Alan Ash
Systems Application Leader
Trane Commercial Systems

Alan Ash is a driving force in numerous projects that have been nationally recognized as sustainable, energy efficient buildings. With over 35 years experience engineering solutions, Alan has developed a reputation for delivering projects that use new applications and technology in the most efficient way and considers the entire building and not just the HVAC systems.

Alan has delivered solutions to a Who's Who list of hundreds of clients including General Dynamics and Texas Instruments where his projects achieved significant utility costs savings through Trane Earthwise(tm) application of technologies.

Alan holds a BS Engineering Science degree from LSU. He was a US Air Force-Aircraft Maintenance Officer before joining Trane in 1971. He is also certified in Building Automation System software including Trace Energy Analysis. He has earned numerous awards including the Sales Manager Excellence Award, Top Ten Club, numerous Quality Accomplishment Recognition Awards. Alan is also a LEED Accredited Professional.

In addition to Trane committees and leadership positions, Alan is an active member of ASHRAE, US Green Building Council, ABC, and NTAEE. Alan is also a member of the Greater Dallas Chamber Sustainability Technologies Committee.

Alan is a highly sought after national presenter, trainer and seminar leader in his area of expertise - using new applications to make buildings work better. You can reach Alan at alash@trane.com.

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Andrey Livchak, Ph.D.
Halton Group Americas

Dr. Andrey Livchak is the Chief Technology Officer for Halton Group Americas with the responsibility to plan and coordinate research and development efforts for Halton R&D centers in the US and Canada. He worked in various positions at Halton since 1989 first in Europe and now in the US. His expertise covers several areas of the HVAC industry, including air distribution, commercial kitchen ventilation, heat recovery, water heating systems and acoustics. Dr. Livchak has over 40 publications including 20 patents and patent applications.

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Andy McMillan
President & CEO of Teletrol Systems, Inc.
President of BACnet International

Andy McMillan is president and CEO of Teletrol Systems Inc., a leading supplier of BACnet-based, IT-friendly building automation solutions.  He is also the President of BACnet International, an industry organization serving the needs users and suppliers of BACnet.  Andy’s background includes broad open systems marketing and industry development experience as well as strong technical knowledge of distributed automation and information management systems.  Andy has been a featured speaker on open systems and automation-IT integration at conferences in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.  Andy has co-authored a book on open systems networking and holds a dozen patents.  He has MBA and BSEE degrees from the University of Michigan and is a member of ASHRAE, AEE, PRSM, and IEEE.

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Andy Stadheim, PE
SmartSynQ.com

Andy Stadheim, PE received a BSME from SDSU and has 18 years experience in the commercial construction industry ranging from design, installation, commissioning and startup of commercial buildings and systems. Today, Andy runs SmartSynQ.com which delivers digital data capture solutions such as AiRNAB.com and BuildingTest.com.

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Bernhard Isler
Senior System Architect
Siemens Building Technologies

Bernhard has over twenty years of experience in research and development of fire safety and security systems as well as integrated building management systems with Siemens. He was involved in the development of product families of fire safety and intrusion detection systems as well as management stations. He served as a lead designer for various software platforms, including data communications software and BACnet protocol stacks. Currently he is active as a system architect for integrated building management systems and is product manager for software platforms used throughout Siemens BT.

Bernhard has been active in the Life Safety and Security working group of the BACnet committee since 1999 and provided major contributions to BACnet standard extensions for fire safety, intrusion detection, access control and video. Since 2008 he is convener of the Objects & Services working group, and voting member of the BACnet committee. He has been co-authoring several papers and articles on BACnet extensions for access control, and has given presentations on BACnet and its life safety extensions on international fire detection congresses.

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Bob Ofenstein
V.P. Products Group
Cimetrics, Inc.

Bob has over twenty years of hands-on experience in technologies and business aspects of high tech consumer products.  He has been in senior engineering and marketing positions in several industries such as custom IC design, consumer audio/video, IT networking, cable/DSL broadband, cellphones, and now "Building Integration".  Bob lived in Denmark for 13 years and has extensive international business experience. Education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics, a Master's Degree in Technology Management from Pepperdine University, and a Graduate Certificate in Computer Networks from Boston University.

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Bonnie Zitek
Facility Manager
Dallas Convention Center

Bonnie Zitek has been a Facility Manager for 20 years.  The last 9 years have been at the Dallas Convention Center.  She played a significant roll in the center’s contribution to the recent ISO 14001 Certification of the City of Dallas.  Dallas is the only City in the United States to have achieved that certification.

Bonnie is leading the Team that is striving for Silver LEED certification for the Convention Center.  She is committed to sustainability and to sustainability education of employees and anyone else who will listen.

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Brian Dutt
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Delta Controls Inc

Brian Dutt is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Delta Controls Inc., a developer and manufacturer of controls systems for Intelligent Buildings. Brian is responsible for Delta's Product Strategy, Marketing services and global sales teams. Brian has earned an MBA from Simon Fraser University, a Diploma of Technology (honours) in Electronic Engineering (Process Automation & Instrumentation option) and a Trade Qualification as Electrician
Brian has had a diverse career within the Building Controls Industry. Brian has worked as an application engineer for a large controls contracting firm, and also held positions in Systems Service, working closely with end-users. After leaving the controls contracting business, Brian held several positions at the Delta Controls corporate offices. At Delta Controls, Brian started as Project Manager for several of Delta's projects, which included Hardware, Firmware, and Software platforms. Brian was promoted to Quality Assurance Software Manager, and then to Product Manager. As Product Manager, Brian was responsible for overall product strategy, product requirements, and overall R&D project prioritization. Promoted to Director of Product Management, Brian was responsible for Product Management, Technical Support, and Technical Writing. Brian spent 3 years as Delta's Regional Sales Manger for the Delta's Partners in the US Northeast, responsible for business development within the region resulting in increased channel growth and market penetration.

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Chris Hollinger
Sr. Product Manager
Siemens Building Technologies

Chris Hollinger joined Siemens Building Technologies in 1995, and is Senior Product Manager of Integrated Systems for Siemens Building Technologies, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He is responsible for the development of integrated building applications, and standard protocol solutions to help customers manage their buildings more efficiently as well as reduce operating expenses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and a Master of Business Administration degree also from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Chris is a member of ISA, active in the BTL and BACnet International and has authored several articles and case studies on integrated building systems and the use of standard protocols.

