FM Approvals
Rob Masinda is an accomplished Advanced Engineer at FM Approvals since 2008, leading performance-based test programs for fire sprinkler system components while ensuring compliance with FM Approval Standards. Prior experience includes serving as an Associate Engineer in an Approvals Agency dedicated to sprinkler system components and as an Information Technology Intern at Raytheon from 2005 to 2008. Rob holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Roger Williams University, complemented by a high school diploma from Xaverian Brothers High School.
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.