Doug Geralde is the Director of CSA’s Corporate Audits and Investigations Group.

Doug joined CSA in 1977. He heads up the CSA’s Corporate group of Investigators, who follow up on product field incidents. Doug is also a member of CSA’s Senior Management team.

Doug has conducted many investigations in his 31 years in the Audits and Investigations Group. He has worked with various Electrical Regulatory Authorities, Police and Fire Departments throughout North America, Europe and in the Far East. He has attended many inquests and appeared in court as an expert witness on behalf of CSA. Doug has also conducted system and Quality Assurance audits on manufacturing facilities and CSA offices around the world.

Under his affiliations, Doug was the 2001 President of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI). Doug is currently the IAEI VP International Affairs, member of the Global Affairs Committee and the Canadian Section Representative of the IAEI Education Committee.

He is also a member on the Canadian Council of Fire Marshal & Fire Commissioners, Chair of the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Group for the Canadian Advisory Council on Electrical Safety and is an active member of the International Association of Arson Investigators. Doug through his work in the investigation area is also a Special Advisor to the Chief Coroners and Chief Medical Examiners of Canada.

Doug is also a member of the International Committee at IACC, which is the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition based in Washington D.C., the Chair of the Canadian Task group on anti-counterfeiting and the Canadian representative on the International committee for ISO TC 246 dealing with a the standard for anti-counterfeiting. He has worked with the various Police organizations including FBI, RCMP and INTERPOL as part of CSA’s growing strategies to combat global counterfeiting problems.

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