About Us
better Protection
About Us
Better Protection was founded in 2022 by combining Assurant Fire Protection and Xtreme Fire Protection, creating a DELIBERATELY BETTER full service fire protection company. Better Protection has grown and is now built from nine complementary companies, establishing their platform as a leading fire and life safety business in the Chicagoland and Dallas Fort-Worth areas with a full range of installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair capabilities. Better Protection leverages the combined scale, resources, and technology of their businesses to grow into the convenient single source of service for their clients, nationwide.
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Better Protection Strengthens Southwest Presence with Acquisition of DFS Fire Systems
Our executive team
Team
Ronnie Burkett
CEO
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Matt Riordan
COO
Matt started his career after college working for his father’s plumbing business. Over 20 years, he progressively expanded his role to include estimating, managing, and leading project teams in delivering mechanical projects.
Matt owned and operated a plumbing and real estate development firm in the City of Chicago for a number of years, transforming his business model to adapt through challenging times. He delivered numerous complex, large-scale, multimillion-dollar mechanical projects – each coming in on time, on budget, and to client’s expectations.
With his extensive hands-on field experience, Matt provides innovative and thoughtful solutions to complex problems, while always maintaining a high level of quality and safety standards. Matt works closely with clients and subcontractors, to ensure that Better Protection work delivers solutions that meet or exceed expectations.
Matt is a journeyman plumber, with a B.A. in Political Science from Western Michigan University.
Darin Aprati
CFO
Darin has 30 years of experience improving operational processes, implementing business systems, and driving profitability growth at private equity-owned portfolio companies, privately held manufacturing firms, early-stage technology startups and publicly traded corporations.
Prior to joining Better Protection, Darin served as Chief Financial Officer of Rose Paving, a private equity-owned provider of commercial parking lot maintenance services, where he led accounting, financial planning and analysis, reporting, acquisition integration, tax, legal, human resources, and business systems.
Having been CFO at multiple high-growth organizations, Darin built and led world-class teams in complex business environments. He has held senior leadership roles at McDonald’s Corporation, Kraft Foods Group, Modelez International and MAT Holdings where he designed and executed domestic and international strategies.
Darin began his career in public accounting at PwC, providing audit, acquisition, bankruptcy, and litigation consulting services for multinational clients. Among his accomplishments, Darin earned his BBA and his MBA from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.
He is a volunteer Board Member and Treasurer of a not-for-profit youth organization.