James E. Golinveaux is currently president & CEO of Viking Group, Inc. With 39 years of experience in the fire protection industry, including both contracting and manufacturing, he currently holds 14 U.S. patent families in automatic sprinkler technologies. Golinveaux is a past chair of the NFPA Standards Council and serves on the ANSI Executive Standards Council. He is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Fire Protection Research Foundation, as well as multiple other boards and councils, including the Factory Mutual Advisory Committee, AFSA, NFSA, and the International Fire Sprinkler Association. Golinveaux has lectured in 43 countries on fire suppression technologies.