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Mr. Biller is owner and principal fire protection engineer of Emerson Graham + Associates – a fire protection engineering and code consultancy firm, as well as principal and code consultant for CODEcheck Consulting, a third-party review agency serving multiple local jurisdictions with third-party plan review and inspection services.  He also serves as a fire protection engineer for George Mason University’s (GMU) Office of the University Building Official (OUBO), wherein he reviews fire protection and fire/life safety compliance. Mr. Biller holds registration as a professional engineer in multiple states including Virginia.  He is a member of the International Code Council (ICC), a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a member of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), and a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), currently serving on four technical committees of which the Building Construction and Life Safety Code chapters are included.  Mr. Biller is an NFPA certified fire protection specialist (CFPS), and he holds the master code professional (MCP), certified building official (CBO), and certified fire official (CFO) certifications, in addition to multiple other code compliance certifications from the ICC.  He is a 2014 graduate of the MSc. Fire Protection Engineering program at California Polytechnic State University, and he is a 2007 undergraduate of the BSc., Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University.
Mr. Biller is an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Kentucky University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte in each of the respective undergraduate programs in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology.  In his educational background, he has taught on an array of courses including fire and building codes, fire behavior and fire dynamics, human behavior in fire, fire protection systems and hydraulics, fire modeling and performance-based aspects of fire protection engineering design, fire prevention and fire protection public policy.

Mr. Biller is owner and principal fire protection engineer of Emerson Graham + Associates – a fire protection engineering and code consultancy firm, as well as principal and code consultant for CODEcheck Consulting, a third-party review agency serving multiple local jurisdictions with third-party plan review and inspection services.  He also serves as a fire protection engineer for George Mason University’s (GMU) Office of the University Building Official (OUBO), wherein he reviews fire protection and fire/life safety compliance. Mr. Biller holds registration as a professional engineer in multiple states including Virginia.  He is a member of the International Code Council (ICC), a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a member of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), and a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), currently serving on four technical committees of which the Building Construction and Life Safety Code chapters are included.  Mr. Biller is an NFPA certified fire protection specialist (CFPS), and he holds the master code professional (MCP), certified building official (CBO), and certified fire official (CFO) certifications, in addition to multiple other code compliance certifications from the ICC.  He is a 2014 graduate of the MSc. Fire Protection Engineering program at California Polytechnic State University, and he is a 2007 undergraduate of the BSc., Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University.
Mr. Biller is an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Kentucky University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte in each of the respective undergraduate programs in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology.  In his educational background, he has taught on an array of courses including fire and building codes, fire behavior and fire dynamics, human behavior in fire, fire protection systems and hydraulics, fire modeling and performance-based aspects of fire protection engineering design, fire prevention and fire protection public policy.

Mr. Munger is a partner in the fire protection-engineering firm QDOT Engineering, LLC, that is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania. The firm provides a wide range of fire protection and code consulting services, including serving as a certified third-party inspection service in the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Munger began his fire protection career approximately 40 years ago as a firefighter with Cullman Fire Rescue and went on to serve as a Deputy State Fire Marshal with the Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office. He operated his own consulting practice (James G. Munger and Associates, Inc.) for many years prior to becoming a partner with QDOT Engineering.
Mr. Munger holds a Doctorate in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering with undergraduate work in fire protection and fire science. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty of the National Fire Academy for over 30 years. He holds certifications from the International Code Council (ICC) as a building inspector and plans examiner, electrical inspector, plumbing inspector and plans examiner, mechanical inspector, and accessibility inspector and plans examiner.
He is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and a fellow in the Institution of Fire Engineers.

Mr. Biller is owner and principal fire protection engineer of Emerson Graham + Associates – a fire protection engineering and code consultancy firm, as well as principal and code consultant for CODEcheck Consulting, a third-party review agency serving multiple local jurisdictions with third-party plan review and inspection services.  He also serves as a fire protection engineer for George Mason University’s (GMU) Office of the University Building Official (OUBO), wherein he reviews fire protection and fire/life safety compliance. Mr. Biller holds registration as a professional engineer in multiple states including Virginia.  He is a member of the International Code Council (ICC), a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a member of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), and a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), currently serving on four technical committees of which the Building Construction and Life Safety Code chapters are included.  Mr. Biller is an NFPA certified fire protection specialist (CFPS), and he holds the master code professional (MCP), certified building official (CBO), and certified fire official (CFO) certifications, in addition to multiple other code compliance certifications from the ICC.  He is a 2014 graduate of the MSc. Fire Protection Engineering program at California Polytechnic State University, and he is a 2007 undergraduate of the BSc., Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University.
Mr. Biller is an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Kentucky University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte in each of the respective undergraduate programs in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology.  In his educational background, he has taught on an array of courses including fire and building codes, fire behavior and fire dynamics, human behavior in fire, fire protection systems and hydraulics, fire modeling and performance-based aspects of fire protection engineering design, fire prevention and fire protection public policy.

