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RED has established one of the most experienced teams of fire engineers in the world. ​We are continuing to improve our structures so that you will always get the best service.  

Tobias Salomonsson

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Managing Director
Tobias has more than 20 years of international experience in the fire engineering and fire brigade operations field. With two university degrees and a background as a fire fighter, RED’s Managing Director brings a wealth of experience to the table.

Tobias Salomonsson 

MSc (Risk) BSc (Fire), MIEAust, RPEQ, RBP, C10, MSFPE
Language: English and Swedish
+61 402 029 600
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Blair Stratton

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Associate DirectoR
​Blair specialises in performance based fire safety engineering design. His consulting career in the fire and risk engineering field has spanned more than 15 years. He is known in the business for his extreme professionalism, meticulous nature, and his outstanding customer satisfaction record.

Blair Stratton

Manager - Major Project
MEFE, BE (Hons), FIEAust, CPEng, NER, RPEQ, RBP, C10, MSFS
Language: English

Kevin Tsai

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Associate
​Kevin is a Chartered Professional Engineer and has over 8 years’ experience in performance- based fire safety engineering design in a wide variety of projects. With experience in Advanced CFD fire and smoke modelling, carpark ventilation solutions and fire safe design of timber structures, he also specialises in providing fire safety designs for heritage buildings. 

Kevin Tsai

MEFE, BE(Hons), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, MSFS, RBP 
Language: English, Chinese and Hokkien  

Ulf Johansson

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Associate
​​Ulf is a Chartered Professional Engineer and has over 8 years of experience as a consulting Fire Safety Engineer from both Australia and Sweden. He combines his background in risk and systems safety to widen the range of solutions by using fire risk assessments. He is also a specialist in performance-based assessments such as advanced smoke spread modelling (e.g. FDS), egress modelling and structural fire assessments. One of Ulf’s passions is alternative fire safety designs of ventilation and smoke control systems. 
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Ulf Johansson

MSc (Risk) BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, MSFS, RBP, BSP-I EFS, RPEQ
Language: English and Swedish

MC Hui

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Technical Director
With over 40 years of experience in the fire safety and fire protection industry, MC specialises in performance-based fire safety designs and fire risk assessments for a wide range of built environment ranging from residential buildings to industrial facilities as well as infrastructure projects. MC is also a guest lecturer in FSE at Victoria University and Western Sydney University on their postgraduate courses.

MC Hui

BSc (Eng)(Hons), MEng (Building Fire Safety & Risk Engineering), FIEAust, CPEng, NER, RBP, C10, RPEQ, FIFireE, MSFPE, MSFS
Language: English and Cantonese

Aaron Nicholson

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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
​With a career entirely within Fire Safety Engineering Aaron brings over 20 years Fire Engineering design experience across a wide range of sectors including Education, Tourism, Entertainment, Commercial Buildings, Retail, Health, Transportation infrastructure and Telecommunication sectors among others. Aaron maintains an active profile in the Australian Fire Engineering community as a member of the Engineers Australia Society of Fire Safety and Member of the Australian Branch of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

Aaron Nicholson

BSc(Fire Science), RBP, MSFPE, MSFS & CMEngNZ
Language: English​

Pelle Zetterström

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Technical Director
​With a wealth of experience from both the rescue services and as a consulting fire engineer, Pelle’s working history includes Europe, the Middle East, and Australia to which he recently returned after a brief return to Sweden for a couple of years. As Technical Director and accredited fire safety engineer in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, Pelle has been heavily involved in the recent wave of mandated and pre-emptive cladding audits across Australia.

Pelle Zetterström

BSc (Fire), MIEAust, MSFPE, RBP,  C10 - Accredited Certifier - Fire Safety Engineering Compliance, RPEQ
Language: English and Swedish

​Magdalena Angerd

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Manager
​Major projects
​Magdalena has been practising as a fire safety engineer in Sydney since 2000. She specialises in performance- based fire safety engineering for buildings and infrastructure. She has extensive experience of the building design process and stakeholder interaction with the design team and approval authorities. Her technical expertise includes fire dynamics, human behaviour in fire, evacuation and smoke spread modelling and risk assessment. 

Magdalena Angerd

​BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, RPEQ,  C10 - Accredited Certifier - Fire Safety Engineering Compliance, RBP 
Language: English and Swedish

Mo Moradi

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Office Manager &
​Senior Fire engineer
​Mo is a Charted Professional Engineer in our Sydney office and has over eight years of experience as a Fire Engineer. Mo’s expertise includes developing Fire Engineered Performance Solutions and advising on Fire Safety. Mo has experience in a broad range of projects with various sizes and complexities such as shopping centres, residential real estate, commercial buildings, hospitals and industrial projects.

