Our Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the Advancing Construction Quality 2026.

Clients & Developers
Leading General Contractors
Trade Contractors & EPCs
Industry Leading Advisors
Design Firms

Clients & Developers

John Hamblin

Principal Architect – Global Design & Construction
Equinix

Julie Youngblood

Director of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Systems
Intel Corporation

Ashot Sargsyan

Deputy Executive Officer
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Jay Glasco

Construction Quality Manager
Microsoft

Leading General Contractors

Corey Zussman

QA/QC Vice President
AECOM Hunt Construction

Kelly McBride

Director of Quality
Aecon Group

William Warren

Director of Quality Assurance
Baker Construction

Jeffrey Fischer

Director of Quality Assurance
Brinkmann Constructors

Jeremy Bunting

Senior Quality Control Manager
Clayco

George Boles

Director of Quality Assurance
Danis Construction

Peter Kevork

Director of Quality
Dragados Canada

Kyle Kelly

Director of Quality
EllisDon Corporation

Rocio de los Reyes

Corporate Quality Technical Director USA
Flatiron Dragados

Antonio Garcia-Barreto

Quality Manager
Flatiron Dragados

Dan O’Hara

Senior QA Manager
Flintco

Susan Tienhaara

Quality Manager
Govan Brown & Associates Ltd.

Michael Bart

Regional SHEQ Manager
Granite Construction

Ted Boyce

Director of Safety, Quality & Organizational Development
Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company

Sean Neary

Senior Project Manager
Holder Construction Group

Callie Johns

Quality Manager
JE Dunn Construction

Mariah Maifarth

Quality Director
Kiewit

Christopher Jamieson

Quality Director
Lee Kennedy Company

Daniel Earp

Director of Quality
MasTec

Laurie Stidham

Director of Quality Control
McGough

Shane Collins

Director of Quality
Michels Corporation

Mark Drzewiecki

Company Director of Quality
Mortenson Construction

Helene McLellan

Director of Quality
Mortenson Construction

Tonya Johnson

Director of Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

Jim McFadden

District Quality Supervisor
PCL Construction Enterprises

Marcus Alger

Corporate Quality Supervisor
PCL Construction Enterprises

Jeff Cumpston

Corporate Quality Manager
PCL Construction Enterprises

Chris Liedman

Director of MEP Systems
RJM Construction

Mike Johnson

Director of Quality Control
RJM Construction

Robert Achilles

National Director of Quality Control
Shawmut Design & Construction

Neil Haynes

Regional Quality Manager
Shawmut Design & Construction

Lauren Slaven

Senior Regional Quality Manager
Shawmut Design & Construction

Zizi Badagliacca

Construction Quality Manager
Stacy Witbeck

Todd Patterson

Group Quality Manager
Sundt Construction

Amy Yount

Group Quality Manager
Sundt Construction

Rodd Weber

Executive Director of Safety & Quality
The PENTA Building Group

Angelo Trapani

Quality Director
The Walsh Group

LaShira Champion-King

Quality Lean & Innovation Director
Walbridge

Trade Contractors & EPCs

Guillermo Garcia

QA/QC Lead
Allison Smith Company LLC

Mark Harvey

Vice President of Quality & Continuous Improvement
Day & Zimmermann

Gary Butzlaff

Regional Quality Manager
DEPCOM Power

John DeVaney

Senior Quality Manager
DEPCOM Power

Tariq Masud

Senior Manager
Parsons

Zach Nelson

Regional Quality Control Manager
Prism Electric

Jad Chalhoub

Senior Director of Innovation
Rosendin Electric

Micah Stanton

Director of Quality
Sure Steel

Blake Binford

Project Quality Director
Worley

Industry Leading Advisors

Collin Sutt

Senior Organizational Excellence & Quality Consultant
American Contractors Insurance Group

Stephen Villareal

Assistant Vice President, SDI Risk Control
Arch Insurance Group

Matthew Biehl

Construction Risk Engineer Consultant
AXA

Michael Lang

North America Quality Director
Bilfinger North America

Steven ‘Mick’ Wright

Sr. Director Construction & Quality
Decima International

Chad Dorgan

Co-Founder
Design and Construction Excellence Exchange

Sue Klawans

Co-Founder
Design and Construction Excellence Exchange

Brandon Fisher

Director of Building Science & Resiliency
Pinchin, LLC

Steve Black

Quality Support Director
Power Construction

Sy Winkelman

National Director – Materials Services
Terracon Consultants

Design Firms

Derek Dizon

Senior Associate - Project Architect & QA/QC Manager
Merriman Anderson Architects

Jeanette Shaw

Director of Quality & Sustainability
Powers Brown Architecture
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