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 James A. Fitzgerald, AIA
President - Argus Group
Chesterfield, MI
CURRICULUM VITAE
SUMMARY
Mr. Fitzgerald has over twenty years of experience in the occupational safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental fields and eight years of experience as a practicing Architect. Mr. Fitzgerald has developed a small, local supplier of personal protective equipment into The Argus Group - a major source of a complete range of products and services including industrial hygiene and environmental consulting; comprehensive training programs; design and engineering of environmental safety monitoring systems; regional distributor and manufacturer’s representative for safety and occupational health equipment; and repair, calibration and rental services.
QUALIFICATIONS
•Registered Architect, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1966
•Registered Architect, State of Michigan, 1970
•Board Certified, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
•Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Argus Group - President, 1985-Present
Majority owner of a group of businesses that provide professional service and equipment to the safety, hygiene and environmental fields with 46 employees and annual sales exceeding $8,000,000. Member companies include:
- Enviroair Consultants, Inc. - industrial hygiene and environmental consultants and trainers;
- Argus Supply Company - a distributor of personal protective equipment;
- ASC Professionals - a provider of repair, calibration and rental services for safety and environmental equipment
- MasterTek - a distributor and service center for SCBA to the fire fighting market
Argus Supply Company - President, 1978-Present
Managed development of company from $1,500,000 to $3,500,000 annual sales; established Argus Service Company (ASC Professionals)
Argus Supply Company - Vice President, 1968-1978
Developed several sales territories from $60,000/year to $800,000/year; established opportunities for and hired three additional sales people; developed lines of equipment to serve the industrial hygiene and environmental fields.
Williams & Tazewell, Norfolk, Virginia - Architect, 1966-1968
Job Captain in charge of design and development of varied projects including ten story Arts & Letters Building, Old Dominion College; production and bottling plant for Farm Dairy, Inc; and interior design of suites in the Bank of Virginia headquarters.
United States Air Force - Lieutenant, 1962-1966
Engineering officer in charge of construction projects at Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia. Projects included a seven story Non-Commissioned Officer apartment structure; a 300-unit Family Housing development on fifty acres; remodeling the Officers’ Club; converting a World War I airplane hanger into a Computer Center; designing the Tactical Air Command Center.
Minoru Yamasaki & Associates - Architectural Designer, 1961-1962
Lead designer for the Woodrow Wilson School of International Studies, Princeton University; design development work for the World Trade Center, New York City; participated in projects for Pahlavi University, Tehran, Iran, the Japanese Cultural Center, San Francisco, and the Weiss School of Business building, Harvard University.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
•Member of the American Institute of Architects
•Member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association
•Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers
•Member of the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society,
--Treasurer, 1978-1979
--Secretary, 1979-1981
--President-Elect, 1981-1982
--President, 1982-1983
•Board of Directors, Safety Council for Southeast Michigan
--Treasurer, 1990-1992
--Secretary, 1992-1994
--Vice Chairman 1994-1995
--Chairman 1995-1997
•Board of Directors, Leelanau Center for Education, 1986-1990
•Member, Advisory Committee for the Occupational & Environmental Health Department, Wayne State University
•U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal, Construction of Family Housing Units
•Member, Advisory Committee - The Center for Organizational Risk Reduction, Eastern Michigan University including O.S.H.A. Training Institute and MIOSHA Safety Education and Training Grant
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