Meet our experts
from around the world, sharing
their project controls' knowledge
and experiences
SPEAKERS
Osama Abdelfatah
AVP Regional Program Controls Director, Americas
AECOM
Osama is AVP Regional Program Controls Director for Americas. With over 22 years of program controls and construction experience in private and public construction programs. He is a results-oriented leader with proven program management, analytical, and construction support skills. Specializing in Planning & Scheduling, Cost Management, Risk Management, Claims and Forensic Analysis, and Earned Value methodologies. Offers a unique combination of skills demonstrated through achievements of results in leading and performing a full range of project/program management and control functions.
Merritt Hamilton Allen
Owner and Executive Director
Vox Optima, LLC
Gilles Almeras
VP of Sales - Project Controls & Engineering
Planisware
Nikhil Ambani
Director
Ambquad Solutions Ltd.
A Civil Engineer; PMO, Project Controls and Commercial Advisor; Founder - Ambquad Solutions
and Ambquad Maps; Nikhil is a Construction Management professional and Engineering
Technologist with 18+ years of experience in Project Delivery, Operations, Commercial functions and Enterprise Program and Portfolio Management leadership roles in USA and NZ.
With a Masters in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a published thesis / journal paper in
‘Pre-Allocation of Total Float on CPM based construction contracts’; Nikhil has influenced
resolution of several delay and disruption claims and has an operations portfolio that spans across $B+ worth of infrastructure and vertical (new builds and renovations) projects across several contracting models in both government (federal, state, transportation, utility, defense) and private sector projects alike.
Bahadir Barbarosoglu
Program Manager
Linesight
Dr. Bahadir Barbarosoglu is an accomplished project controls expert, with 10 years of experience working on multiple hyperscale Data Centers and other industry leading projects. He is a published author of several journals and AACE International technical papers.
Santosh Bhat
Director
Australasian Project Planning
Santosh Bhat has been planning and scheduling for over two decades across a range of projects in the Australasian region. Having worked across a diverse range of project and corporate planning and controls roles for major contractors,including governance, assurance, systems and knowledge management.
Based in Sydney, Australia Santosh now operates as an independent consultant offering planning, scheduling and schedule risk analysis services and is also Co-Founder of Linear Project Software, developing the Time Location charting application “Turbo-Chart”.
Attila Boydak
Vice President, Infrastructure
Turner & Townsend
"Attila Boydak is a Risk, and Program Management adviser and leader at Turner & Townsend’s U.S. infrastructure practice. His career in the engineering and construction industry has involved large and complex projects across the world. Attila Boydak has held principal roles in planning and execution of several large and high-profile infrastructure projects. He has taught seminars on risk management and spoken about financing infrastructure projects at leading academic and professional conferences.
A graduate of Bogazici University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a minor in Computer Programming, Attila Boydak earned a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management from Virginia Tech and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Management from the New York University Stern School of Business."
Chris Carson
Director of Program & Project Controls | Vice President
ARCADIS U.S.
David Chigne
Past-President AACEi Peru Section
AACE International
David has five (5) international certifications in Project Management, Keynote speaker at international conferences (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, United States, United Kingdom and Venezuela) since 2015, postgraduate professor at universities in Peru and IN-HOUSE courses on technical issues associated with Risks, Costs and Schedules (Peru, Ecuador, Chile).
Gary Dubin
Program Controls Manager
Brown & Caldwell
Gary Dubin has over 30 years experience working on public and private capital construction projects ranging from 100's of millions to billions of dollars. His specialties include project & program cost controls, database design and administration, information technology strategic planning, data management optimization, and providing technology-based solutions to a variety of clients on a variety of programs and projects.
David Egan
Managing Director
WiiPlan Project Solutions
David Currently managing director of WiiPlan Project Solutions which service a number of
Engineering Construction Commissioning Qualification & Start Up Clients in EMEA regions.
Experience in detailed & benchmark planning of EPCMV, CQV, CM, HVAC, Mechanical,
Electrical, BMS, Automation and I&C Contracts in Bio Pharmaceutical Projects, Medical Device Projects,
Data Hall Projects, & Commercial Projects @ 100M + scale. Professional Experience from all sides
as continuously work with & represent the client side, the main contractor and multi discipline sub-contractors.