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Clarence Sanders
Regional Manager, International
FieldServer Technologies

Clarence Sanders is the Regional Manager for Latin America for FieldServer Technologies, the leading supplier of protocol gateways in the building automation industry enabling integration of legacy and proprietary devices to BACnet networks.   Mr. Sanders holds a BA from Texas A&M University and a MA from the University of Dayton.  He served for 20 years in the U.S. Army and retired with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel.  Following his retirement from the U.S. Army he worked for Boeing Helicopters with a focus on Latin America for five years.  He then joined Control Systems International (CSI), a major building automation systems designer and manufacturer, as the regional manager for Latin America.  During his time at CSI they merged and became TAC.  In 2001 Mr. Sanders joined FieldServer Technologies as Regional Manager for Latin America and now serves as International Regional Manager expanding their sales around the world, providing the interfacing engineers and building owners need when migrating legacy devices and systems to modern BACnet open systems.

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Danielle Marchese
NewEnergy Alliance Manager, Load Response
Constellation NewEnergy

Danielle Marchese is a NewEnergy Alliance Manager for Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG). Ms. Marchese is a member of a company-wide team focused on load response and the integration of efficiency technologies and applications that help customers better manage energy usage. Ms. Marchese is responsible for advancing the NewEnergy Alliance, an organization comprised of manufacturers, building automation companies, system integrators and software application businesses working with Constellation NewEnergy to forge a new electricity Load Response model that will ultimately surpass today’s demand response offerings.

Since joining Constellation NewEnergy in 2005, Ms. Marchese has coordinated and managed a number of major initiatives including a $48.5M project to integrate internal systems for customer relationship management (CRM), billing and pricing. She has also been instrumental in the implementation of 25 transformation initiatives across the
company designed to enhance Constellation NewEnergy’s risk management capabilities, operational performance and the overall customer experience. Prior to joining Constellation NewEnergy, Ms. Marchese served as a Project Leader for T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc, where she developed and implemented critical projects and web-based applications for its Fixed Income & Equity Research business. Preceding this, she worked for JP Morgan Chase Bank as a Project Manager and Systems Analyst.

Ms. Marchese earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems Management and a Masters of Science in Information Systems from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she also earned a Certificate in Electronic Government. She is also a certified Project Management Professional through the Project Management Institute.

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Daniel Trevino
Wattstopper/Legrand

Daniel is a lighting control professional with experience in lighting design, product development and lighting sales. Most recently he is working to develop new energy saving controls.

Mr. Trevino holds a BS in Architecture from Instituto Tecnologico Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, a Master of Science in Lighting Design from Parsons School of Design in New York City and is working toward an MBA. He is currently the Daylighting Product Manager for Watt Stopper/Legrand, based in Santa Clara, CA. Here, he is responsible for developing and bringing to market new technologies in daylighting controls. He is currently working with the California Lighting Technology Center to design and test new daylighting harvesting technologies, including a low cost self commission daylighting photosensor.

Recently, he has given a number of presentations on daylighting topics for audiences at Lightfair, BACnet Building Automation and Sustainability Conference, the Sustainable Building Industry Council as well as Watt Stopper/Legrand-sponsored events, including the Lighting Control Solution for Daylit Spaces online Webinar.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Trevino worked as a district sales manager where he helped to build specifications in projects located all across Northern Mexico and as a lighting designer in the East Coast where he was involved in the design of projects which included bridges, monuments, museum exhibitions and a variety of commercial buildings.

He is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).

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Dave Robin
Software Development Manager
Automated Logic Corporation

Dave Robin has been with Automated Logic Corporation for 26 years, where he has held a variety of engineering and management roles. Most recently, he was head of Software Development, overseeing the development of the WebCTRL product line, beginning with its roots as a Skunk Works project in 1998.  

In the 80's, his early prototypes of graphical programming methods using an electrical schematic capture package later turned into Automated Logic's highly successful Eikon application programming suite. As a pioneer of peer-to-peer EMCS networking, his early designs had to be deployed using "engineering samples" of the now ubiquitous RS-485 drivers.

Although he had nostalgia for the proprietary protocols that he had designed, in the mid 90's, he and Automated Logic became committed to standardized protocol efforts, becoming active in both the BACnet and LonMark communities. His first BACnet implementation was created while the standard was still in public review, and he has written several stacks since then, both large and small.

He is currently serving the BACnet community as chair of the ASHRAE SSPC 135 (the BACnet committee). Among the wide range of technologies that BACnet encompasses, his recent areas of personal concentration are Network Security, XML, and Web services.

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David Holmberg
NIST Building & Fire Research Lab
Building Environment Division, Mechanical Systems and Controls Group

David Holmberg has been with NIST Building and Fire Research Lab for 8 years and has served on the BACnet committee as Utility Integration Working Group leader for the past 5 years. During that time, a number of BACnet objects have been crafted to support utility interaction including the Load Control, Pulse Converter and Accumulator objects. The BACnet committee has also developed a Web Services standard that allows business systems (such as a utility data center) to read and write data to building automation systems.

David Holmberg is also leader at NIST of a project to deliver building system information to emergency responders. NIST is working with NEMA and fire system vendors to see a standard developed for building control system to public safety user interface communications.

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Ed Koch
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Akuacom

Ed is currently Co-Founder and CTO of Akuacom, a company dedicated to automating Demand Response programs. Ed was also Co-Founder and CTO of Coactive Networks where he led all of Coactive's engineering efforts and established architecture and technical directions. Before that, he managed the Automotive Systems Department of Navteq, where he led development of the first Automotive Navigation Systems, which are widely deployed today. He has 25 years of industry experience and has authored numerous patents and articles in the areas of Distributed Control, Automation, Vehicle Guidance, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Embedded Systems. Mr. Koch has both led and participated in standardization efforts for the Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems, Consumer Electronics Associations, and IEEE.

