2003 biographies

 

Tim Anderson - Vice President, Computerized Facility Integration
Tim coordinates the Space Management system that incorporates Archibus FM, AutoCAD, and ArcGIS. He conducts the annual online Space Inventory Survey used to calculate Medicare/Medicaid and Indirect Cost Reimbursement values. He is also the coordinator for the initiative to bring the other 3 campuses in the University of Missouri System online with their space management systems.

Bob Bossler - Bentley Microstation
Bob has been demonstrating and training users in 3D computer graphics for more than 15 years. He has been with Bentley for five years, first as an Applications Engineer and currently as the Curriculum and Training Manager for the Bentley Education Network, Bentley's academic program

Brian Brinkmann - System Support Analyst for Space Planning and Management, University of Missouri
He coordinates the Space Management system that incorporates Archibus FM, AutoCAD, and ArcGIS. He conducts the annual online Space Inventory Survey used to calculate Medicare/Medicaid and Indirect Cost Reimbursement values. He is also the coordinator for the initiative to bring the other 3 campuses in the University of Missouri System online with their space management systems.

Kenn Bullock - Woolpert LLP
Kenn is a partner at Woolpert and has been with them since 1988. He is a graduate of the Landscape Architectural Program at West Virginia University and joined Woolpert in 1988. Mr. Bullock is the Group Manager of Architectural and Landscape Architectural Groups in the Charlotte office of Woolpert LLP. He is the lead District Trainer for courses that surround Leadership and Instructional Training Skills preparation, for new leaders and currently leads the Higher Education Arm for Woolpert's FPD Group. Kenn is also the current Chair for the Landscape Architectural Team, firm wide for Woolpert LLP.

Edward Delaney - Vice President, Ideal Scanners & Systems
Ed oversees technology teams at IDEAL.com related to product, services and support implementation for IDEAL's commercial, federal, state and local government customers. He has seven years experience with designing and implementing document management solutions for CAD and GIS imaging solutions. Recent project management experience includes: US Marine Corp - Implementation of some 70 GIS imaging systems that included software evaluation, training and contracting responsibilities; FEMA - Design and management of web enabled e-commerce document mangement solution; GSA - Implementing large document imaging and secure document management software design for federal buildings plans and specifications. Specific technical product experience includes ESRI GIS applications, various imaging and file conversion software and various document management software solutions. Mr. Delaney speaks and participates in a number of document management forums including the Association of Imaging Management (AIIM) Association of Records Management (ARMA) and the American Bar Association Annual Technology Conference.

Sean Dunn - Mgr. of Information Resources, Office of Facilities, Yale University
Sean has been involved in CAD Management since 1983. He has worked for Yale University for 11 years. He is responsible for all electronic and paper-based facilities and map data for 230 facilities and 11 million GSF. He was a key team member during the recent migration of space and CAD data from Yale's previous space and maintenance management system to the new FAMIS Software solution. Sean holds a degree in Civil Engineering with additional degreed studies in Computer Science and Industrial Technologies.

Bruce Forbes - Keynote Speaker
Bruce is the CEO of Archibus and presented "Optimizing Total Cost Ownership (TCO) Frameworks by Understanding Trends in Total Infrastructure and Facility Management."

Arthur N. Glick - Assistant to the Vice President for Operations, Texas Tech University
Art graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Landscape Architecture and later went on to get a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Texas Tech School of Law. He first came to Texas Tech in the summer of 1970, working in the Office of the Landscape Architect followed. During that same year he accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. Art left university life for a short period of time and worked as a legal consultant for West Texas Title Company with emphasis on property conveyances and land use planning. Art returned to Texas Tech in the early 1980s and was their full-time Campus Landscape Architect for 16 years until becoming the Assistant to the Vice President for Operations. Given his accomplished background and long-standing relationship with Texas Tech, he has made a significant contribution to the beauty and functionality of the Campus. Art is now involved in making Texas Tech one of the top AutoCAD/GIS technological universities in the nation.