Mo Moradi

MSc, BEng (Hons), MIEAust, CPEng, NER,  C10 - Accredited Certifier - Fire Safety Engineering Compliance, RPEQ, RBP EF
Language: English

Martin Johanson

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OFFICE MANAGER &
​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER
​Martin is a Senior Fire Engineer with over ten years of experience from fire safety engineering in Sweden, both as a consultant and as a manager. He has managed numerous large and complex projects as well as have extensive experience with construction management and inspections. Martin has previously held the role as a Director of Quality and knows the importance of client relationships as well as procedures and policies to deliver high quality service and costumer satisfaction.

Martin Johansson 

BSc (Fire), MIEAust, MSFS, RPB
Language: English and Swedish

Simon Fletcher

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OFFICE MANAGER &
Fire ​Safety consultant
Simon has over eight years of experience in developing performance-based fire safety engineered solutions for a wide range of projects in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, amongst others. He also has considerable experience in carrying out fire risk assessments and designing fire protection systems for the petrochemical industry.    

Simon Fletcher
MSc (Fire), MSc (Project Mgt), BSc (Hons), RBP EF, RPEQ, MSFS
​Language: English 

Craig Mills

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​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER Technical specialist
Craig has been developing performance-based fire engineered solutions for over 15 years. During this time he has developed strong relationships with authorities and building designers alike. Craig is known for his ethical approach and his ability to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems.   
​Craig Mills

MEFE, BE(Hons), MIEAust, RBP
Language: English, Afrikaans and Dutch​

Daniel Wong

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​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEer
​Daniel has over 7 years of experience in performance-based fire safety engineering in Australia, covering a wide range of residential, commercial, retail, education and industrial developments. He has extensive knowledge in fire and smoke modelling, human evacuation modelling and structural fire assessments.

Daniel Wong 

MEFE, BE (Hons), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, RPEQ
​Language: English and Malay

Carl Petterson

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​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEering Consultant
​​Carl has technical and practical expertise across all aspects of performance-based fire engineering and risk management. With international fire engineering experience, Carl provides a holistic approach delivering smart, practical and safe solutions that are also cost-effective. 

Carl Pettersson 

​MSc (Risk) BSc (Fire), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, MSFS, MRES,  C10 - Accredited Certifier - Fire Safety Engineering Compliancee
Languages: English and Swedish

Oat Tukaew

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​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER
Oat has a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA). He has experience in performance-based fire safety engineering design. He also has experience in fire, smoke and egress modeling as well as hands-on research experience in fire science. He is eager to apply his knowledge and contribute to the expertise of the RED team. 

Oat Tukaew

MSc (Fire), BSc (Mech), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, MSFS, RPEQ, RBP 
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Language: English and Thai​
Oat has a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA). He has experience in performance-based fire safety engineering design. He also has experience in fire, smoke and egress modeling as well as hands-on research experience in fire science. He is eager to apply his knowledge and contribute to the expertise of the RED team. 

Oat Tukaew
​Fire Safety Engineer
MSc (Fire), BSc (Mech), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, MSFS, RPEQ, RBP 
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Language: English and Thai​

Clive Dayao

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​SENIOR FIRE ENGINEER
​Clive has over 6 years of experience as a fire safety engineer and building code official in Australia and the Middle East. As a building plan and design evaluator in Qatar Civil Defence Clive was involved in drafting their fire safety guidelines.  In Australia his experience includes the design of complex rail and building projects and writing performance specifications for rail infrastructure systems. 

​Clive Dayao

​BSc (Mech), MIEAust​
Language: English, Filipino and Arabic

Rohan Nathan

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Senior Fire Engineer
​Rohan has over 6 years of experience as a fire safety engineer with a previous background as a fire services engineer. He brings with him a wealth of project experience in stakeholder negotiations and development fire safety strategies.

Rohan’s collaborative approach with project stakeholders coupled with his knowledge on codes, standards and building services design, allows him to provide practical fire engineering solutions across various types of developments. 

Andrew Tsui

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Senior fire safety consultant
A senior fire safety consultant with 15 years performance based and prescriptive fire engineering design in Australia and New Zealand.

Andrew is specialised in buildings with high occupant number and complex evacuation strategies.

Sami Takieddin

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Besides his International Master in Fire Safety Engineering and his Mechanical Engineering Master and Bachelor, Sami has an Australian experience in performance-based designs. His experience includes fire and egress modelling for many commercial and residential projects.

Sami Takieddin 

MSc(Fire) MSc(Mech) BSc(Mech), MIEAust
Language: English and Arabic

Ryan Cunningham

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Ryan is an ambitious and pro-active fire safety consultant. He specialises in prescriptive-based and performance based fire safety and fire protection engineering design. His consulting career in the fire safety field has spanned for more than 4 years with experience providing specialist consultancy in industries including infrastructure, aviation, defence and nuclear. 