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Ed Merwin
Director, Field Sales
Tridium

Ed Merwin has over 28 years of experience in the controls industry. He was with Honeywell for 25 years and held positions in field operations, sales, marketing, and management. Ed joined Tridium, Inc. in 2001 as the Marketing Manager for Building Automation Systems and is currently the Director of Field Sales in charge of Tridium's Systems Integration Channel.

He works with key end users, consulting engineers, and system integrators on a daily basis, focusing on open systems issues utilizing multiple protocols and vendors. Ed has developed several open systems training seminars and makes industry presentations on a regular basis. Ed is a member of ASHRAE and has a B.S. in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University. 

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Graham Martin
Founder
EnOcean Alliance

Graham is the founder of the EnOcean Alliance promoting the battery-less wireless standard for sustainable buildings. He is a veteran in the electronics industry with 25 years experience in analogue and RF solutions at various Engineering, Sales and Marketing positions in USA, GB, Germany, Austria and Norway. Before joining EnOcean he was a worldwide pioneer in low power wireless sensor networks at leading start-up Chipcon (purchased 2006 by Texas Instruments) where he conducted the worldwide business development activities, served as President of Figure8Wireless and was Vice Chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. Graham studied in USA and GB and is a Physics Graduate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Grant Wichenko
PE, Appin Associates

Grant Wichenko, P. Eng. of Appin Associates in Winnipeg Canada has been a member of SSPC-135 and SGPC-13. His engineering firm specializes in HVAC system design, BACnet-based DDC system specification and IAQ.

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Harry Kohal
Director of Sales and Marketing
Eagle Technology

Harry joined Eagle Technology in June of 2006 from the information technology sector. He has had the benefit of seeing a wide variety of maintenance operations, visiting clients and prospects in the field, and is committed to promoting sustainability as a way of life for today’s emerging intelligent building marketplace. Harry has authored many articles and presentations on maintenance and intelligent buildings.

Jackson Murphy
President
Green Bean Analysis

Jackson Murphy is the President of Green Bean Analysis which specializes in making the financial business case for Sustainable Business with an emphasis on Green Building.  Jackson firmly believes that by definition Sustainable Business and Green Building must make good business sense or it is not sustainable!  Jackson has a solid grounding in business as a former owner and President of an International Sales Company as well as the VP of Investment Management managing and advising on over $100 Million in portfolios.  He holds an MBA in Real Estate and Finance plus a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy from the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as a Plan II B.A. (Honors Liberal Arts and Science) from the University of Texas at Austin.  Jackson gives back to the community as the Treasurer and Board member of the North Texas Chapter of the US Green Building Council.  He and his wife, Angie, live in Dallas, Texas.

James M. Lee
Chief Executive Officer/President
Cimetrics

Mr. Lee is the founder of Cimetrics and has acted as its CEO since its formation. Mr. Lee has been a leader in the embedded control networking and building automation community for over 15 years. As founder and former President of the BACnet Manufacturers Association, the leading open systems networking consortium in the building automation industry, Mr. Lee's aggressive promotion of the BACnet open protocol standard has helped make Cimetrics a high-profile player in the arena. Mr. Lee has a B.A. in Physics from Cornell University.

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Jay Garbarino, PE, CEM, LEED® AP
US Sales Manage
Delta Controls

After graduating from the University of Colorado Colleges of Engineering and Business, Jay started his controls career with a major manufacturer’s branch in Los Angeles.  His roles included: engineering, project management, construction and service sales, energy services, sales management and branch management in 4 different western locations. 

A registered Professional Engineer in Oregon, Washington and Colorado, Jay has had the opportunity to work on large and small control installations throughout the west.

Jay has been associated with the leading BACnet® manufacturer, Delta Controls for over thirteen years, first as an independent controls contractor in the Northwest, and now as a sales manager.  As a small independent controls contractor he has designed, estimated, sold, programmed, helped install, checked-out, tweaked, fixed and broken more jobs than he’d care to admit.

Having taught control systems for BOMA and a Community College, and with way too many control “toys” in his own house (according to his wife and kids anyway) -- Jay is used to talking about control systems.

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Jeff Raimo
Product Manager
Siemens

Jeff Raimo is a product manager at Siemens Building Technologies where he is in involved in the integration of new wireless technologies into Siemens’ building automation system.  Jeff has previously held various product development positions within Siemens and the semiconductor industry. 

Jeff has authored numerous articles on emerging wireless technologies some of which have most recently appeared in the ASHRAE Journal, Buildings, Engineered Systems, and HPAC.  He is also a regular presenter at technical conferences held by such organizations as ASHRAEand the ZigBee Alliance.

He has an MBA and Aerospace Engineering degree both from the University of Illinois and after college spent seven years in the Navy as a nuclear-trained officer.

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John Christmas
Senior Vice President
Hannon Armstrong Capital

John Christmas is Senior Vice President focused on the federal service contract markets that are related to Government Infrastructure Projects, including power generation and energy/utility services. He combines 17 years of commercial banking, government contracting and institutional lending experience. He received a MBA in Finance from Marymount University and an MS in Finance from George Washington University and a BS degree in Economics from George Mason University.

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Karen Hearn
Director of Facilities
Kwantlen Polytechnic University College

Karen Hearn is Director of Facilities for Kwantlen University College which as of September 1, 2008 is becoming Kwantlen Polytechnic University.  Kwantlen offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, diplomas, certificates and citations in over 135 programs to more than 17,000 students annually. 

Over the past four years Karen and her team have been responsible for the planning, design and construction of new buildings with 30% of the University’s facilties having been completed since September 2006.  Each of the new projects has been constructed to a minimum of LEED gold and incorporates innovative sustainability measures such as intelligent building systems, natural ventilation, radiant slabs and geo-exchange.

In addition to constructing environmentally responsible buildings Kwantlen has been a long time leader in energy and environmental management.  Since 2001 Karen and her team have reduced electricity consumption by over 35% per square meter and have set a new target by 2010 to reduce electricity by 45%, natural gas by 25% and total green house gas (GHG) emissions by 20% from the year 2000 levels.

With a background in library science and teaching prior to her over twenty years in the field of Facilities Management including a Masters of Arts in Leadership, Karen brings the unique perspective of teacher, student and administrator to her projects.

