Presenter Information

Name: Philip G. Rahrig

Title: Executive Director, American Galvanizers Association

Background: Philip G. Rahrig has been the executive director of the American Galvanizers Association for 12 years. His educational background is physics and business (Xavier University) and he has developed an expertise in the marketing of technical products. He has conducted hundreds of seminars on the topics of the galvanizing process, corrosion theory/mechanisms, painting over hot-dip galvanized steel, and life-cycle costing analysis. Extensive visits to numerous galvanizing facilities and hundreds of sites where hot-dip galvanized steel is used has given him a unique insight into the match of performance and intended use. He has the particular skills to explain the process, performance and uses of hot-dip galvanized steel to people of all levels of understanding.