Russ heads the North West 01 design team at Ferguson Fire Design. In this role, he provides technical expertise and support for a staff of 6 to 10 designers. For 37 years, he has provided fire protection design services for locations worldwide. Prior to joining Ferguson, he served as owner and president of Fire-Ex Systems Engineering, Inc. At FSEi, he managed day to day operations, and trained & supervised a staff of designers while providing full shop design services. Russ is accomplished in many facets of fire sprinkler system design, specializing in industrial facilities. Complex system design examples include large deluge water spray applications including high- and low-expansion foam applications for high hazard industrial facilities served by private underground fire main systems supplied by multiple fire pump / reservoir locations. Russ is licensed in Wisconsin as a Designer of Engineering Systems and was certified a NICET IV fire sprinkler designer in 1998. In his spare time, Russ enjoys golfing, fishing, hunting, and competitive trapshooting.