Presented by Don Pfleiderer CECS, CESI
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With over 51 years of experience in the Exhaust System Field (started at Enviromatic Corp in March 1974), Don Pfleiderer is the current President, CEO and owner of Enviromatic Corporation. His accomplishments include various product patents and many innovative programs for grease exhaust systems. He is head of the renowned Envirospection® National Inspection Program for kitchen grease exhaust systems for some of North America's largest restaurant chains as well as the now widely industry accepted Enviroleaktest program for water leaktesting grease exhaust duct work.
He is also an IKECA certifie grease exhaust vent system cleaner (CECS #11743, exp 6/1/2026) and inspector (CESI #11743, exp. 6/1/2026) and a current member of the IKECA – ANSI standards consensus body for kitchen exhaust systems developing the C10 cleaning and I10 inspection standards.
Mr. Pfleiderer has done numerous presentations for the past twenty years for various Fire, Health, and Building Departments, restaurant and building trade groups, and insurance companies throughout Minnesota, Nebraska, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Vermont, California, Utah, Wisconsin, and various other locations in the United States and Canada. These include Nationwide/ Allied insurance in Ohio, Missouri, and Texas, Illinois Casualty Insurance in several states, The Aug, 2017 Boston Fire Department training (Over 200 attendees were registered from throughout New England), The Sept 2017 DFW Airport Fire Department training, The Minnesota Building Code Official's certification training for the University of Minnesota for multiple inspection department segments, The State of New York accredited training at the University of Albany, The State of Massachusetts’s training at Holyoke,
The inspector/ AHJ training at the 2011 and 2012 IKECA technical seminars in Milwaukee and Indianapolis, The 2012 Vermont/New Hampshire training in Montpellier, The 2014 seminar for the CIA(Culinary Institute of America) in Hyde Park New York, The 2013, 2014, and 2016 Kitchen Exhaust training for the Utah Fire Academy, along with the 2013, 2014, and 2015, 2017, and 2019 state of Wisconsin State Fire Inspectors Association training, the 2016 Western Colorado Fire Inspectors training, 2019 RFMA podcasts, the 2020 RFMA Annual meeting. the Feb 2021 Maple Grove MN Fire Inspection training and April 2021 St Paul MN Mechanical and Fire inspectors training, the Nov, 2022 Oregon Fire Inspectors Association full day training program, the Jan 2025 Columbus GA Fire district and May 2025 State of Utah training seminars. He started this all with the 1997 fire-training seminar in Overland Park KS. Mr. Pfleiderer currently serves on various committees for the Minnesota Hospitality Association, IKECA, and RFMA. He served on the IKECA Board of Directors for 2013-2018. Mr. Pfleiderer has also been a frequent contributing technical writer for the Restaurant Facilities Business Magazine, the RFMA Facilitator magazine, Foodservice News, and the IKECA Journal.
