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IAPMO R&T Promotes Anish Desai to Senior Vice President of Product Certification

IAPMO R&T,

North Americas premier third-party testing and certication body for plumbing, mechanical, and water treatment products, is pleased to announce the promotion of Anish Desai to senior vice president of Product Certication. In addition to continuing to over- see daily operation of the Certica- tion department, Desai will broaden his involvement with industry as- sociations and standard develop- ment activities while furthering his engagement with key clients. Anishs background, knowledge and experience have served well in managing IAPMO R&Ts product certi- cation services, said Jin Luo, IAPMO R&T executive vice president. With the promotion, Anishs role will expand to further serve the industry and our customers, thus contributing to the continued growth of the organization. A graduate of the University of Il- linois Urbana/Champaign with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Desai has served in numerous roles during his 19 years with The IAPMO Group, starting as a product review engineer in 2003. After a promotion to quality assurance manager handling ac- creditation audits, Desai assumed management responsibility for the Certication department. It has been a privilege to work for and grown with The IAPMO Group for most of my career, Desai said. I am excited and grateful for this opportu- nity and look forward to contributing further to The IAPMO Groups success in the years to come. IAPMO R&T oers a full range of recognition opportunities, includ- ing recognition for the applicable national model codes, as well as the U.S. EPA's Watersense and ENERGY STAR. The IAPMO R&T program low- ers the cost and increases the value to code oicials of these listings by combining all of these recognitions in one concise document prepared by an internationally recognized product certication body. The R&T program is built upon IAPMOs more than 85 years of ex- perience in evaluating plumbing products for standard and code compliance. Accredited by the American National Standards Insti- tute (ANSI), the program operates under ISO/IEC Guide 17065, General Requirements for Bodies Operating Product Certication Systems.

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