ASPE Announces New Director of Education & Certification
Josh Pedraja, ASSE 6060, has joined the American Society of Plumbing Engineers as director of education & certification. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for managing all of ASPE’s educational offerings and three certification programs (Certified in Plumbing Design, Certified Plumbing Design Technician and Green Plumbing Design), and will assist in the development of ASPE’s new medgas and healthcare initiatives.
Pedraja has almost 20 years of experience in the medical gas industry with various roles such as service coordinator, inside sales, customer support and outside sales. Before joining ASPE, he represented Patton’s Medical, where he covered the central U.S. and helped educate engineering firms, contractors, medical/lab facilities, distributors and service partners about products and services.
He previously was the national account manager for a major health network, where he helped create medical vacuum and air system sizing standards. He also worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on designing and building mobile hospital trailers to treat Covid-19 hotspots and natural disaster relief efforts.