Mohamed El-Mehalawi
Global Improvement Leader - Projects
Dow
Karen Firmaniuk
Director of Product Management
McKinstry
Karen Firmaniuk relentlessly pursues transformation in her role as director of product management at McKinstry, a national construction and energy services leader. She joined the company in 2007 to lead change and implement value-add technology solutions in support of the company and its clients. She was instrumental in the company realizing critical efficiencies through the creation of a shared services organization and large, cross-department process changes and projects.
Throughout McKinstry’s growth, it became evident that manual processes were no longer a sustainable way to meet the company’s go-to-market strategy. Karen led the charge in finding and implementing a solution that would eventually lead McKinstry to Planisware.
Kevin Fuller
Implementation Manager
Alice Technologies
Omar Habib
Digital Delivery Manager
WiiPlan Project Solutions
Omar Habib is a Digital Delivery Manager passionate about BIM and Project
Controls with deep expertise in reports and dashboard development, creating reports and visual,
interactive dashboards using Tableau and Power BI. Work collaboratively with business
stakeholders to understand their analytical needs and provide insightful reporting solutions.
He has worked with large multinational construction and development companies to deliver a
range of building and infrastructure projects across the Middle East, UAE, KSA, Qatar, and Egypt.
He has worked on +25 BIM projects in the infrastructure, commercial building, residential, oil, and
gas sectors.
Ahmed AbouAlfa is a Digital innovator and expert in transforming rigid data into a smooth feasible
framework by reflecting Business Intelligence methodologies and Digital Strategy techniques and
leveraging digital technologies in all fields to meet the business demands.
Digital Business Strategy & Transformation Specialists in many indus
David Hulett
President
Hulett & Associates, LLC
"Dr. Hulett has focused for the last 25 years on quantitative schedule risk analysis, integrated cost-schedule risk analysis and project scheduling best practices. His firm, Hulett & Associates, LLC, is recognized as a leader in project cost and schedule risk management and project scheduling. Hulett has many government customers including GAO, Architect of the Capitol and GSA. Commercial clients of H&A represent many industries, including: aerospace and defense, oil and gas, construction, bio-pharmaceutical plant construction, transportation, communications, IT, and large science. The clients are in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Hulett was elected as a Fellow of AACE International in 2015 and received the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from the Association in 2018.Dr. Hulett is well-known as a leader in quantitative project schedule and integrated cost-schedule risk analysis concepts, methods, consulting and training.Dr. Hulett ha
Bob Hunt
International President
ICEAA
Bob Hunt has over 40 years of cost estimating and analysis experience. He received his Society for Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCA) Certification in 1991. He has served in senior technical and management positions at Dulos Incorporated (President), Galorath Federal Incorporated (President), Galorath Incorporated (Vice President for Services), CALIBRE Systems (Vice President), CALIBRE Services (President), SAIC (Vice President), the U.S. Army Cost and Economic Analysis Center (Chief of the Vehicles, Ammunition, and Electronics ICE Division, U.S. Army Directorate of Cost Analysis (Deputy Director).
Blerina Jaupaj
Lead Cost Engineer
TotalEnergies
"Blerina Jaupaj is a Project Controls professional with over 20 years of experience with several Oil and Gas Majors, including BP, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Total Energies, etc having served as Project Controls Lead, Cost Lead, Cost Supervisor etc. She has worked on projects all over the world, from Kosovo, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the US, and Canada. In addition to Project Controls, Blerina has done several System and Process Implementations like SAP, Omega PIMS, Navision, etc. Blerina approaches Project Controls with the needs of the Project Managers and other Stakeholders in mind to customize the service to the personality or elements that drive the success of the project, by focusing on adding value and providing good analysis for the best decision-making. She has brought to the projects several initiatives to change project cultures and save the company money. "
Patrick Kelly
President-elect
AACE
Patrick M. Kelly is a construction claims analyst and testifying expert with more than twenty five years’ experience. In his career, Patrick has been a US Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer, a contract & construction manager, and a scheduler & project controls manager. He has worked on both large and small projects – for contractors and owners – on transportation & infrastructure, shipbuilding & ship repair, hotels & condominiums, and government & public facilities. He is an expert in project controls, Critical Path Method scheduling, earned value analysis, and forensic schedule analysis for delay and disruption. With this experience, he has qualified and testified as an expert in the US and internationally.