Senior Code Specialist at Ino-Tek
Kendall H. Nightlinger is a nationally-recognized expert in the application of building and fire codes to the safe design and operation of commercial and industrial facilities. He possesses over 40 years of mechanical trade experience and has been a fire protection, mechanical plans examiner/inspector since 1992. Mr. Nightlinger has been a code instructor since 1994 and is designated as a lifetime state of Michigan code instructor (#1952). He participates in the International Code Council Action Committees (FCAC, BCAC) and work groups regarding hazardous material, fire protection and life safety issues. Mr. Nightlinger speaks regularly to architects and engineers about code compliance and life safety design issues. He also speaks before building, mechanical and fire inspector associations promoting a higher level of understanding about the challenges of safety around hazardous materials. Mr. Nightlinger’s passion for his trade, and his professionalism, engages his audience, empowering many of them as ambassadors for code compliance. He joined Ino-Tek in 2018 as a senior code specialist and consultant for hazardous materials.

EBL Fire EngineeringMr. Schlosser, a registered fire protection engineer, received his bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2004 and has been with EBL Engineers, LLC, for over ten years. He is accomplished in analysis and design, inspections, and commissioning of a wide array of fire suppression, fire alarm evacuation/detection, and mass notification systems. He serves a diverse client base in the commercial, industrial, institutional, and government markets. In particular, he has distinguished himself as a leader in consulting, design, and commissioning of specialized fire protection systems for mission-critical data center facilities. Mr. Schlosser is a registered professional engineer in Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Texas and Florida.

Mr. Savage has been in the inspection field for more than 25 years. He has been a plans examiner, a combination inspector, a chief inspector and chief building official. Mr. Savage has completed plan reviews and inspections on all types of structures from single-family dwellings, decks and sheds to micro-breweries and manufacturing/industrial facilities. He currently serves as the director of building safety/building official for Marion County, Florida. Mr. Savage holds 42 International Code Council certifications, including master code professional and certified building official. In addition, he is a NFPA-certified fire protection specialist (CFPS) and IAEI certified electrical inspector – master. He is also licensed as a building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical inspector in the State of Maryland, and he is a qualified electrical inspector in the State of Delaware. Mr. Savage is also licensed as a building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector in the State of New Mexico. He is actively involved in the code making processes and holds committee memberships on such bodies as NFPA, IAEI and UL, and he is a member of the International Code Council (ICC) Board of Directors. Mr. Savage’s past positions include the following: president of the Central New Mexico Chapter of Building Officials, president of the IAEI NM Chapter, ICC Region XI Development Committee and past president and Executive Council member of Region XI. Mr. Savage was appointed to the ICC-Evaluation Services Board of Managers in 2015, the ICC Compliance Code Action Committee (CCAC) and the ICC Code Correlation Committee (CCC). He has taught, and implemented, special inspections programs throughout the country resulting in safer, code-compliant buildings.

Tyco Fire Protection Products, MedinaMr. Bunner is the Regional Business Development Manager for Tyco Fire Protection Products (TFPP), where he provides support to end-users, engineering companies, and local approval agencies. His extensive contracting experience includes water, chemical, and special hazard fire protection projects in more than 35 countries, and is currently involved with TFPP’s R&D focus toward new fire protection technologies. Mr. Bunner is a member of the National Fire Protection Association and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

DLR GROUP | Westlake Reed Leskosky, ClevelandMr. Kascak is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in the state of Ohio and a fire and life safety expert at DLR Group. He has over 11 years of experience providing building, fire, and life safety code reviews and analyses for architectural teams and local authorities having jurisdiction. He has extensive experience with the International Building and Fire codes, the Ohio building and fire codes, Alberta building and fire codes, NFPA codes and standards, and FM global loss prevention data sheets. He is also DLR Group’s fire suppression subject matter expect and is responsible for designing active fire protection systems, including automatic sprinkler, fire detection and alarm, and special hazard systems.