Steve Hanes - Professional Services, FAMIS Software
Steve has been involved with corporate and higher-ed facilities management since 1987. He began his FM career with US Sprint, tracking facilities in 7 southeastern states. He later spent 13 years providing AutoCAD-based facilities management services to such clients as Compaq Computer Corporation, The Methodist Healthcare System, and dozens of colleges and universities. He is currently a consultant with FAMIS Software, Inc. Although he provides enterprise-wide facility management services, he focuses on using his unique perspective and experience to specialize in CAD-based Space Management solutions. Steve is a returning NCCC speaker, presenting at his first conference in 1998.

Niki Harris - Sr. Account Executive, Informative Graphics
Niki promotes desktop and web-based CAD collaboration products for Informative Graphics Corp. Informative Graphics Corp. (IGC) was founded in 1990 and has a strong presence in the AEC industry with their products Brava!, Net-It Central, and Myriad. Many popular Application Service Providers use Brava! as their web-based CAD rendering solution. This is Niki's third year attending the National Collegiate CADD Conference and she is looking forward to showing IGC's newest product ProjectWeb. ProjectWeb is for immediate online collaboration and review. Please join Niki on Friday, as she explaining how ProjectWeb can reduce the time it takes to get your project from the drafting table to the ground breaking ceremony. IGC will also give hands-on demonstrations at their booth and at Tuesday afternoon’s open training session.

Daniel Hayes - Department of Facilities Planning, University of Maryland
Dan earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Architecture from Syracuse University. He has served as an architect in various DC-area architectural firms since 1979. Projects range from regional high-end residential complexes and Sprint's Overland Park, Kansas CEO executive suite, to ACE International's corporate headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda. He has multi-year experience in MicroGDS and AutoCAD; he uses computer drafting as well as hand drafting and graphics, sketching and water color tools to convey architectural and urban design messages in formats appropriate to the situation. A member of the American Institute of Architects, Dan serves as the Chair for Continuing Education in Washington, DC chapter of the AIA, an elected post he has held for eight years.

Pete Kelsey - CEO, K-Tek Solutions
The founder and CEO of K-Tek Solutions, Pete has eleven years of experience with the technical aspects of civil engineering and surveying. This experience and expertise includes CAD, GIS and FM system development and optimization, GPS and total station surveying, standardization. His consulting services are known for reflecting his years of experience with Autodesk's Land Desktop, AutoCAD Map and MapGuide. Pete and the 52 members of the K-Tek staff continue to provide unique technical services to clients worldwide.

Raymond Kinser - President, California CAD Solutions
Founder and President of California CAD Solutions, Inc., Raymond has more than 14 years of GIS-industry experience. He has become widely recognized as a technical expert in his field. Raymond's GIS system development skills and project management abilities have made him a valuable asset to private and public sector organizations throughout the United States.

Jeffery Ledbetter - Supervisor GIS Engineering Services, Texas Tech University
Jeffery is currently the Supervisor CADD/GIS for the Texas Tech University Physical Plant Engineering Services group. He oversees the mapping, archiving and damage prevention of all university-owned utilities facilities. In addition to the mapping and GIS concerns, he is also responsible to the Engineering Services group for facilitating graphical and informational support for their minor renovation (<$2 million) projects. Jeffrey is currently pursuing a degree in Geography from Texas Tech University and will be graduating in December 2003.

William Mallari - Department of Facilities Planning, University of Maryland
Bill joined the Department of Architecture Engineering and Construction, in 1997, enabling him to apply his experience and expertise in strategic planning programming, master planning and the design of buildings and interiors. Since 1998, Bill has been the Coordinator for Campus Development as part of the Department of Facilities Planning. He is responsible for planning and coordinating the physical development of the university's facilities and grounds, both project specific and long-range, campus wide, including: building development; environmental systems, landscape and open space network; transportation systems, including pedestrian and vehicular circulation; and, coordination of related utilities and other infrastructure. In more than 20 years as both an Architect and Planner, Bill has served a wide spectrum of clients in the private and public sectors. This includes more than 12 years as a principal in both and architecture practice and international health services consulting firm.

