Paul Klaus

Paul Klaus is the Senior Vice President of Icon Mechanical in Granite City, Illinois. Paul's career in the industry began after he graduated from the University of Illinois in 1996, where he started as a Sales Engineer with United McGill Corporation in Madison, Wisconsin. After that, he joined Lyon Sheet Metal as a Project Engineer, becoming the firm's Executive Vice President. Locally, Paul has proven to be highly involved with SMACNA St. Louis, serving as the Chapter President and LJAB Chair and on several committees, including the Budget, Labor, Negotiating, Installation, Education, and Nominating Committee. Paul also collaborates on the Real Costs of the Sheet Metal Business Program with fellow SMACNA Contractor Butch Welsch.

Nationally, Paul is engaged with the association in various functions, including as a trustee with SMACN-IFUS (and currently serves as chair) while also serving on the Budget and Finance Committee, Rectangular Industrial Duct Construction Standards Task Force, and the ITI HVAC Sub Committee. Paul has a long history of local involvement in the greater construction industry, highlighted by an eight-year stint in the St. Louis Engineer's Club.

Paul outlined his passion for SMACNA by saying, "The continued development of world-class SMACNA programs, maintaining our strong relationship with our SMART labor partners, and the progression of our Sheet Metal Industry as a whole are issues that are important to me and that I will advocate for at the national level."