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Ken Sidebottom, CEM, LEED AP
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Manger, Sustainable Building Solutions         
ken.e.sidebottom@jci.com

Ken Sidebottom is responsible for managing the Sustainable Building Solutions team for the Building Efficiency Business of Johnson Controls Inc., a leading supplier of building and security management systems, HVAC equipment and controls for quality building environments.

Ken’s areas of expertise include alternative delivery methods such as Design-Build, Design-Build Operate & Maintain and Construction-Manager at Risk for new construction projects. He is responsible for integrating Green Building metrics into the JCI Performance Contracting Business processes and making JCI customers’ existing buildings more efficient and sustainable. He is well versed in the Design & Construction processes available for delivering new buildings and the performance contracting and retrofitting of Existing Buildings. He is familiar with the EPA ENERGY STAR Building Label Program, LEED Green Building Certification, and many other Sustainable “Green” Building Development programs.

His current responsibilities include managing the team of Project Development Consultants that provide training and support in development and deployment of sustainable building solution programs/projects for all JCI Building Efficiency business units. These Solutions create superior economic, environmental and social value for commercial, industrial, governmental, healthcare and institutional clients.

Specifically, Ken provides support in facility assessment, program development and project implementation planning for LEED® Certified projects developed by Johnson Controls globally. Ken is responsible for developing and delivering internal and external training programs for the JCI project development and delivery teams and for customer’s personnel on their projects. Additionally, he has been instrumental in Software Development, Management and Implementation of the JCI “Green Compass” Tool, which automates the process of new project or existing facility assessment for LEED NC/EB compliance and if desired, will develop a Solutions for Certification Document Development & Management. Prior to and during his six years with Johnson Controls, Ken has been instrumental in developing dozens of new and existing building projects certified or currently registered and in development for Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System programs.

Ken has served as a Director on the Board of the North Texas USGBC chapter since its inception and is the Vice-Chair in 2008. He will Chair this organization in 2009. He belongs to several organizations, including the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). As an expert in energy efficiency and sustainability relating to green buildings, he has made presentations at various engagements, including Sustainable Energy Conference of North Texas, the AEEs World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC), Engineering News Record’s (ENR) Leadership Forum and Green Building Events across North America. He has presented at the Buildex Conference, the NFM&T show, the TFM event and is scheduled to present on the subject of Green Buildings at several other events this year. He has published articles on the comparison of the EPAs ENERGY STAR Building Program and the LEED Existing Building rating system with the Association of Energy Engineers for the WEEC and AEE periodicals and is quoted in various trade Publications on the benefits of Greening Existing Buildings and the benefits of Building Green. 

Ken has a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is a Certified Energy Manager and a LEED Accredited Professional. He previously served in business development management roles with JCI and held similar positions with two major Utility energy services companies and was employed by both Consulting Engineering and Construction Management firms for 16 years prior to joining JCI in 2001.  Ken’s specific areas of expertise include:

• Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line
• Environmental Improvement Initiatives
• Green Building Design & Operations
• Alternative/ Renewable Energy Solutions
• Energy Information Systems 
• Performance Contracting & Energy Services
• Utility, Demand Management and Deregulation
• GHG Emissions Management & Reporting
• MEP System design and optimization
• Sustainable Facility Management

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Kevin Fuller
Executive Vice President
Interval Data Systems Inc

Kevin is responsible for marketing and product development for IDS. He brings over 25 years of technical and marketing experience in database, data warehouse, analytics, and enterprise applications. Always a customer advocate, he works closely with clients to ensure their success and make certain that the product is solving real business and operational problems.

Before joining the IDS team, Kevin spent 15 years working for vendors of relational database and related technologies in both marketing and customer support roles where he developed a strong understanding of how businesses used data to their advantage. He started his career in programming and systems management roles after graduating with a degree in mathematics from the University of New Hampshire.

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Kirk Vaughn
Business Development Manager
Automated Logic/UES

Kirk Vaughn, an electrical engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and MBA graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, has been working in the building automation industry for the last eight years.  Kirk has held positions in every facet of the business from installation technician, project engineer, project coordinator, training coordinator, account executive, to his current position as Business Development Manager of Automated Logic/UES.  In this role Kirk is responsible for the management of ALC/UES’s lighting solutions business as well as other business initiatives.  Kirk shares the same goals as his clients of reducing electrical consumption while maintaining optimal space conditions, which create an environment more conducive to living, working, and learning.  As a result of his experiences in all aspects of the building automation business Kirk is familiar with both the technical and coordination side of an installation as well as holding a depth of understanding of his clients’ objectives.

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Kurt Kavanaugh
Software Architect
Teletrol Systems, Inc.

Kurt Kavanaugh is the Software Architect of Teletrol Systems Inc., a leading supplier of BACnet-based, IT-friendly building automation solutions. He offers his company the benefit of 25 years of software development experience with a focus on Systems Integration via XML technologies.
 
Kurt gained his database internals expertise as a developer with Object Design, one of the first object-oriented database vendors. Kurt was the Principle developer at Document.com and one of the authors of the SLL (Shared Language Library) enabling users to share common language across document boundaries. Kurt co-developed one of the first SOAP inference engines with Swingtide and helped lay the foundation for the SOAP to JMS binding. Kurt has been instrumental at Teletrol Systems Inc. in implementing a front to back-end set of XML solutions that model both configuration and runtime data. He has a BCS from the University of New Hampshire.

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Lawrence F. Leete
Director of Sales & Marketing, In-Industry Markets
Light Corporation

Larry Leete is Director of Sales and Marketing, In-Industry Markets for Light Corporation, a world-class specialty lighting manufacturer. A graduation of Michigan State University, Leete holds duo degrees in History and Psychology.  He was tasked with the management and development of the In-Industry business for Light in 2004.

Considered a strategic growth specialist for the likes of such companies as General Electric, The Wiremold Company, Steelcase, and currently Light Corporation, Leete’s focus has been participating in the start-up of new business ventures outside of the “core” business, channels, and markets that these organizations participate within and stretching their reach into new, peripheral, markets where they can make an impact and grow.  With a focus on product development, sales, and marketing, Leete has received numerous product development and marketing awards for his work in these successful ventures.