Sebench Engineering, ToledoMr. Mariano has over 42 years of experience in fire protection design, life safety concerns, special hazards evaluation and protection design. A particular strength is obtaining the proper approvals from, and in negotiations with city, state, federal, and insurance authorities, as required for each particular project. He is especially well regarded for his ability to provide alternative design approaches to help facilitate code compliance when existing conditions make traditional approaches costly or difficult to execute. Mr. Mariano has served on the Toledo, Ohio, Board of Appeals for Fire Protection for many years. His talents have made him a valued resource for several architectural and engineering firms who regularly call upon him for innovative fire protection concepts in response to design constraints and limitations. Mr. Mariano holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University and is a certified fire protection specialist. He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee and Illinois.

Consultant at Summit ConsultingMs. Buckman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design, and she joined Summit Fire Consulting in 2012 with five years of design and project management experience in the fire protection industry. Ms. Buckman brings knowledge from a wide variety of projects including residential, high-rise, mercantile, business, storage and warehouse. As a fire protection consultant, her responsibilities include design, review and code analysis services for fire sprinkler and standpipe systems as well as work in building code consulting, and with alternate designs and smoke control systems. Ms. Buckman is certified through the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) as a Level III in Water-Based Systems Layout and has completed the exam for Level IV certification. She has also been certified by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS).

Senior Fire Protection Engineer at Summit ConsultingMr. Leaver is a senior fire protection engineer and division manager with Summit Fire Consulting. He has been involved in the fireprotection and code compliance industry since 1996. He has provided consulting services on multiple building types, including cultural, special use, corporate, healthcare, education, retail, public, and aviation. Mr. Leaver’s expertise includes code consulting, fire sprinklers, fire detection and alarms, smoke management, fire modeling, hydraulic analysis, building and fire code analysis, performance-based design, and hazardous materials. He is licensed as a fire protection engineer in the State of Minnesota and California, and he is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Mr. Biller is owner and principal fire protection engineer of Emerson Graham + Associates – a fire protection engineering and code consultancy firm, as well as principal and code consultant for CODEcheck Consulting, a third-party review agency serving multiple local jurisdictions with third-party plan review and inspection services.  He also serves as a fire protection engineer for George Mason University’s (GMU) Office of the University Building Official (OUBO), wherein he reviews fire protection and fire/life safety compliance. Mr. Biller holds registration as a professional engineer in multiple states including Virginia.  He is a member of the International Code Council (ICC), a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a member of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) and the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), and a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), currently serving on four technical committees of which the Building Construction and Life Safety Code chapters are included.  Mr. Biller is an NFPA certified fire protection specialist (CFPS), and he holds the master code professional (MCP), certified building official (CBO), and certified fire official (CFO) certifications, in addition to multiple other code compliance certifications from the ICC.  He is a 2014 graduate of the MSc. Fire Protection Engineering program at California Polytechnic State University, and he is a 2007 undergraduate of the BSc., Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University.
Mr. Biller is an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Kentucky University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte in each of the respective undergraduate programs in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology.  In his educational background, he has taught on an array of courses including fire and building codes, fire behavior and fire dynamics, human behavior in fire, fire protection systems and hydraulics, fire modeling and performance-based aspects of fire protection engineering design, fire prevention and fire protection public policy.

Fire Marshal with the Contra Costa Fire Protection DistrictMr. Marshall has served as fire marshal with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District since 2014. Previously he served in the same district as fire prevention Captain and as an inspector. Mr. Marshall received his bachelor’s degree in Fire Science/Management from the American Public University System. Under the direction of the Fire Marshal, the Fire Prevention Bureau has five main divisions: Code Enforcement and Inspection, Engineering and Plan Review, Public Education, Fire Investigation, and Exterior Hazard Control. The Fire Prevention Bureau provides the highest level of fire prevention services through comprehensive inspections and code enforcement, plan review and engineering services, public education, fire investigations, and exterior hazard control to ensure properties are properly constructed in accordance with local and state codes. The Fire Prevention Bureau provides fire prevention services to citizens who live or work in the cities of Antioch, Clayton, Concord, Lafayette, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Pittsburg, San Pablo, and Walnut Creek, and in the unincorporated communities of north Alamo, Bay Point, Clyde, East Richmond Heights, El Sobrante, Montalvan Manor, North Richmond, Pacheco and Tara Hills. The Fire Prevention Bureau also serves the East Contra Costa Fire District under contract by providing fire prevention services for the cities of Brentwood, Oakley and the unincorporated communities of Bethel Island, Byron, Discovery Bay, and Knightsen.