Mr. Begley is the founder and principal of TERPconsulting. Jim is a registered professional Fire Protection Engineer in 27 states. He has 25 years' experience and began his engineering career at Lockheed Martin Energy Systems in Oak Ridge, TN.
Ms. Overman is a founder and principal of TERPconsulting. Natasha is responsible for all aspects of Human Resources and Finance. She has more than 20 years' experience in business and finance.
Mr. Douglass joined TERPconsulting in April 2012 as a Principal for the company. He received his Master’s Degree in Fire Protection Engineering and Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has over 11 years' engineering and code consulting experience and is a registered professional Fire Protection Engineer in seven states.
Mr. Griswold’s 10+ year career began in Las Vegas in 2006 with stops in Denver and the Middle East. He is a licensed Fire Protection Professional Engineer and a “Consulting Specifying Engineer” magazine 40 Under 40 winner. Wayne began our first remote office in Denver, CO in December 2016.
Mr. Fixen has over 25 years' code consulting and fire protection engineering experience as a fire/life safety code consultant. Ed is a registered professional Fire Protection and Mechanical engineer in the state of California. He opened TERP's Southern California office in March of 2017.
Mr. Campanella specializes in fire protection engineering, building and fire codes, failure analysis, and origin and cause determination. He has more than seven years' experience providing fire protection engineering code consulting and failure analysis. He is a registered Fire Protection Engineer in Arizona and California. AJ works out of the Phoenix office.
Mark Hopkins, PE has more than 25 years’ experience in all aspects of fire protection engineering. He most recently served as Vice President of Engineering for the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA). Mark joined TERPconsulting in the spring of 2020, as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director and Sr. Fire Protection Engineer.
Mr. Koenig is a registered professional Fire Protection engineer in California, Nevada and Virginia. In January 2014, Mr. Koenig joined TERPconsulting as a Fire Protection Engineer for the company.
Mr. Chacon has more than eight years' experience as a Fire Protection Engineer. Joe is also a firefighter for the City of Henderson, NV with more than 10 years' experience. Joe is a registered fire protection engineer in seven states.
Mr. Cloninger has more than 40 years’ experience in construction, design, management, and marketing in the field of fire protection including small-scale sites to mega projects comprising, among others, high-rise buildings, casinos, industrial complexes, and power plants.
Randy Day specializes in fire protection engineering, fire sprinkler, alarm and clean agent design, hazard analyses, and interpretation of building and fire codes. He has more than 9 years' experience in the fire protection and code consulting field.
Paul Seifert has more than seven years' experience in the fire protection and engineering industries. Mr. Seifert has a wide range of project experience including the design of commercial fire sprinkler systems and coordination of their installation with multiple stakeholders including the general contractor, owner, consultant, architect, and authority having jurisdiction.
Jorge Velasco has over 30 years’ experience and began his engineering career in 1998 at Schirmer Engineering/AON in
Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Velasco has experience in building and life safety code consulting, and design of fire protection systems
(including fire suppression, detection, and alarm systems).
Mr. Beck is a fire protection consultant and a member of the firm since 2011. He has over 17 years' experience in the fire protection industry. Jason also has extensive experience in the preparation of smoke control diagrams for high-rise properties.
Heather Younghusband works on a variety of projects reviewing and analyzing fire/life safety requirements, and is certified as an International Code Council (ICC), Accessibility Inspector and Plans Examiner. Heather is in the process of obtaining her Certified Access Specialist (CASp) Property Inspection Certification from the State of California.
Mr. Krylo has 10 years' experience and began his engineering career in 2007 at JBA Consulting Engineers performing mechanical drafting, which included preparation of smoke control drawings.
Mr. Strasser has seven years' experience in the IT field as a Data Analyst. Matt is currently pursuing his professional engineering degree. He joined TERPconsulting in February 2017.
Mr. Lyon has 12 years' experience and joined TERPconsulting in July, 2018.
Ms. Trobough has more than 25 years' experience in marketing, advertising and graphic design. Ann joined TERP in June 2017.
Nancy Cohen joined TERPconsulting as office manager in 2015. She is responsible for coordinating and managing proposals, finalizing reports and managing the day-to-day operations for the Las Vegas office.
Lindsay has more than 12 years’ experience in business administration and operations. She specializes in the development and implementation of corporate infrastructure, operations, project management, and positive accountability.
Nicole Plunkett-Reid was our first-ever summer intern. She is currently a Fire Protection Engineering Major at the University of Maryland and works part-time for TERPconsulting as she finishes up her studies.
Buster joined TERP in the Fall of 2015. His many duties include napping, purring, eating, balancing from the ceiling rafters, keeping the office rodent-free, and greeting visitors.
Come work with TERPconsulting as a fire protection engineer, designer or more!