Jason Kimbrell
Project Controls Specialist
Omega Project Solutions
Jason Kimbrell is a Project Controls Specialist at Omega 365, where he develops and implements the Omega Pims Cost tool for clients around the world. Prior, he spent nearly a decade as a cost engineer in Shell’s capital projects portfolio, working on projects in upstream, downstream, and LNG, as well as serving on the company’s cost software pilot team as a super user.
Tyler Konter
Consultant
Point Construction Advisory Group
Tyler Konter joined the consulting industry after years of field experience performing project management, project controls, CPM scheduling, and cost analysis on live construction projects. Mr. Konter has performed and critiqued forensic analyses of industry-recognized methods including the measured mile for productivity analysis; and the contemporaneous, impacted as-planned, and as-planned vs. as-built for schedule analysis.
Mr. Konter served in U.S. Air Force Special Operations for five years before changing his focus to the construction industry. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering, is pursuing an M.S. in Structural Engineering, and speaks at project controls and construction events.
Mr. Konter has worked in nuclear, oil and gas, highway and bridge, hydroelectric, health care, education, industrial, and building construction in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East.
Ryan Kubacki
Chief Executive Officer
ARES PRISM
"Ryan Kubacki is currently the Chief Executive Officer of ARES PRISM Software, the global leader of enterprise project controls software. Ryan was recruited into the role by growth equity company M33 Growth and is a co-investor in the business.
Ryan is an experienced growth equity operator and investor with a track record of successful value creation and financial exits of technology companies. Ryan has experience with platform investments and M&A for both large and small companies. Ryan brings deep expertise in go-to-market execution.
Previously, Ryan was recruited by a PE firm to be Chief Revenue Officer of Flexera upon acquiring company for $1.4 billion and exited upon selling company to another PE firm for $2.9 billion, doubling company valuation in under 3 years. At Flexera, Ryan led a global organization of 400 employees responsible for customer experience and company revenue. Team included sales, solution engineering, professional services, renewals, channel partners, sales op
Nathan Lambert
Senior Consultant
RPCuk
Nathan joined RPCuk in 2021 with 15 years’ experience in the design, development, implementation and support of software solutions for a variety of public and private sector organisations both in the UK and the Middle East. The solutions Nathan has been involved with have been used to assist companies with Project Management, Drawing/Document Management and Planning with a primary focus in recent years on Contract Management specifically NEC4 and FIDIC. Nathan is now able to bring his knowledge and expertise to RPCuk working with customers to understand their requirements and turn them into user friendly solutions within Primavera Unifier and ensuring maximum benefit is received for all stakeholders.
Andrew Langridge
Director Business Development - Europe
ARES PRISM
Andrew Langridge is the Director of Business Development for Europe. In this role, he is
responsible for delivering Estimation and Project Controls solutions across a wide range of
industries. Andrew started his career as an apprentice mechanical engineer working in a bespoke
machine tool company in London. After a 5-year technical apprenticeship, he moved into
advanced manufacturing supervision and management roles. For 25 years Andrew has been
working in the field of Estimation and Project Controls supporting the implementation of best-inclass
processes and solutions for organizations across many industries. Andrew is a Royal
Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Bath, a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield
University and a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers. In 2022 Andrew was awarded the status of Honorary Certified Professional Cost Engineer due to his extensive contribution and guidance to the profession.
Greg Lawton
CEO
Nodes & Links
Greg co-founded and leads Nodes & Links, a data-analytics and software company focused on automation and AI.
John Lister
Projects Director
RPCuk
John has over 20 years’ experience in the Project Controls arena, particularly around the implementation of Oracle’s Primavera software. During this time, he has gained experience in various industry verticals including oil and gas, transportation, defence and utilities. He has a solid understanding of and extensive practical experience in the strategic issues pertaining to transformation and delivery of capital projects within these industries and has worked with numerous clients across the world.
