What’s Next in Safety: New, improved Sustainability and Fire safety innovations.

By successfully meeting NFPA 275, innovative spray foam redefines safety in the industry, and effectively brings an end to the "Special Approval" Era.

Attendees will walk away with an understanding of thermal barriers & spray foam including the new, improved sustainability and Fire safety innovations.

Panelists:

Richard J. Barone, Jr. is an original founder at award-winning Firestable™ Insulation Company and is Executive Vice President-Marketing Operations. His curiosity with fire started quite early as a volunteer fireman at 16 years old. Mr. Barone has built up and is a principal in several fire technology companies in his 20+ years in fire protection. The companies include TPR2 Corporation, where he was part of a team who invented, marketed and sold Fireshell® (intumescent coatings) and Temprotex™ (NASCAR & NHRA racing fire extinguishing products) brands.

Before entering the fire technology world, he spent 13 years at Black & Decker in expanding engineering, program director and management director positions, including work with Starbucks, Target Stores, Michael Graves Architects, and Proctor and Gamble.

 

George Dimopoulos – Is an Estimator and Services Clients for The SOEP Company’s Specialty Insulation Group. He has a passion for providing value and custom solutions in Spray Thermal Insulations, Sound Insulations, and other Thermal and Intumescent Specialty Coatings. He has expertise in thermal building science and thermal design. George joined The SOEP Company in 2024. The SOEP Company has been in business for 80+ Years and Specialty Insulation Group has been Spraying Foam for 25+ years.

 

 

Moderated by:

Stephen Nasiatka is the Chief Financial Officer of Firestable™ Insulation Company. He is a Certified Public Accounting and a Certified Fraud Examiner, with deep background in finance, accounting, capital markets, and leadership from his prior roles with KPMG, Siemens, and Monomoy Advisors. While new to the insulation space, Stephen’s prior positions included a heavy focus on the manufacturing and consumer products industries.

He is an entrepreneur with a passion for fostering connections, personally, as well as with business owners and the boardroom. He is on the Programming and Sponsorship Committee for the New England Chapter of the Private Directors Association. He is also the owner of StephenUncorked, which has a focus on direct-to-consumer wine sales and wine experiences. He bridges the worlds of manufacturing, finance and fine wine, helping companies and individuals uncork their potential.