Michelle Martin - Regional Manager, Sanborn
Michelle received a B.A. in Geography (concentration in GIS and cartography) at Georgia State University in 1998. She has been with Sanborn for four years and has worked for its offices in Rochester NY, St. Louis MO, and San Antonio TX. During this period, she has been employed both as Account Executive and Regional Manager. In these positions she has been responsible for developing and working with new clients throughout the country. From a technical perspective, Michelle has an extensive educational background in mapping and GIS and is proficient with a variety of GIS software including ArcView and ArcInfo. She has also been an active member in industry-related societies including the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (TSPS).

Steven Means - General Manager, The CAD Store
Steve has a BS in Technology Education and an MS in Architecture. He began instructing CAD in 1996. In 2000, he became the Autodesk Training Center Manager for South Plains College in addition to his teaching duties. Not only has he been involved with the Texas Tech University GIS mapping project for 4 years, he has also helped establish a campus-mapping program for another university. Steven Means is currently the Regional Manager for The CAD Store.

Cindi Meier, IMAGINiT
Cindi has worked closely with the education CADD community for IMAGINiT Technologies since 1998 and in the engineering and design community since 1991. Her CADD experience includes involvement in successful team projects resulting in the implementation of various GIS applications. Cindi specializes in helping identify your specific needs and expectations by working with you to find innovative solutions to your challenges.

Paul Montez - Production Manager, Sanborn
Paul studied as an undergraduate in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 1976-77, and in Computer Information Systems at San Antonio College from 1998 - 2002. He has completed the requirements for TxDOT's Pre-Certification for Aerial Mapping. He has 24 years of experience as a photogrammetric technician, supervisor, and manager. This includes more than 18 years, the past 14 of which have been in supervisory and management positions, at Sanborn and its predecessor, Williams-Stackhouse, Inc. In addition to his map compilation skills, he is highly qualified as a computer operator and programmer, and is proficient with a variety of digital-mapping and GIS software. Paul is also skilled and has many years of hands-on experience in analytical aerial triangulation.

James Niles - University Space Manager, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jimmy joined VCU in 1998 and has been instrumental in setting standards for room numbering scheme, space verification standards, organizing the archive process, developing the departmental website, and for creating/designing a state-of-the-art intranet system that allows departmental heads and outside consultant's access to floor plans and the room inventory database (linked to a live database). With the implementation of FMD-online (a secured intranet), the customer response time has been reduced from an average of 4-8 hours turnaround to several minutes. Jimmy has also been instrumental in implementing a G.I.S. system for the university that allows for needs analysis to be done on the exterior environment. He has implemented linking all the university's floor plans (currently moreo than600 individual floor plans) to the space inventory database to provide a graphical representation of the room space database. Before joining VCU, Jimmy was co-owner of a software development company that developed customized CAFM systems for clients (universities, Fortune 100, nonprofit) as well as providing software training to U.S. Embassy's personnel around the world. Jimmy is an active member of Society of College and University Planning.

Charlie O'Neil - Autodesk, Inc. Education Group
Charlie received a degree in Civil Engineering from Norwich University in 1994. After graduating, Charlie was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and served as a Field Artillery officer both domestically and abroad. Charlie transitioned to service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and served as the Installation Deputy Master Planner and Transportation Engineer for Fort Hood in Killeen TX. After retiring from active duty, Charlie entered the high tech world in Austin TX and helped start and sell two enterprise software companies during the high-tech boom. In 2002, Charlie returned to the world of engineering when he joined the Autodesk team, spending the majority of his time working with two- and four-year colleges and universities around the United States. Charlie is actively involved with a drive toward a national pre-engineering program for high school students, as well as more traditional career and technology programs involving computer-aided design and GIS.