He is currently responsible for the ideation, creation, and development of the first intuitive environmental wireless control and monitoring system. Dubbed Intu!, the product is the first commercial and industrial use of the ZigBee wireless protocol (802.15.4). Intu! was designed to turn the ceiling grid of a commercial and industrial building into a fully realized technology infrastructure for the control and monitoring of lighting, temperature, security, assets and people tracking, and a myriad of M2M (machine to machine) applications. Intu! creates a living and breathing environment out of a standard workplace; It is a new way to look at how technology infrastructure impacts the workspace.

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Leighton Wolffe
Vice President, Alliances and Strategy
Constellation NewEnergy

Leighton Wolffe is active advancing initiatives and deployment of new technologies in the Energy, IT, and Building Integration industries with expertise in facilities and energy management systems, commodity strategies and enterprise level applications. Mr. Wolffe’s recent activities include working with private equity firms evaluating and assessing investments opportunities in companies involved in leading edge grid integration and distributed energy technologies, and working with manufacturers and developers of intelligent building systems to create and implement national sales and marketing strategies.

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Lynn Miller CEM
Lead Performance Assurance Engineer
Johnson Controls, Inc.

Lynn has been working in the building automation industry for the last nineteen years.  Lynn has held positions in every facet of the business from the installation and service  technician, project manager for both mechanical and control jobs, to his current position as the Energy Consultant for the Dallas Convention Center, which has over 2.2 million sq ft.  He has some nineteen years with Johnson Controls, Inc.    He is holds a LONMARK Certified Professional certification and a Certified Energy Manager certification.  He also holds a Texas HVAC Contractor License as well as various Johnson Controls, company training certifications.
As a result of his experiences in all aspect of the building mechanical and automation business Lynn is familiar with both the technical and coordination side of the business as well as a depth of understanding of his clients’ objectives. 

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Mark Haiden
Product Manager
Trane

Mark Haiden has more than 15 years experience in the variable frequency drive industry.  He has been a product manager at Trane Global Control Systems since 2004 and has responsibility for Trane’s TR Series variable frequency drives as well as Trane’s latest generation of CenTraVac® chiller controls.

Mark was an early member of Underwriters Laboratory’s Industry Advisory Committee involved in the development of the UL safety standard for variable frequency drives, UL 508C – Power Conversion Equipment.  Mark has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Cloud State University.  He is currently the chairperson of the AHRI Variable Frequency Drive engineering subsection.

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Mark. T Jewell
Founder & President
RealWinWin Inc.

Mark Jewell has spent 22 years in commercial real estate and almost 15 years in energy efficiency. For the last 6 years, his focus has been on creating value for large energy users and for the utilities and vendors that serve them.RealWinWin’s national accounts alone represents more than 700 million sq ft of building floor space.

Prior to RealWInWin’s inception, Mark was founder and president of EEFG, an energy-efficiency consulting firm that designed energy-saving improvements for more than 350 buildings. In the mid-1990’s, EEFG provided auditing, specification and project management services for the city of Philadelphia’s retrofit of more than 4 million sq ft of city-owned and operated buildings, a project that became the country’s 2 nd largest municipal lighting program, earning the city an EPA Green Lights Partner of the Year Award in 1998.

Mark also worked closely with the US Environmental Protection Agency to help create and promote the Energy Star Buildings Program of Commercial Real Estate, a voluntary pollution-prevention initiative that has since been embraced by more than 4 billion sq ft of income-producing office buildings. Mark’s team helped design and promote QuikScope, EPA’s flagship software tool for allocating the coast and benefits of energy-saving projects in tenant/landlord settings. His team also tested and promoted the EPA’s energy performance benchmarking tools. Working in support of EPA, Mark personally recruited building owners and managers representing more than 2 billion sq ft of commercial properties into Energy Star.

Earlier in his career, Mark served as Senior VP for a major commercial real estate investment firm that owned and operated 2 million sq ft of commercial property on the West Coast.

Mark received his BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied real estate, finance & related disciplines.

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Michael R. Wilson
Manager, Business Development and Strategic Planning
Lumisys

Michael joined Lumisys in October of 2003 and has a strategic planning and marketing background.  He currently serves as the Chair of the Marketing Committee for BACnet International.

Prior to Lumisys, Michael was a presentation SME for the CIO of Delta AirLines and The Home Depot.

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Patrick Hogan

Patrick Hogan received a First Class Honors degree in Chemistry from the University of Bristol, England and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, England specializing in analytical methods for magnetic resonance imaging.

As a researcher for the world’s largest independent immunoassay company Dr Hogan developed the world’s first commercial scale nicotine assay and other drugs of abuse biofluid analysis kits. Instrument design, application chemistry and field sales were the main roles for Patrick while at Mettler Toledo’s analytical instrumentation division in Europe; main achievements were in developing new chemical methods for process quality control and being an integral design team member for a line of new automated robotic titration systems and ergonomic portable pH meters.

Hogan then worked as International Marketing Manager for Zellweger Analytics, a leading gas detection manufacturer, where he was responsible for the concept to marketing of a number of infra-red flammable gas detectors that have pioneered the industry for reliable offshore gas detection. After Honeywell acquired Zellweger Analytics in 2005 to form Honeywell Analytics, Hogan emerged as a pivotal figure in the company’s rapid expansion efforts; as Honeywell Analytics’ Vice President of Marketing, he is responsible for the entire product life cycle of a number of portable and fixed gas detection instruments, including the industry’s first wireless product specifically for parking structures.

Hogan also serves in a liaison role with Honeywell’s Automated Control Solutions group to integrate gas detection instrumentation equipment with security, surveillance and other critical automated building systems. He is a strong proponent of intelligent building design and has been at the forefront at the company’s push to bring Honeywell’s CO wireless gas detection and CO2/temperature/humidity sensing equipment to the building industry. At the helm of developing Honeywell’s on-demand ventilation product synergies and integration with building communication protocols, Hogan is helping to define the standards and values of a more energy efficient, safer, comfortable building environment for occupants and workers.

Mr. Hogan is an active conference speaker and author on many green building topics, such as the integration of gas detection solutions with digital communications protocols including BACNet, Modbus, FieldBus and LonWorks. Bringing innovative engineering ideas to a sustainable, intelligent building design is a current focus of Hogan’s career.

