Project Superintendent
1999-present
Worked as fitter, foreman, superintendent, field operations manager.
Companies:
- Knox Plumbing
- Active Fire
- Five Boro Fire Protection
- United Fire Sprinkler
- Metro Fire
- Rykon Fire Consulting
Experience:
- All types of sprinkler systems, wet-dry, pre-action,
- full standpipe
- Fire pumps
- Underground supply
- inspection
- testing
Operation skills:
- Project Foreman
- Crew superintendent
- Field operations manager
- Project manager
- Familiar with plumbing, HVAC,
- Plan review
Working in Fire Protection since 1957.
45 years in business owning Stern Fire Protection inc.
Sr VP at Rael for 12 years.
Since 2018 an independent FP consultant. Holds NYC and NJ FP master license.
50 Years in Fire Protection
1971-1983 – Sullivan Sprinkler – Installation/Design/Estimating/Operations Management
1983-1994 – Champion Sprinkler – Owner
1994-2001 – Various Fire protection contractors in Florida doing design, operations management, project management
2000-2007 – Frontier Fire as Senior Estimator providing estimating, design-build support, project coordination
2007-2018 – Fire End & Croker- National Sales Manager, Technical Support, Training.
2018- Present – Rykon Fire Consulting
- Design/Build
- Estimating
- Project Management
- ITM Training
- Manufacturers Presentations
- Contractors Training
- Engineers Training
Types of projects:
- Wet systems
- Dry systems
- Pre-reaction systems
- Special hazards
- Foam, clean agent
- Fire pumps
- Storage tanks
- Residential sprinklers
- High-rise
- Fire standpipe
- Fire alarms



