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Compliance Solutions International Inc. (CSI), a global management consulting firm, enables organizations to achieve cost-effective product certification and compliance, bring safer products to market better and faster, and increase their market share.

CSI works with manufacturers and other professionals associated with the commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) and fire protection (FP) industries and ensures that products and systems are fire-safe, energy efficient, and environmentally responsive.

Principal Consultant

Jay S. Parikh is president and founder of CSI. He has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, consulting, product testing, certification and inspection, codes and standards, quality management system registration, international business development, and operations.

Mr. Parikh is a proven and knowledgeable product certification professional with over 25 years at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) at its international headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, USA. At UL, he worked with all its divisions/departments and with all its US, Canada, India, and other international affiliates/offices.

Details of his professional experience and many accomplishments are available for download: professional_experience.pdf and resume.pdf.

In addition to his extensive UL experience and contacts, Mr. Parikh knows many experts in FP, CKV, air movement and control, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), and other related industries. These experts work with testing laboratories and inspection agencies, in standard and code-writing bodies, in the quality management systems arena, and in business and international trade communities both in the United States and India. This vast network is used to not only provide the most effective compliance solutions to CSI's clients, but also to help with their domestic and international business development.

Mr. Parikh's Credentials

Education

  • M.B.A., Management - Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

License

State of Wisconsin, Department of Regulation and Licensing, Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

Memberships

  • UL’s Standard Technical Panel for Grease Exhaust Systems
  • ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.10, Kitchen Ventilation

Professional Awards

  • Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI) Award in Recognition of Industry Contribution
  • UL Professional Engineer Awards for establishing a new Product Category for Smoke Dampers and for Mathematical Fire Modeling

Affiliated Organizations

CSI partners with UpYourStack.com to provide a one-stop resource for codes & standards, testing organizations, product listings, training and seminars, and other information for the commercial kitchen ventilation industry.

CSI is affiliated with Phillip Ackland Holdings, an educational firm, for marketing and conducting its commercial kitchen exhaust fire safety training and seminars, and conducting commercial kitchen fire investigations.

CSI partners with Cert-Aire Technical Services, a testing laboratory, to assist with its sales & promotional activities and help manufacturers of fire & smoke dampers, fans, and other air flow products for their testing and certification in accordance with the UL and AMCA standards and AMCA rating program.

Maximize your effectiveness

Avoid costly rework and unnecessary delays by adding Compliance Solutions International (CSI) to your team. Contact us today.