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Patrick J. O’Neill, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
NorthWrite

Patrick co-founded NorthWrite, an Internet-based facility, security, and energy management software company, where he leads corporate operations.

Before joining NorthWrite, Patrick spent 10 years at Honeywell International, where he most recently served as Vice President of Technology and Development for e-Business.  He was responsible for creating and managing several of Honeywell’s internal Internet-based businesses in commercial buildings, industrial processes control, and aviation.  Other Honeywell roles include director of global product development and research for Honeywell’s Home and Building Control business.

Before joining Honeywell, O’Neill worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with a controls and systems specialization.

O’Neill holds several patents and has written and published more than 40 articles on software, HVAC systems and controls, and building operations and management. He is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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Paul Ehrlich, PE
President
Building Intelligence Group

Ehrlich is a well-known industry stakeholder and advocate of integrated and intelligent buildings. In 2004 he formed the Building Intelligence Group LLC, an independent consultancy, whose primary purpose is to help system suppliers as well as building owners and managers, maneuver their operations through the vast changes prompted by open systems, convergence and enterprise building management. Clients include developers, property management firms and major manufacturers of Building Systems and associated technologies.

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Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Senior Vice President, Energy Technology Services
Constellation Energy

Peter Kelly-Detwiler is Senior Vice President of Energy Technology Services for Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG). He and his company-wide team oversee the integration of efficiency technologies and applications which help customers better manage their total energy bills and create optimal energy solutions. His current focus is Constellation’s advanced load response initiative which will support the development of thousands of megawatts of load response among the company’s North American customer base.

He joined New Energy Ventures – the precursor to Constellation NewEnergy - in 1997, and has been active in the competitive energy markets since their inception. He has served in a number of positions, including Director of Customer Care and Director of Operations.

Before joining Constellation, he worked for the International Institute for Energy Conservation in Chile as Program Manager, developing energy efficiency programs for the EPA’s Green Lights Initiative. Earlier in his career, he held senior positions as a consultant and researcher for several Boston area energy consulting companies, where he was involved in analysis concerning the macro-level potential of energy efficiency and the employment and economic impacts of energy efficiency investments.

His experience has led him to contribute to energy related articles in Boston Business Journal Mass High Tech and online industry publications.

Mr. Kelly-Detwiler earned a bachelor’s of arts degree from Williams College and a master’s degree from Tufts University’s Fletcher School. He is fluent in English, Spanish and German. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member on the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business MBA Fellows Program.

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Randy Palombi
General Manager
ConsumerPowerline

As General Manager at ConsumerPoweline, Randy has P&L responsibility for the companies Western Region. In this capacity he oversees all sales and account management activities as well as guiding operations, business development and channel partner activities.  Randy joined ConsumerPowerline in early 2008. Prior to joining ConsumerPowerline, Randy was a member of APX, Inc’s. executive management team where he led the Client Services organization. In this role, Randy was responsible for managing the companies commercial business activities across all regions and power market business units including sales, account management, professional services and demand response. Prior to joining APX, Inc., Randy was a Director and practice area leader in PricewaterhouseCoopers Energy Strategy consulting practice; a Vice President and Energy Industry Leader in eLoyalty’s strategic consulting group; and helped lead the Major Accounts organization for a Sempra Utilities subsidiary. Randy earned an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University.

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Raymond Berkebile
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Comverge, Inc.

Mr. Berkebile offers over 19 years experience in the Energy Services Industry.  He currently works for Comverge in their Enerwise division as a Senior Mechanical Engineer serving Commercial and Industrial customers.  In this role he assists customers identifying and implementing Energy Management strategies which include a comprehensive approach to implement Energy Efficiency improvements, Demand Side Management and Green Energy Technology.  Working across all market verticals, Mr. Berkebile has experience assisting these customers identify and implement a variety of Energy Conservation Measures and Demand Management Programs for various building energy disciplines including Lighting, HVAC, Refrigeration systems, Process Systems, Distributed Generation and Plug loads.  Mr. Berkebile has conducted Energy Audits and Studies to investigate the feasibility of green technologies such as Solar Hot Water Heating, Solar Photovoltaic, Geothermal, Cogeneration, Wind, Fuel Cells and Micro turbines.

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Rebecca Ellis
President, Leed AP, CCP.
CxA

Ms. Ellis has twenty years of experience engineering and managing a variety of HVAC system projects. Ms. Ellis is a specialist in the design, analysis, and commissioning of intricate temperature and humidity control systems with a particular strength in direct digital controls.  Ms. Ellis is a nationally recognized leader in the commissioning industry. She has helped define mainstream commissioning services and is a much sought after speaker, author, and trainer. Prior to founding Q&S Engineering, she developed and led the largest commissioning service group in the country.

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Rick Rosine
Regional Manager, Midwestern US
Reliable Controls

After completing his studies, Rick spent nearly 10 years in mechanical service, then accepted an opportunity to move into temperature controls, servicing and installing pneumatic and early DDC control systems. Over the course of his controls career Rick has worked in application and technical support and interfacing with contractors, engineers, and building owners in sales and technical support, and training services. In 1998 Rick partnered in a temperature control, fire alarm, and security services company. Rick joined Reliable Controls in January of 2007.

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Rob Zivney
VP Marketing
Hirsch Electronics

Rob Zivney is the VP of Marketing for   Hirsch Electronics. Mr. Zivney holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Board of Directors with SIA (Security Industry Association) and Active on the BACnet Life Safety & Security Committee.  Mr. Zivney is a frequent speaker, writer and panelist and has provided testimony before US Congress on HSPD-12 and FIPS 201.

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Ron Poskevich
General Manager
Lumisys

Ron Poskevich, General Manager of Lumisys, has more than 15 years of experience in the lighting control and building automation industry. Prior to joining Lumisys Ron worked for Siemens Energy and Automation as Market Manager, Power Management Technologies and was involved with ABSIC (Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium) projects; The Robert L. Preger Intelligent Workplace at Carnegie Mellon University and The Adaptable Workplace Laboratory at General Services Administration Headquarters.

