2026 Expert Speaker Faculty

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

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

Clients & Developers

Julie Youngblood

Strategy & Operations Director
Intel

Ashot Sargsyan

DEO
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

John Hamblin

Senior Principal Architect - Global Design & Construction
Equinix, Inc.

Jay Glasco

Construction Quality Manager
Microsoft

Leading General Contractors

Corey Zussman

Vice President - Quality Assurance & Quality Control
AECOM

WILLIAM WARREN

Director of Quality
Baker Construction Enterprises Inc.

Jeffrey Fischer

Director of Quality Assurance
Brinkmann Constructors

Jeremy Bunting

Senior Manager - Quality
Clayco Construction Company
Chad Dorgan

Chad Dorgan

Senior Vice President Enterprise Quality
Clayco.
George Boles

George Boles

Director, Quality Assurance
Danis Building Construction Co.

Kyle Kelly

Director - Quality
EllisDon
Antonio Garcia Berreto

Antonio Garcia Barreto

Quality Manager
FlatironDragados

Rocio de los Reyes

Quality Director
FlatironDragados

Peter Kevork

Quality Director
FlatironDragados

Dan O’Hara

Senior Manager - Quality Assurance
Flintco, LLC

Susan Tienhaara

Quality Manager
Govan Brown

Michael Bart

Regional Quality Manager
Granite Construction

Ted Boyce

Director of Safety & Quality
Hathaway Dinwiddie

Sean Neary

Director, Quality Department
Holder Construction

Callie Johns

Quality Manager
JE Dunn Construction

Mariah Maifarth

Director - Quality
Kiewit Corporation

Daniel Earp

Director of Quality
MasTec

Laurie Stidham

Director - Quality Control
McGough

Shane Collins

Director of Quality
Michels Corporation

Mark Drzewiecki

Director - Quality
Mortenson Construction

Helene McLellan

Quality Director
Mortenson Construction

Tonya Johnson

Director, Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

Ben Durham

Corporate Quality Manager
PCL

Marcus Alger

Supervisor, Corporate Quality
PCL Construction

Terry Brickman

Program Manager, Quality
PCL Construction

Jim McFadden

District Quality Supervisor
PCL Construction

Jeff Cumpston

Manager, Corporate Quality
PCL Construction

Steve Black

Director, Quality Support
Power Construction

Derek Cavataio

Quality Support Manager
Power Construction

Chris Liedman

Director - Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Systems
RJM Construction

Mike Johnson

Director - Quality Control
RJM Construction

Neil Haynes

Regional Quality Manager
Shawmut Design & Construction

Lauren Slaven

Senior Superintendent
Shawmut Design & Construction

Robert Achilles

National Director - Quality Control
Shawmut Design & Construction

Zizi Badagliacca

Deputy Quality Manager
Stacy Witbeck

Amy Yount

Group Quality Manager
Sundt Construction

Todd Patterson

Industrial Group Quality Manager
Sundt Construction

Rodd Weber

Executive Director, Safety & Quality
The PENTA Building Group

Angelo Trapani

Director - Quality & Building Division
The Walsh Group

Nick Willick

Senior Project Manager
The Walsh Group - Walsh Construction & Archer Western

LaShira Champion-King

Director, Quality LEAN & Innovation
Walbridge

Trade Contractors & EPCs

Guillermo Garcia

QAQC Lead
Allison Smith Co.

Mark Harvey

Vice President - Quality & Continuous Improvement
Day & Zimmermann

John DeVaney

Senior Manager /Quality
DEPCOM Power

David Zipp

Quality Control Manager
DEPCOM Power

Tariq Masud

Senior Manager
Parsons Corporation

Zach Nelson

Quality Assurance & Control Manager
Prism Electric, Inc.

Jad Chalhoub

Senior Director, Innovation
Rosendin Holdings

Micah Stanton

Director of Quality
Sure Steel Inc.

Blake Binford

Director - Quality
Worley

Industry Leading Advisors

Collin Sutt

Senior Performance - Excellence & Quality Consultant
American Contractors Insurance Group

Stephen Villarreal

AVP Risk Control
Arch Insurance Group

Matthew Biehl

Risk Engineer
AXA Partners, Credit & Lifestyle Protection

Michael Lang

Quality Director
Bilfinger Berger

Sue Klawans

Co-Founder
DCX

Steven Wright

Sr Director - Construction & Quality
Decima International

Brandon Fisher

Director of Building Science & Resiliency
Pinchin Ltd.

Sy Winkelman

Assistant Service Line Director
Terracon

Design Firms

Derek Dizon

QA/QC Manager
Merriman Anderson Architects

Jeanette Shaw

Project Manager
Powers Brown Architecture

Sponsor Speakers

Loay Hanthel

Senior Project Manager
Ames Construction Inc. (Elas Client)
Asher Lin

Asher Lin

Co-Founder
AutoSitu
Joseph Ferrell

Joseph Ferrell

CEO
BECI
Raphael Scheps

Raphael Scheps

Co-founder & CEO
Converge.io

Marc Josephson

CEO
CORIS Monitoring
Martin Hughes

Martin Hughes

VP
Elas
Daniel Russo

Daniel Russo

Chief Executive Officer
Facility Grid

Jonathan Burns

I&C Superintendent
Hoffman Construction Company (Elas Client)
Casey Ferrell

Casey Ferrell

Chief Technology Officer
NXTC Technologies
Saheel Chandrani

Saheel Chandrani

Chief Executive Officer
PingCx
Brian Langhorst

Brian Langhorst

Industry Partnerships Manager
Procore Technologies
Ryan Treweek Visibuild

Ryan Treweek

CRO and Co-Founder
Visibuild
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