Jeff Fryman is a retired United States Air Force officer. His 21-year career included eleven years experience as a Program Manager overseeing technical training programs.
For a second career, Jeff joined the Robotic Industries Association as their Director of Standards Development until his retirement in 2013. His 17-years at the RIA saw him responsible for the development of both the 1999 and 2012 editions of the ANSI/RIA R15.06 American National Standard for Industrial Robot Safety. He also was responsible for organizing the annual National Robot Safety Conference and numerous smaller safety events. In his roll at RIA, Jeff also developed curricula for robot safety training, and taught hundreds of classes featuring the R15.06 methodology for conducting Risk Assessment. He also assisted in consulting on Risk Assessment and Robot Safety, and continues in his training roll with the association.
Internationally, Jeff was the Convenor for the ISO committee (TC299 WG3) responsible for developing the ISO 10218-1 and -2 International Standards for Industrial Robot Safety, from 2001 to 2014. Domestically, Jeff was the Vice-chair for the ASSE Z244 committee; responsible for the ANSI/ASSE Z244.1 standard for Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods. He has been involved in other standards development efforts including the Canadian Standards Association committees for Robot Safety and Hazardous Energy Control; the Underwriters’ Laboratories Standards Technical Panel for UL1740 (robot safety); AMT and B11 Inc. ANSI Accredited Standards Committee for Safety of Machines – B11; and an advisor to the American Welding Society’s D16 committee for robotic welding.
Outside interests include all aspects of railroad operations. His model railroading activities include standards development and participation in regional and national events. And finally, Jeff never denies “going around in circles”; particularly when he is doing volunteer work for a railway museum where he is a qualified antique trolley operator.
Jeff resides in Saline, Michigan; outside of Ann Arbor.