Bryan Klein

About Bryan Klein

I provide training and consulting services through my company Apex Erudition. I also offer product management, and technical support, for PyroSim, Pathfinder, and Ventus, full-time at Thunderhead Engineering. I develop content and teach courses for the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). I am on the Board of Governors and the chair of the SFPE Research Foundation Technical Committee.My previous position was part of the Fire Fighting Technology Group in the Engineering Laboratory at NIST. I primarily focused on fire simulations and on Informatics and Information Management related to scientific datasets.For my work in the simulation and reconstruction of actual fire incidents, I specialized in acquiring and generating geometry, material data, and other inputs for fire models and conducting parametric studies of ignition location, ventilation, and material flammability for different scenarios.My first position at NIST was as a member of the Fire Modeling Group. I established modern best practices for FDS and Smokeview code development and distribution, archiving, bug reporting, and other fundamental capabilities. I assembled a cohesive collaboration and communication platform to improve developer and support communication between the core development team and users of the FDS-SMV software package.Before working at NIST, in the fire science field, I worked for approximately five years at Western Fire Center, Inc.(WFCi) in Kelso, WA. At WFCi, I performed many of the same functions as at NIST, expert witness, litigation support for fire loss and fatality cases, and Laboratory QA Management under ISO 17025 accreditation.Before my work at NIST, I was a Project Manager and Product Designer at LifePort Inc. in Woodland, WA. There I lead an excellent team to create a successful product for aeromedical evacuation and emergency transportation, known as the Stanchion Litter Systems (SLS).Specialties: data acquisition systems, data communication networks, laboratory data lifecycle management, training, QA/QC management under ISO 17025, fire scene investigation, applying relevant fire testing/modeling for testimony in a criminal trial, and civil case depositions.

Experience

1. Senior Support Engineer

   Thunderhead Engineering

   Jul 2010 — Present · Anacortes, WA, US

   25+ years in the industry, finding ways to advance technology and transfer information to those who can benefit.

Education

• Portland State University

  Physics

  2001 — 2004

• University of Phoenix

  BS, Information Technology

  2000 — 2006

Skills

• Data Acquisition
• Mathematical Modeling
• Fortran
• Electronics
• Microsoft Office
• Modeling
• Fire Protection
• R&D
• Project Planning
• Autocad
• Physics
• High Performance Computing
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Quality Assurance
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (Cfd)
• Cfd
• Risk Assessment
• Parallel Computing
• Simulations
• Fire Management
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Programming
• Optimization
• Data Analysis
• Matlab
• Research
• Linux
• Management
• Numerical Analysis
• Cluster
• Clustering
• Engineering
• Mpi
• Veterans
• Simulation
• Software Development
• Latex