Ryan Cunningham
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MSc (Fire), BSc (Building Surveying)
Language: English

Dr Aaron Bolanos

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Aaron’s expertise includes code-based, fire-safe design for a wide range of building classifications, onsite surveyance as well as audit and maintenance of fire suppression and detection systems. He also has teaching and laboratory experience related to the structural-fire performance and flammability properties of modern construction products, as well as large-scale testing of timber compartments. 
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Dr Aaron Bolanos

BSc (Civil), MBA, PhD Civil Eng
​Language: English and Spanish

Jorge Troncosco

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Jorge specialises in performance-based fire safety engineering design. His education at the IMFSE programme (International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering) in addition to his bachelor in Industrial Engineering provides a strong base to his knowledge in the Fire Engineering field. 

​Jorge Troncoso

MSc (Fire), BSc (Industrial)
Language: English and Spanish​

Sankha Senanyake

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Sankha has over three years of experience within the Engineering industry. He has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and is currently completing a Master of Fire Safety Engineering at The University of Western Sydney. He aims to couple his passion for engineering with his further study and experience, to become a great asset to the RED Fire team. 

Sankha Senanayake

BE (Electrical), GradIEAust, MSFS
​Language: English and Sinhalese​

Luke Thompson

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Luke has been involved in various educational, commercial and residential projects. With previous experience in the site auditing and fire engineering software as well as studies in numerical methods and construction management, Luke brings a wide and adaptable skillset to the RED team. 

Luke Thompson

BE(Hons)/ME (Civil and Fire Safety), GradIEAust, MSFS
​Language: English​

Eric Zhang

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​​Eric comes from a structures & forensics engineering background and practices in the area of fire safety engineering. He specialises in preparing cost‑effective fire engineering solutions to defective existing buildings. For much of his career he has focused on assessing and upgrading buildings with combustible cladding.We need to get you to work on some out-of-state projects for variety/scale.

Eric Zhang 

BE ME (Structures & Forensics), MIEAust, MSFS
​Language: English and Chinese​Eric comes from a structures & forensics engineering background and practices in the area of fire safety engineering. He specialises in preparing cost‑effective fire engineering solutions to defective existing buildings. For much of his career he has focused on assessing and upgrading buildings with combustible cladding.We need to get you to work on some out-of-state projects for variety/scale.

Eric Zhang 
Fire Safety Consultant
BE ME (Structures & Forensics), MIEAust, MSFS
​Language: English and Chinese​

Riya Rose Simon

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Riya is a Civil Engineer with a Master in Fire Safety Engineering who has a been part of various educational, commercial and residential projects at RED. At the moment she is studying Project Management part time to add on to her qualifications. 

Riya Rose Simon

BTech (Civil), GradDip (Building Fire Safety), GradIEAust
​Language: English and Hindi​

Diana Soriguer

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Diana's first contact with fire was formulating wildfire mitigation plans. Although it was not until a few years ago, in a UQ Women in Engineering conference, Prof. Jose Torero talked about one of the greatest ever engineers in fire safety, Dr Margaret Law. He explained how her work was able to push the boundaries of the regulatory building codes, and I have been captivated by fire safety engineering since that day.

Diana Soriguer

​PhD Candidate
Language: English and Spanish

Nirvair Singh Sandhu

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Nirvair is an ambitious and self-motivated fire safety consultant. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from RMIT University with particular interest in Fire Safety Engineering. With his proactive attitude and a strong work ethic, he is eager to apply his knowledge and skills to solve complex engineering problems with pursuit to achieve excellence within the discipline.

Nirvair Sandhu

BEng (Mech) (Hons)
Language: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu​

Dr Quang Le

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Quang’s expertise includes the performance of materials and structural elements at high temperature, and performance-based design. He has a wide range of knowledge from experimental, numerical to analytical studies related to structural fire engineering.

Dr Quang Le

B.Eng (Structural), MPhil (Civil), PhD Civil Eng
Language: English and Vietnamese

Camilo M Giraldo

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Camilo Montoya Giraldo

Language: English and Spanish

Mithila Siriwardana

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Mithila is a dynamic and highly skilled engineer with experience in both civil and fire engineering. He combines his background in civil engineering and risk management to widen his knowledge and experience as a fire safety consultant. His strong work ethic, self-motivation, and drive to achieve the best solutions will guide him to a successful career path within the fire safety engineering discipline.

Mithila Siriwardana

Language: English and ​Sinhalese​

​Zeth Söderlund

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Zeth Söderlund

Language: English and Swedish

Joey Oström

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​FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
​Joey Oström

Language: English and Swedish

Albert Enger

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Albert Enger

Language: English and Swedish

Ian Pope

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FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANT
Ian is a Civil Engineering graduate with a particular interest in fire safety. He has been involved in a number of fire research projects at the University of Queensland where he is completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Fire Safety Engineering. He is eager to use this exposure to the latest fire safety research to contribute to the body of expertise at RED.

Ian Pope

BE (Civil), PhD Candidate, GradIEAust
​Language: English