ICC-ES Names Moinian as Senior VP

Words: Dan KamysICC-ES Names Moinian as Senior VP

 

 

ICC-ES has promoted Shahin Moinian, P.E., to ICC-ES senior VP, ICC-ES Growth Strategies and Certification Programs. As the leader of the ICC-ES PMG team, Moinian optimized the certification process and reduced certification time for clients. More important, Moinian took a variety of steps to enhance the customer service for product manufacturers who aim at introducing products to market in an expeditious manner. This all took place while maintaining the high quality of product evaluation, which is what ICC-ES is famous for.

Moinian is a licensed mechanical engineer with a Master of Engineering from Cal-Poly, Pomona. His career path includes serving as a project engineer with a spa manufacturing company designing products and components, to being the director of codes and standards with Moen Incorporated. Prior to joining ICC-ES, Moinian managed global certification activities including product review, inspections, sales, marketing, as well as the management registration program (ISO 9001), standards department and laboratory recognition program (ISO/IEC 17025) with his most recent employer IAPMO.

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