FM Approvals
Adam Houser currently serves as Operations VP and Business Operations Manager at FM Approvals since July 2018, following a decade-long tenure at FM Global in various leadership roles, including Staff VP and Manager of Products and Systems Development. Adam’s expertise encompasses driving the strategic vision, product portfolio management, and enhancing operational efficiency through comprehensive localization strategies and intellectual property management. Prior to FM Global, Adam held multiple key positions at Lionbridge, where responsibilities included overseeing technical services operations, managing localization projects for Microsoft, and developing strategic localization approaches across various media formats. With a broad experience in leadership, product development, and localization, Adam effectively contributes to achieving organizational goals and improving user experiences.
FM Approvals
FM Approvals strives to be the certification organization of choice, offering global services with unsurpassed technical integrity and exceptional customer satisfaction. FM Approvals offers worldwide certification and testing services of industrial and commercial loss prevention products. Recognized and respected around the world, FM Approvals certification assures customers that a product or service has been objectively tested and conforms to the highest national and international standards. The FM APPROVED mark, which is backed by scientific research and testing, tells customers that an FM Approved product conforms to the highest standards. FM Approvals offers certification services to manufacturers of fire protection equipment, electrical equipment, hazardous location equipment, fire detection, signaling and other electrical equipment, building materials, roofing products and smoke detection. Products that earn approval are listed in the Approval Guide.