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Jimmy Cruz, Principal Consultant

A career spent testing windows — first inside an accredited laboratory, now independently for the people who need straight answers about them.

Jimmy Cruz in the test laboratory beside a masked window specimen [Confirm this is Jimmy] In the lab, beside a masked test specimen. A formal portrait can replace this shot when available.
Background

Runs the test lab by day. Consults independently.

Jimmy Cruz runs the laboratory at FTL, an accredited fenestration test lab, where he has spent [X years — confirm] testing windows, doors, and glazing systems against ASTM, AAMA, and NAFS standards — for manufacturers seeking certification and for field investigations of installed product.

That active laboratory practice is the foundation of his consulting work: he personally runs the tests most experts only cite, and he has seen — across [hundreds/thousands — confirm] of specimens — exactly how and where fenestration products fail. His expertise isn't from a past chapter of his career; it's what he does every week.

Window Testing & Consulting is his independent practice, serving attorneys, contractors, manufacturers, architects, and building owners across [region — confirm].

Credentials & affiliations

[These are the real industry credential programs for this field — confirm with Jimmy which he holds, delete the rest, and add any others:]

FGIA FenestrationMasters®

Professional certification in fenestration products, standards, and codes (Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance)

FGIA InstallationMasters®

Certified installer / trainer program for window and door installation in residential and light commercial construction

AAMA-Accredited Laboratory

Runs day-to-day testing at FTL, an accredited independent fenestration laboratory [confirm exact accreditation body/scope]

ASTM International

Working fluency with Committee E06 (Performance of Buildings) test methods [member? — confirm]

Principles

How he works

Independent

No manufacturer ties, no installer affiliations. The findings go where the evidence goes.

By the standard

Every test to the letter of the governing ASTM/AAMA document — because that's what survives scrutiny.

Documented

Photo logs, calibration records, raw data. If it wasn't documented, it didn't happen.

Plain-spoken

Reports and testimony written so an owner, a judge, or a jury can follow the physics.

Put that experience to work

Testing question, leak investigation, or a case that needs an expert — start with a confidential conversation.

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