Ron also worked for Lithonia Lighting for seven years. At Lumisys, Ron lead the development of best practices for integrated lighting control systems design that are changing the way lighting control is delivered and maintained. Ron also works with the BACnet International marketing committee.

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Roy Kolasa
Open System Solutions Manager
Honeywell

Roy Kolasa manages the development of Open System, Integrated Solutions for Honeywell's Enterprise Building Integrator (EBI) and ComfortPoint platforms. In addition to recommending how to specify, design, implement and maintain interoperable systems Roy devotes time to educating customers and industry organizations on current technology and the benefits of integrating Building Automation, Fire Life-Safety, Security and Access Control, Digital Video, and Energy Management solutions.

Roy actively promotes the Value of Integrated and Intelligent Building solutions as member and Past-President of the Kansas City Chapter of ASHRAE, member representative of BACnet International, and Vice-Chair and Board member of Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) currently serving as Chair of the Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council.

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Rusty T. Hodapp, P.E., CEM, CEP, LEED AP
Vice President of Energy & Transportation Management
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Rusty Hodapp has over 26 years of experience in energy, facility and infrastructure engineering and management with two Fortune 100 companies and one of the world's premier commercial airports. He is currently the Vice President of Energy & Transportation Management at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport where he is responsible for the airport's energy, utility and transit systems; and for serving as the Airport's Sustainability Officer.

Under his leadership, DFW's energy efficiency and air quality initiatives have been widely acclaimed winning a U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Excellence award and the prestigious Star of Energy Efficiency award from the Alliance to Save Energy.

Hodapp holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, holds professional certifications in Energy Management, Energy Procurement, Green Building Engineering and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

In 2003, the Association of Energy Engineers named him "International Corporate Energy Manager of the Year". He is active in several professional organizations and a regular speaker on issues related to energy, sustainability and asset management.

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Rusty T. Speed, LEED AP
Systems Integration Sales
TAC

Rusty Speed is a system integration sales representative for TAC, a leading provider of integrated building management, security and energy solutions.  Rusty is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP), which assists him in helping clients with sustainable building practices.  Rusty is a member on the Dallas Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Green Taskforce and BOMA Young Professionals committees.

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Scott Boehm
Director Corporate Sales, Vykon
TRiD!UM, Inc.

Joining Tridium in 1999, Scott Boehm is Director of Corporate Sales for Tridium.  Scott is highly experienced in building automation & facility management systems and has executed multi-million dollar automation infrastructure projects for some of the most demanding building owners and property managers.  Honorably discharged from the USAF, Scott has a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and a PhD in B.S. He's seen the twilight of pneumatic controls; the proliferation of direct digital controls; and was/is a key player in Belimo Aircontrols and Tridium, two notable companies which have reshaped the commercial controls market. In addition, he has worked with a variety of building owners to design and implement intelligent building solutions.

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Sharon Dinges
System Applications Engineer
Trane Global Control Systems

Sharon Dinges is a System Applications Engineer for Trane Global Control Systems. She has been with Trane since 1993, and has had the opportunity to work in various business locations within the company. Her experience includes: project acquisition, LAN administration, equipment selection, building load calculations, product development, project management, systems integration, and controls and HVAC applications.

Sharon uses her experience to assist Trane customers and sales offices in the development of controls-related solutions for integrated facility projects, energy management solutions, Energy Savings Performance Contracts, and HVAC system applications.

Sharon holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology. She is a member of ASHRAE, AEE, and SWE, and is a voting member, and Secretary, of the ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135 (BACnet) committee.

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Steven Bushby
NIST

Mr. Bushby is the leader of the Mechanical Systems and Controls Group in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is responsible for overseeing research activities related to extending the capabilities of BACnet, automated fault detection and diagnostics for HVAC system components, automated commissioning tools for HAVAC systems, and developing a testbed for studying the interaction of multiple building control systems in "cybernetic" buildings.

As a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and has served on several technical committees, including a term as chair of TC 1.4 Control Theory and Application. He provided a leadership role in developing the BACnet communication protocol and is a past chair of ASHRAE SSPC 135, the committee charged with maintaining the BACnet standard. Mr. Bushby created and managed the BACnet Interoperability Testing Consortium, a cooperative research and development agreement between NIST and 22 private sector partners, whose work between 1993 and 2000 led to the establishment of an industry run testing and listing program for BACnet products in the United States and Europe. He has led international standardization activities for building control systems, serving as convenor of ISO TC 205 WG 3 Building Control System Design, which has developed ISO standards for various aspects of digital control systems, including communication protocols.

Mr. Bushby has provided technical assistance to several high profile BACnet technology demonstration projects including the world's first large scale multi-vendor BACnet system in the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, the General Services Administration Energy Maintenance Network (GEMnet) linking federal government office buildings in four states, the Iowa Army National Guard Smart Building Demonstration Project linking control systems in twelve buildings across the state, the Advanced Measurement Laboratory complex at NIST, and the renovation of the Capitol Hill building complex in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Bushby has published numerous technical papers and articles about BACnet and building control systems, and has taught professional development seminars on the subject. He has been an invited keynote speaker on BACnet topics in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. In 2001, at the request of the Chinese Ministry of Construction, he led a delegation of BACnet experts on a technical visit to China presenting BACnet to business, academic and government officials. He led similar delegations to Japan in 2002, to Korea in 2003, and to Dubai and Russia in 2004.

Mr. Bushby has received several awards including the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal in 1992 for his work in developing the BACnet protocol; a Hammer Award from Vice-President Al Gore in 1996 for his work applying BACnet technology in government buildings; and the NIST William P. Slichter Award in 1996 for outstanding work to improve NIST's ties to industry; and the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award in 2004.

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Steve Karg
Senior Engineer
The Watt Stopper/Legrand

Steve is an experienced BACnet product developer and a member of the SSPC 135 BACnet committee.  He has been the convener of the BACnet Lighting Applications working group since its inception in 2001.  The group has published a number of proposals under consideration to
standardize lighting control using BACnet.

Steve joined The Watt Stopper / Legrand in 2007.  He is responsible for developing BACnet lighting control products.  Previously, Steve developed BACnet lighting control products and gateways to other lighting protocols at Lithonia Lighting.

