cincinnati where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology. He also holds a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation, Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designation and is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS).

Frank began his career in fire protection at Statewide Fire Protection in Las Vegas, NV performing fire sprinkler design and project management for a variety of commercial buildings.

Frank then moved back to Canada and started his insurance and risk management career with Economical Insurance where he was a risk services consultant for 11 years looking at a large variety of commercial risks.

Mr. Cina then made the move to Northbridge Insurance in 2018 taking a role as senior risk services consultant and is currently the Manager of the Ontario & Atlantic Property and Casualty Risk Services team at Northbridge, a position he has held since 2019.

Gordana Tijanic, P.Eng.

Gordana Tijanic has over 25 years of engineering experience. She is a structural engineer with nearly two decades of working experience in the fire protection engineering industry. Gordana is recognized as an expert in building code applications on a wide variety of national and international projects.

Gordana is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. She is a Principal at Senez Consulting, Toronto office.

Gordana holds a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from University of Belgrade, Serbia.

Julian Valeri

Julian has over 30 years of experience in the insurance and risk management industry. He’s held several insurance roles in his career: Claims Adjuster, Internal Auditor, Loss Control Representative, Underwriter, Insurance Broker and Public & Private Sector Risk Manager. Outside of commercial insurance, Julian has held roles as a Risk Manager, Insurance Broker and Director of Real Estate for significant regional municipalities in Ontario as well as private sector industries. Julian also “gives back” to the Insurance and Risk Management field by teaching the CRM Courses at both the University of Toronto and at Seneca College.

Julian started working at Sovereign Insurance in 2017. Most recently, he was promoted to Manager, Risk Solutions. Julian’s new role includes leading our risk engineering efforts in thought leadership/training and development, risk engineering governance, vendor management, and account management of several key accounts and member organizations. Julian is also still out in the field conducting loss control inspections on a wide variety of insured risks.

Lorena Folcia

Lorena has over 6 years of experience in the Construction and Industrial field with 2 years in the Building and Fire Code sector. Her career has been focused on systems ranging from electricity to HVAC, pipeline and machinery. She has experience in retail and healthcare buildings, having been involved in various stages of the project as an estimator, project manager and industrial engineer in North America and Europe. On the industrial side, she has experience carrying out surveys of a broad range of Industrial, Marine and Naval plants. Thanks to this multidisciplinary background Lorena is familiar with various Standards and Codes such as NFPA, ISO or BREEAM. Currently Lorena is a Project Manager at CodeNext Inc. working on a wide range of projects from commercial Building Code design reviews to industrial Fire Code solutions.

Paul Johnston

Paul has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2008. He is a graduate of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program at Seneca College and has over 35 years of experience regarding insurance risk engineering. He is currently the Manager in the Risk Management / Loss Control Department for Wawanesa Insurance, and was formerly the Manager in the GTA at Aviva Canada. Paul is a Certified Engineering Technologist, and has also attained his CRM (Canadian Risk Management) and CIP (Chartered Insurance Professional) designations. Aside from various management duties, Paul also works on a variety of risks involving building surveys with the application of various Standards, and Provincial and National fire and building codes.

Stanis Yu

Stanis has served on SFPE Southern Ontario Chapter's Executive Committee since 2006 and is a 2022 recipient of SFPE's 'Hats Off Award' for his exemplary service to the Society. During his tenure, he has held several Chapter leadership positions including Treasurer, Membership Chair, Program Chair, President, and Past President. He is currently serving as a Member-at-Large.

Stanis is a Senior Project Handler at UL Solutions in the Built Environment Division. He has been evaluating building materials and systems for their reaction to fire and fire resistive properties since 2002. Stanis also represents UL Solutions on technical committees of ULC standards.

Stanis is a graduate of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry.

Xiao Li

Xiao Li is currently a Senior Fire Protection Specialist at Westinghouse Electric Canada Company. Xiao holds a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (fire safety) from Carleton University and a master’s degree in Fire Safety Engineering. He conducted extensive research work in fire risk analysis and fire safety in the timber-built environment, followed by a continuous work experience as a fire engineer in Canada and abroad. His vast project experiences include mass timber buildings, transportation facilities (subways, rolling stock, airports, transit hubs, and rail tunnels), assembly, industrial, residential and forensic projects.

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