Mark Obremski, IMAGINiT
Mark has been developing and managing design automation and GIS projects using Autodesk based products since 1986. He is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and students have benefited from his tutelage at Authorized Autodesk Training Centers, at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and Salt Lake Community College. The past eight years Mark has been focused in the utility industry providing GIS solutions to solve business needs utilizing AutoCAD Map and MapGuide solutions for major electrical utilities and municipalities. Mark is currently the U.S. Project manger for Rand IMAGINiT Technologies, Inc. focusing on GIS solutions.

John Przybyla - Woolpert LLP
John is a project Director for Woolpert in Dayton OH. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Sanitary Engineering, both from Michigan State University. He is a registered as a Professional Engineer in three states. John has more than 20 years' experience in using GIS and information technology to solve engineering and business problems, both for the private sector and for government. He has published or presented more than 20 papers in the subjects of business process re-engineering, GIS development, database management, network design and management, and systems integration.

Karsten Reinhardt - Engineering Services, Indiana University
Since joining Engineering Services at Indiana University in 1985, Karsten has dealt with issues relating to the development of CAD Standards, data translation, as well as, the steps involved in making the CAD data a valuable resource. Karsten is currently the Treasurer of the NCCC, Inc. Executive Board.

Jeannie Rice - Director, Office of Facilities Information Services - Vanderbilt University
Jeannie is the Director of the Office of Facilities Information Services, a division of Campus Planning & Construction, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville TN. She has been with the Office of Facilities Information Services since 1976. Under Jeannie's leadership, the department has created and maintained floor plans for the University and Medical buildings both on and off campus. She has continually advanced the department to have the most up to date electronic database and documents to create an electronic library. The library has progressed to a full interactive web-based Intranet database including the 1 million plus documents housed in the Facility Document Library. The most recent accomplishment is the creation of the on-line "Space Inventory" for 150 institutional users to access facility floor plans and conduct the space inventory. Users can also access data, reports, and electronic maps and utility information and is currently migrating to a GIS, web-based system for the university users. Jeannie's other accomplishments include having worked with the Tennessee Highway Department and area Engineering firms and consulted with area universities for document management systems as well as being featured in Fortune magazine highlighting her participation at the "Center For Creative Leadership." Jeannie is an accomplished Nashville artist, receiving various awards and recognition as a recognized portrait artist.

Glenn Seehausen - President/CEO, ACAD-Plus
Glenn is the founder and CEO of ACAD-Plus, Inc., a firm specializing in Facilities Management and Document Management solutions since 1986. Glenn has used AutoCAD since version 2.0 in 1984, and has placed in the top five in the national Top Gun competition sponsored by CADENCE magazine. He has trained over one thousand people on the use of AutoCAD. He has developed CAD-based software solutions and managed implementations for customers totaling over 200 million square feet of facilities, including Hewlett Packard, ExxonMobil, Yale, and Stanford. For more than a decade, Glenn has designed and implemented Document Management solutions in the CAD environment. His customers use this solution to store over one million CAD drawings and related documents. He is a returning NCCC speaker, presenting at his first conference in 1999.

Scott Shader - Director, Space Planning & Management, University of Missouri-Columbia
Scott is responsible for the determination of space needs at MU that includes planning for four hospital, athletics, etc. Scott's office also maintains a sophisticated online GIS mapping environment tied to Archibus and AutoCAD tied to a document management system fully interactive all via the web. Scott has been nationally recognized for his planning efforts in higher education and has most recently presented at the Tradeline Conference in 2003 along with many other national speaking venue's including our own NCCC conference in 1996 at Oklahoma State University.

Paul Sherwood - Assistant University of Engineer, Ohio State University
Paul is the Assistant Director in the University Engineer's Office at The Ohio State University. He has a BS in Architecture from The Ohio State University and more than 15 years of experience in design, management, and construction. He has been working with CAD and mapping software in the collegiate environment throughout his career, emphasizing data standards and data sharing across departmental boundaries. He is the co-founder of The National Collegiate CADD Conference, Inc. and currently holds a position as President of the corporation.