{"id":884,"date":"2014-06-17T12:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/?page_id=884"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:23:22","slug":"ask-the-expert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/ask-the-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 1px 0px 1px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Ask the Expert<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" title=\"maude\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/maude.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2049\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><div class=\"learndash-wrapper\"><a class=\"ld-login ld-login ld-login-text ld-login-button ld-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalfireworks.ca%2Fpa%2Fask-the-expert%2F\">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><div class=\"person-desc\">\n<div class=\"person-author\">\n<h2 class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Maude Furtado, Fireworks Expert<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Maude Furtado from \u201cPyros\u201d stars in the Weather Channel reality series. She is the general manager at Montreal\u2019s Groupe Fiatlux-Ampleman (GFA), one of Canada\u2019s most sought-after pyro companies. Daughter of a Canadian pyrotechnic pioneer, Maude Furtado was born into gunpowder and grew up as a \u201cmortar-monkey\u201d working behind the scenes at her father\u2019s biggest shows. Since finding her career home with GFA, Maude has focused on building the company\u2019s reputation on the world stage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:175px;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" title=\"founder-kelly@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/founder-kelly@2x-300x293.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-13240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/founder-kelly@2x-200x196.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/founder-kelly@2x-400x391.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/founder-kelly@2x-600x587.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/founder-kelly@2x.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><div class=\"learndash-wrapper\"><a class=\"ld-login ld-login ld-login-text ld-login-button ld-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalfireworks.ca%2Fpa%2Fask-the-expert%2F\">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><div class=\"person-desc\">\n<div class=\"person-author\">\n<h2 class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Kelly Guille, Fireworks Expert<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"person-desc\">\n<div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Kelly Guille has been working in the Fireworks industry since 1993; ten years after his start in the business he bought all shares of Archangel Fireworks and became the sole owner. Kelly has led Archangel Fireworks Inc. to numerous Canadian and International wins, taking home top honors from various prestigious fireworks competitions. His expertise has also awarded him the chance to represent other major fireworks companies at shows and competitions around the world!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalfireworks.ca\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}