Over 25 years’ experience designing, testing and certifying architectural door opening and hardware assemblies for windstorm, fire, blast, forced entry, sound and thermal resistance. Graduated from Moscow State Textile University in 1986 with MS in Mechanical and Control Engineering, and a PhD in Textile Technology in 1992. Joined building products industry in 1994 as a locksmith, and worked as product designer, manager and certification/compliance engineer for commercial door and hardware. Joined Securitech in 2010 as Manager of Special Programs for windstorm, blast and forced entry applications.