Kendall Lott
Chief Operating Officer (President-elect), 2022
PMIWDC
Terri Maginnis
Practice Director
Project Partners LLC
Terri Maginnis has over 30 years of diverse project management experience, most recently as a practice director for Project Partners LLC. She has worked with over 300 companies helping with design, testing, and training of integrated project management solutions. She is certified to implement Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM (Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management) and Oracle Primavera Unifier and is a Certified Scrum Master.
Ahmed Mahmood AL-Lawati
Lead Project Services
Petroleum Development Oman
Ron Mechling
Chief Revenue Officer
Cora Systems
Iain Milne
Project Director
Turner & Townsend
Lain is a programme manager with a proven ability in successfully delivering projects at all stages of the engineering lifecycle. He is a pro-active manager of risk, financial and project controls, schedule and KPIs and experienced in leading large, multi-disciplined project teams. He brings all this experience to his role with Turner and Townsend in supporting the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation to manage a vast range of complex projects to procure and support equipment and services for the efficient operation of the UK Armed Forces.
Ben Milner
Project Manager
Linesight
Ben Milner is a Project Manager with experience building some of the most complex hyperscale Data Centers in the United States. He is a published author of an AACE International technical paper and spends much of his time consulting on constructability and process improvement in the construction industry."
Tyler Monson
Director of Professional Services
HKA
Rohan Mutha
Project Controls Practice Leader, Program and Project Management, NY Metro
AECOM
Rohan P Mutha, CCM, CCP, PSP, LEED AP, EIT, is the Project Controls Practice Leader at AECOM in the NY Metro area. Recently, he was recognized as one of the ENR's Top 20 Under 40 New York 2022 professionals. He has been very instrumental in the execution of numerous multimillion-dollar projects in the infrastructure, buildings, water, energy, health care and government sectors. His responsibilities include advising the client/management about project management, schedule, cost, earned value, risk and any construction delay claims issues related to the project and recommending corrective actions. He has led various projects from inception to their successful completion. Examples of his work can be found around the world— from multiple projects for the Virginia Dept of Transportation to a new U.S. embassy compound in Mumbai, India. When a New York City-based public agency asked for AECOM’s assistance with performance measurement challenges for a 13-project capital program, Mutha and his
Alexia Nalewaik
PMCS Manager
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
TC Newbill
Sr. Industry Consultant
Hexagon
TC is a project controls professional with 20 years of experience supporting projects ranging from US DOD, NASA to commercial nuclear. As an Industry Consultant for EcoSys Pre-Sales at Hexagon, TC supports the alignment of potential client requirements and EcoSys functionality, through software demonstrations
Lloyd Norman
Vice President of Strategic Solutions
Prosymmetry
Lloyd Norman is the Vice President of Strategic Solutions at ProSymmetry. Prior to joining ProSymmetry, Lloyd directed the Resource Management Office at a top 50 financial institution, where he architected an enterprise resource planning ecosystem that continuously aligned strategic project, agile initiative, and operational work with vital delivery and governance resources.
Lloyd has over 30 years of experience delivering value in RMO & PMO leadership roles, as a managing partner in a technology professional services firm, and as a consultant with IBM. As an entrepreneurial leader Lloyd has consulted with clients in a variety of industries including banking, aerospace, health care, DOD, manufacturing, oil and gas, and technology. Lloyd has been on the Advisory Board of the Resource Management Institute for the past five years, has LPM, CSM, PMP, RMCP certifications, and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
"Julie Owen is an industry thought leader with more than 30 years of experience in project controls managing programs and delivering capital projects. She is a published author and international speaker delivering presentations in fifteen countries and six continents. She is a Distinguished International Fellow of the International Cost Engineering Council, Fellow of the Guild of Project Controls and AACE International Fellow. Julie works as Senior Executive Officer, Project Management Oversight for Los Angeles Metro. She is a senior leader with proven ability to lead teams and deliver program and projects on-time and within budget. She currently manages a $20B capital transportation infrastructure program."
