Joseph D. Gierlach Jr. Vice President – Technical Training and Support

ABM Franchising Group TEGG Service – Canonsburg, PA

• 3 year electronic technology course from 1981-1984 • 4 Years in the US Air Force – Aerospace Ground Support Equipment Technician

1984-1988 • 1 Year Shipyard Electrician Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME construction and testing

of electrical, communication, and combat systems on the US Naval Aegis Cruiser program 1988

• Nearly 10 years in the central Florida phosphate mining, chemical fertilizer, and co-generation mines and plants working as and maintenance electrician, instrumentation technician, process controls, DCS and DDS systems, PLC process design, installation, programming, and commissioning from 1988-1997. Also involved in the preventative maintenance program for plant equipment that included Infrared Thermography as a tool.

• 4 years at a steel pipe production plant as an electrician/instrumentation technician, PLC programming, troubleshooting, repair, and data highway maintenance, electronic and radio control repairs from 1997-2001

• 1 ½ years in a titanium mill as a plant electrician that manufactured raw material for the commercial aerospace industry (Boeing and Airbus), the US Military for combat aircraft components, and the medical industry from 2001-2002

• Over 10 years at TEGG in Pittsburgh, PA as Manager, Director, and Vice President of the Operations department’s Technical Training and Support Division with a network of international electrical contractors in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway now numbering over 160.

o Responsible for the development and implementation of the TEGG

Operations Initial Training program o Classroom instructor in both the operations and technical sales

educational program o Development of “hands-on” technical experiments to simulate real world

deficiencies in the Technical Lab o Auditing and continued development of the safety program require for

TEGG Services to ensure compliance with the most recent publication of NFPA-70E

o On site field support of network locations for continued training and implementation of services

o Development of procedures and tasking instructions to be used administering services for various levels of maintenance agreement requirements

o Interface with all levels of organizations to assist in implementing system requirements and growing the service business

o Journeyman electrician card issued by USWA 10-2000 based on documented field experience

o ITC Level I Certified Infrared Thermographer (SNT-TC-1A) 1-2003 o ITC Level II Certified Infrared Thermographer (SNT-TC-1A) 6-2004 o ITC Level III Certified Infrared Thermographer (SNT-TC-1A)7-2005 o UE Systems Level I Airborne Ultrasound Certification (UEQ-TC-1A) 5-

2004 o UE Systems Level II Airborne Ultrasound Certification (UEQ-TC-1A) 5-

2005 o OSHA 10 and 30 hour instructor/trainer certification UCSD 2008 o Research and development of TEGG ’s proprietary maintenance

management software package TEGG Pro o Research of new tools, test equipment, product offerings and

technologies as they become available on the market o Authoring of articles related to technical news and procedures that have

been published in TEGG Newsletters, ITC Newsletters, Conference proceedings for FLIR and UE Systems, and Maintenance World Magazine entitled “How the Eyes (and the IR camera) Can Be Misled (http://www.maintenanceworld.com/Articles/TEGG-/IR-camera.htm)

o Participating member in the preparation and presentation to the National Standards Committee in the United Kingdom (Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) J/PEL 64 Panel A and B Committees) in March 2006 involved with updating the 2008 Revision to the BS-7671 Standard that will include TEGG Services as an acceptable augment to existing legislative requirements

o Authoring of an article that published in the “IEE Wiring Matters” magazine in June 2006 regarding TEGG Services and Technologies in the UK to a subscribership of 50,000+

o Co-author of “Can Infrared Inspections Be Accomplished Without Removing Covers” for Inframation 2005

o Authored article entitled “Preventive Maintenance Pays” in October 2006 o Published in Rink Magazine in January 2007 regarding Electrical

Maintenance o Presented at Ultrasound World conference in Clearwater Florida

authoring a paper called “What you can’t see, can hurt you” 1-2008 o Presented at Ultrasound World conference in Clearwater Florida

authoring a paper called “Something For Nothing Hits Pay Dirt” 1-2009 o Presented at Ultrasound World conference in Clearwater Florida

authoring a paper called “Electrical Equipment Screams For Attention” 5-2010

o Instructor of ASNT Level I Infrared Certification Courses since 2005 o Seminar instructor for Arc Flash Safety, NFPA-70E, and benefits of

electrical preventive maintenance since 1-2006. o Attended NFPA-70E 3 day certificate course in 5-2009

o Renewed NFPA-70E 3 day certificate class 3-2012 o TEGG acquired by ABM Industries 5-2012 o Renewed OSHA 10 and 30 hour outreach instructor certification through

OTI at UCSD 2-2013