Steve is passionate about high quality software, open source software, and open and standard protocols and file formats.  He created the open source BACnet Stack at SourceForge project, and contributes to the BACnet portion of the open source Wireshark network protocol analyzer project.

Steve holds an MS in Computer Information Systems from University of Phoenix, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Geneva College.  He is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

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Steve Tom
Director of Technical Information
Automated Logic Corporation

Steve Tom joined the Automated Logic Corporation in 1996 as the Director of Technical Information. In this role he has worked with the Technical Support, Documentation, and Training departments. He led a cross-disciplinary team that developed a library of standard HVAC applications and is currently overseeing the development of CtrlSpecBuilder, a free online tool for generating HVAC Control specifications. A significant portion of his work involves working with new product design to improve the usability of ALC products.

Prior to joining Automated Logic, Mr. Tom was an officer in the US Air Force, working in the Civil Engineering career field. In the Air Force he managed the design, construction, and maintenance of facilities and utility systems around the world. He also taught graduate level engineering courses in HVAC Design and HVAC Controls at the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Mr. Tom has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and is a registered Professional Engineer.

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Terry Mocherniak
CEO and Co-founder
Encelium Technologies

Mr. Mocherniak is CEO and co-founder of Encelium Technologies.  He has over 13 years’ experience in the advanced lighting technology sector and has been involved in 4 technology start-up companies.  Prior to founding Encelium, Mr. Mocherniak was Managing Partner of Value Added Ventures Corporation, a Toronto based venture capital fund and was also CEO and co-founder of Lumion Corporation, an electronic ballast and lighting control system manufacturer.  Mr. Mocherniak holds an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

Mr. Mocherniak has spoken at numerous conferences and events and has had several articles published on the topic of advanced lighting controls and energy management.  Below is a summary of recent speaking engagements and publications.

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Thomas C. Posko P.E.
Posko Associates, Inc.
Consulting Engineers

Thomas C. Posko, P.E., QCP, has been practicing since 1976.  He is licensed to practice professional engineering in 25 states.  Areas of expertise include HVAC, plumbing, commissioning, IAQ testing, plan and spec engineering, as well as design / build services.  The firm of Posko Associates, Inc. also does processing piping / ventilation design, MEP construction coordination for large projects, as well as specialty design.

Mr. Posko is a member of ASHRAE, CSI, ASME and other organizations.

He has been awarded citizen medals, energy conservation ASHRAE awards, and design awards.

Mr. Posko has written numerous papers such as, “Conversion of High Pressure Steam Boilers to Medium Temperature Hot Water Generators,” “Wood-fired Boiler Plants – Renewable Energy Source,” and others.

His latest career milestone is the first Active Chilled Beam System operating in the United States.

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Tim Kensok
Director of Business Development
AirAdvice, Inc.

Tim Kensok is the Director of Business Development for AirAdvice, Inc, a Portland, Oregon-based provider of building performance diagnostic equipment and services. His expertise in this field focuses on HVAC markets, applications, and systems, building science, and indoor environmental controls.

At AirAdvice, Kensok has conducted extensive research into the performance of commercial buildings, and on the entire value chain including manufacturers, distributors, contractors, and end users. With over 20 years experience in product development from both marketing and engineering perspectives, Kensok, a registered professional engineer, has been granted thirteen U.S. patents in mechanical design and comfort control techniques.

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Tom Zaban, P. Eng.
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Reliable Controls Corporation

With a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo, and a family background in electronics manufacturing, Tom has been overseeing the sales and marketing efforts of Reliable Controls since 1996. Tom is the past president of the Vancouver Island ASHRAE Chapter and is a strong proponent of empowering end-users and contractors with simple, flexible and economical building automation solutions.

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William S. Rafferty
Executive Vice President, Mestek, Inc.
and President, Dadanco LLC

Bill Rafferty graduated from Clarkson University in 1974 as a Civil and Environmental engineer.  Upon graduation, he joined the Trane Company and over 10 years held numerous positions in sales, product management and marketing in their commercial and process divisions.

In 1984, Bill joined Taco as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and in 1990 joined Mestek, Inc.  Mestek, headquartered in Westfield, MA, is a diversified manufacturer of HVAC products with sales of approximately $400 million and Bill is currently Executive Vice President of Mestek.

Dadanco Pty, headquartered in Adelaide, Australia, is the leading manufacturer of active chilled beams in Australia.  In mid-2007 Mestek and Dadanco formed a joint venture to produce active chilled beams, induction diffusers and induction units for the North and South American markets.  The products are produced in the USA in Mestek’s manufacturing facility in Wyalusing, PA.  Bill has also been named President of the joint venture company, Dadanco LLC

Bill is a past Chairman of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and has served as an officer of the Associate Member Division of the American Supply Association (ASA).  Bill and his wife, Karen, reside in Longmeadow, MA and have three daughters.

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William (Bill) Swan
Alerton/Honeywell
BACnet Committee, ASHRAE/SSPC 135, Chair

William (Bill) Swan is a software engineer at Alerton/Honeywell and is the immediate past chair of the BACnet committee, ASHRAE/SSPC 135.  He has been a member of the committee since 1996.
 
Mr. Swan is secretary of ISO/TC 205/WG 3, "Building Control System Design" which adopted BACnet as ISO Standard 14684-5.  He is also a member of the BACnet Testing Labs working group, developing and implementing conformance tests for BACnet devices.
 
Mr. Swan has a Master of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and is an embedded systems engineer.  He has implemented communications protocol stacks for BACnet and other protocols, and has designed the electronics and written firmware for devices for the building automation, test & measurement and RF communications industries.

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Zaida Basora
AIA Assistant Director of Dallas Public Works

Zaida Basora is an Assistant Director of Dallas Public Works, a USGBC South Central Regional Council and USGBC North Texas Chapter board member and a USGBC Codes Committee member. She is a registered architect with over 25 years of experience in design, construction and contracting. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Puerto Rico. She began the green building program implementation of LEED for Dallas Building Services in 200 and negotiated the City’s first energy services contract in December of 2003. Currently, Zaida is leading a green building task force with members of the building industry to make recommendations for a citywide green building program for all existing buildings, following the adoption of the task force recommendations for a green building program for all new private developments in Dallas on April 9, 2008.

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