Speakers

Our 2026 Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the 5th Annual Advancing Design Quality Management Summit.

Andriy Mulyar

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nomic Ai

Brendan Smith

Associate Technical Director
Cannon Design

Brian Kaplan

Principal
Cannon Design

Bridgette Gimpert

IDC Manager
Gilbane Building Company

Cameron Mccormick

Director - Construction Quality Assurance
City of Cambridge

Denise Clements

Director - Quality
AECOM

Derek Dizon

QA/QC Manager and Senior Project Architect
Merriman Anderson Architects

Frances Gooding

technical director
Hoefer Welker Architecture

Harvey Schwager

Principal
OHM Advisors

Jason Hansen

Director - Architecture
Ryan Co. US Inc

Jeanette Shaw

Director of Quality & Sustainability
Powers Brown Architecture

Jeremy Helfert

Senior Associate. Technical Director
Perkins & Will

Jerome Brown

Senior Vice President & Director - Quality
HDR Engineering Inc.

Jessica Rodrigues

Senior IDC Manager
Gilbane Building Company

Jillian Lanser

Deputy Director - Quality Office
HDR Engineering Inc.

Ken Edwards

Technical Principal
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

Lori Chandler

Director of Architecture - Food & Beverage
Ryan Co. US Inc

Maria Tasada

Director - Technical & Architectural Associate
Gensler

Mario Romero

Computational Designer & Digital Practice Manager
Perkins & Will

Mark Walsh

Global Principal & Director - Technical Design
Perkins & Will

Melissa Whitehurst

National Technical Leader
NELSON Worldwide, LLC

Michael Goldberg

Director - Technical
Digsau

Michael Kolodzy

Principal & Director - Technical Services
Niles Bolton Associates Inc.

Michael Repka

Quality Manager
Hoffman Construction Company

Michael Zensen

Vice President
Cannon Design

Miles Johnson

Principal, Director - Quality
Croft & Associates

Richard Linsky

Technical Director
FCArchitects

Ryan Florence

Vice President, Quality Transformation & Innovation Lead
AECOM

Sue Klawans

Co-Founder
Design & Construction Excellence Exchange

Thomas Campbell

Director - Technical Quality Architect
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

Wendy Amann

Director - Quality
Huitt-Zollars Inc.

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