John McNamara
John M. McNamara is President of The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc. After 8 years in the apparel industry with Filenes Department Store in Boston, Massachusetts and Chaps by Ralph Lauren, John started his career in Fire Protection with Reliable on January 1, 1988, as Regional Sales Manager responsible for 14 states in the Northeast as well as Canada. In September of 2001 John was promoted to Director of Sales and in 2009 became Vice President of Global Sales. In July of 2024 John became President.
John serves on the Board of Directors of Common Voices, the Board of Directors of the NFSA and is Chairman of the NFSA Sprinkler Manufacturers Council. He is also a member of the IFSA (former board member), the AFSA, and the NFPA.
John was born in Boston, MA and is the grandson of Boston Firefighter Bernard McNamara. Bernard died fighting a winter fire in the early 1900’s and is honored on the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Walk of Honor. John graduated from Stonehill College, North Easton, MA in May of 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing Management. John and Lisa, his wife of 46 years, reside in Naples, FL. They are blessed with 7 beautiful children and 9 amazing grandchildren (so far!).