Dr. Louis Gritzo is chief science officer for commercial property insurer FM, a company focused on property loss prevention and business continuity. Gritzo is responsible for leading the strategic advancement of science and research at FM, including identifying emerging industrial risk trends and leading the development of scientifically proven solutions to prevent property loss and business interruption for key emerging hazards. Gritzo’s prior responsibilities included overseeing activities at FM’s US$250 million, 1,600-acre Research Campus in West Glocester, Rhode Island, USA, the world’s largest center for property loss prevention research and testing, as well as scientific laboratories in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA and labs under development in Luxembourg and Singapore. Prior to joining FM in 2006, Gritzo was manager of fire science and technology at Sandia National Laboratories, and was a member of its Advanced Concepts Group think tank. He has served as chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Division Executive Committee, board chair of the Industrial Research Institute, on the governing board of the Global Earthquake Model, on the Research Foundation Board of Trustees for the National Fire Protection Association, and on advisory committees for several universities. In 2015, he was an invited speaker at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Management. He is also a contributing author to Forbes.com. Gritzo has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a minor in applied mathematics, from Texas Tech University, USA.