Tika Rai
Vice President Partnership Management
PMIWDC
Senbag Rajamani
Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management SME
INTERMS, LLC
Shane Richardson
President
Lagrange Consulting
Mark Ruettiger
Director of Operations
Carrier
Mark has focused on leveraging technology, training and best practices to drive the leadership, quality and efficiency of the global Automated Logic engineering and execution teams in order to improve consistency, profitability, and customer service. Mark, working in collaboration with our Finance, Digital, and Human Resources teams, has realized successful integrations of business operations tools that have enabled Automated Logic to leverage best in class execution into expansive growth across the industry. His studies and job duties in the USN Naval Nuclear Power program, MBA in International Business, and 20 years of industry experience have enabled him to find creative solutions to obstacles that plague most controls businesses.
Mark Sanders
Director of Projects
Alpha 3 Consulting
Mr. Sanders has over 25 years of experience as an engineer and manager and has successfully managed projects in the electric utility; fossil, nuclear, and renewable generation; oil and gas; and transportation sectors. He is a recognized industry expert in project delivery and speaks frequently at conferences on topics including project development, scheduling, budgeting, and execution; project management; evaluation of issues related to delay, inefficiency, changed conditions, and extra work; and contract cost analysis.
Mr. Sanders is a licensed Professional Engineer in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He holds certifications from AACE International as a Cost Professional, Planning and Scheduling Professional, and Forensic Claims Consultant. He is a certified Project Management Professional and Portfolio Management Professional. Mr. Sanders earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Villanova University.
Russell Stevens
Senior Solutions Analyst
ARES PRISM
Russ has over 25 years of experience in project management and cost management. As the Senior Solutions Analyst at ARES PRISM Software, he provides organizations with deep insights and best practices to help them improve their processes and tools. Previously, Russ worked with companies like Chevron, BP and Exxon to strategically implement project management control systems and improve business process automation. In addition, Russ designed strategic implementations of process control and compliance for global exploration and production projects. Russ’ strategies in business process automation are still being used around the world to quantify and qualify risk management. Russ’ time spent in the project controls industry, as well as his distinct experience working with organizations to implement PMCS, qualifies him as an experienced thought leader in Project Controls.
Rob Toner
Director of Sales for North America
ARES PRISM
Subhash Tuladhar
Executive Director, Project Controls
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Subhash Tuladhar is Executive Director of Project Controls at the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC). He oversees DDC's risk, schedule and cost management practice as well as advanced data analytics. Subhash is an innovator, experienced in leveraging analytics in improvement of capital programs. He has experience working for general contractors, engineering firms, owners, funding agencies. His 25 years’ experience includes buildings and infrastructure programs. Subhash is a Project Management Professional (PMI) and a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. He holds a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Karl Vantine
Chief Customer Officer
ARES PRISM
Waylon Whitehead
Founder
sCurve Solutions
Dr. Hulett was elected as a Fellow of AACE International in 2015 and received the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from the Association in 2018.
Dr. Hulett is well-known as a leader in quantitative project schedule and integrated cost-schedule risk analysis concepts, methods, consulting and training.
Dr. Hulett has served the Project Management Institute by leading project risk management and scheduling standards, including the risk management chapter in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. For the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International he is the principal author of the Recommended Practice 57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Schedule in 2011 and Recommended Practice 85R-14 Use of Decision Trees in Decision Making in 2014.
Paul Williams
Senior Vice President
Pathfinder LLC
Paul Williams, PE, PMP, is Senior Vice President of Pathfinder, LLC and is responsible for the Chemical, Food & Beverage and Pharmaceutical Industries. Paul has 30+ years of Project Management and Project Engineering experience working for Owner and Contractor organizations in the Petroleum, Chemical Process, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Microelectronics, and Food and Beverage industries. He has extensive multi-disciplined hands-on engineering and construction experience along with demonstrated competencies in planning, budgeting, contracting, project controls and management of personnel. Paul has worked on both international and domestic projects and has broad based experience in the development of projects from concept through start-up. Paul was awarded the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from AACE International, in recognition of continuous and significant contributions through educational programs directed to the advancement of total cost management.
Andy Yawn
Sr. Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Accounts
Cora Systems
James Zack
Principal
James Zack Consulting, LLC
Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. Formerly Executive Director, Navigant Construction Forum™ and previously, Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation. Previously, Vice President of PinnacleOne and Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute. Earlier a Senior Construction Claims Consultant, CH2M HILL. For more than 50 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 39 countries abroad. A Fellow of AACE, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Guild of Project Controls, and