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Maurice A. Lamothe (Moe)

Professional: 

Registered Professional Engineer, Province of Ontario, Canada

Education: 

University of Alberta, 1963, B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Certificate in Industrial Management - 1969

Publications: 

Articles published in Compliance Engineering and Conformity Magazines.

Experience:

Lamothe Approvals Inc. (as M.A. Lamothe & Associates Inc.) - Formed in 1979 for the purpose of providing companies with a professional, worldwide Product Safety Approvals service. We assist both large and small companies with the complex task of gaining approvals from the major Safety Approvals Agencies (CSA, TUV, UL).

Smith & Stone - 1972 - 1979 (Largest Canadian manufacturer of wiring devices): Manager of Engineering and later Manager of Research & Development. Responsible for all product design as well as the CSA and UL approval of all products. Designed products such as receptacles, switches, cube taps, dimmers and GFCI's.

Johnson & Johnson - 1966 - 1972: Design Engineer responsible for design staff supervision and long range studies for such items as equipment used for plastic bottle moulding and product packaging. Designed automated production machines to fabricate facemasks and laparotomy sponges. Director of Society of Plastics Engineers.

Canadian Westinghouse - 1964 - 1966: Production Engineer responsible for the design of Nuclear Fuel fabrication machinery.

DuPont of Canada - 1963: Engineer & Shift Maintenance Foreman

From June 1998, member of the Technical Advisory Board of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. The Advisory Board oversees TUV's activities as an SCC accredited Testing and Certification Organization, as well as TUV's ISO 9000 / ISO 14000 registrar operations. I am the only Canadian member of this Advisory Board.

Committees: 

During my tenure at Smith & Stone I was nominated by the Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers Association (EEMAC) to be one of seven individuals representing them on the CSA Part II committee (Electrical Safety Standards). UL invited me to participate on several of their Industry Advisory Councils and I was the EEMAC liaison person on the NEMA Wiring Device Committee.

As a member of the CSA Part II committee I actively chaired about 10 committees as well as being nominal chairman of another 20 Part II safety standards committees. I authored and edited standards for such products as receptacles (in conjunction with UL), incandescent dimmers and speed controls.

I contributed significantly to the knowledge base on Aluminium wiring in Canada through cooperating on research with Ontario Hydro. I headed several committees studying and gathering the relevant facts on Aluminium wiring.

Community: 

I have been heavily involved in community fund raising events such as being Chairman of the annual classic and antique automobile show (Classics Against Cancer) that raises funds for the Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills. 

Comment: 

At Lamothe Approvals Inc., we handle a variety of products with a heavy emphasis on Information Technology Equipment, Telephone Equipment, Test and Measurement Equipment, Signal Equipment & Power Supplies. I have maintained membership on several CSA committees.

Our approach is unique in several respects in that we emphasize the consulting aspect of our service rather than the testing side. Lamothe Approvals Inc. is the only agency that has portable test equipment (which we designed and built) capable of performing the CSA/UL Telephone Power Cross Test. This approach gives us the capability to do field testing for a wide variety of products. This is a particular advantage for large or complex equipment which is best tested at the manufacturers facility.