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Joseph Aamidor

Managing Director, Aamidor Consulting

Trevor Adelman

Senior Application Engineer, Xetobase

Shilpa Basappa

Senior Director, Product Engineering, 75F

Jason Briggs

President & CEO, Controlworks

A key player in the founding of Project Haystack, Jason Briggs is a visionary entrepreneur and passionate innovator. At just 21 years old, Jason co-founded Controlworks, a systems integration company recognized for completing one of the largest building automation system (BAS) installations in Las Vegas at the time. He went on to found J2 Innovations in 2009. Under his leadership, the company developed the acclaimed product, Fin Stack, which has played a key role in the growth and success of the company.  

Today, Jason continues his entrepreneurial journey as a proud founding member of Novo Studio, a venture studio that specializes in nurturing and supporting startups in the smart building space. He is excited to make a lasting impact in the industry and help other entrepreneurs achieve similar success.

Philip Buonomo

VP Product Development, Intellastar

Philip Buonomo is VP of Product Development at Intellastar. With over ten years experience in the IoT space, Philp is responsible for delivering Intellastar’s best in class products including Energy Analyst, Edgevisor, and T-Star hardware platform. Intellastar enables partners to reduce costs, boost resilience, and meet evolving regulatory and sustainability goals.

Saheel Chandrani

Co-founder & CEO, PingCx

Saheel Chandrani is the co-founder and CEO of PingCx, a pioneer in autonomous commissioning solutions for the next generation of smart buildings. We are on a mission to ease the labor constraint in deploying smart buildings and ensure all building systems operate as intended. Prior to launching PingCx, Saheel was the Director of Engineering & Operations for ABB Building Solutions in the Americas. Saheel brings 20+ years of experience from several building technology companies, including Siemens, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, and ABB. Saheel holds two Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MBA from Drexel University.

Adam T. Donovan

Founder & President, Antrum

Adam Donovan is the Founder and President of Antrum, a company transforming how buildings manage ventilation through intelligent air monitoring. Antrum’s IoT platform—featuring antrumX hardware and antrumEYE software—empowers facility teams to optimize ventilation for both occupant safety and energy efficiency. With a degree in electrical engineering, Adam is a technical leader who is passionate about building high-performing teams and scaling impactful companies. He is actively involved in ASHRAE technical committees, contributing to the development of industry standards that support healthier, more sustainable buildings. Outside of work, Adam enjoys sports and spending time with his wife and four kids.

Emma Eynon & Steve Eynon

Founders, Fantom Factory

Emma and Steve Eynon are the founders of Fantom Factory, an international IT service company dedicated to excellent software and data standards. A leading authority in the Fantom programming language, Fantom Factory works with SkySpark and Project Haystack data platforms in the Smart Buildings industry.

Andy Frank

CEO and Founder, Novant

Andy Frank is the Founder and CEO of Novant, where he leads efforts to reimagine how technology is deployed in buildings and how operational data is organized and shared. With 25 years in the smart building industry, Andy was previously a Co-Founder of SkyFoundry and a core engineer at Tridium, playing key roles in shaping modern building automation and data strategies. At Novant, he continues to drive innovation in making building data more open, accessible, and impactful.

Brian Frank

Technical Lead, Project Haystack

CEO and Founder, SkyFoundry

Brian Frank is the President and a Co-Founder of SkyFoundry, a software company specializing in the storage, analysis, and visualization of data from the Internet of Things. SkyFoundry’s software is used across the world in thousands of sites to analyze and optimize IoT systems including energy, HVAC, and lighting. Previously, Brian was a founder of Tridium and architect of Tridium’s software framework products. He designed and implemented the core subsystems for two generations of the Niagara Framework, widely acclaimed as a leading technology in the IoT space. During his tenure at Tridium, he also led the design of the open source Sedona Framework—a programmable control engine for smart sensors and embedded controllers. Brian currently serves as the technical lead for Project Haystack. He works with the Project Haystack community to curate domain models and technical specifications.

Nick Gayeski

Co-Executive Director, Project Haystack

Chief Executive Officer, Clockworks Analytics

Nick Gayeski is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Clockworks Analytics, a leading provider of building analytics software, and a Co-Executive Director of Project Haystack. Clockworks has been providing solutions to clients and through partners globally for more than a decade. Nick holds a PhD in Building Technology from MIT.

James Gessel

Founder, SkyForge Labs

With a background in mechanical engineering and years of experience architecting advanced software for energy, automation, and analytics, James has helped transform how teams interact with complex building systems. He’s passionate about burying complexity beneath simple, elegant interfaces that make powerful tools accessible to all. Through his latest venture, James is building native AI solutions designed to bridge the gap between buildings, operators, engineers, developers, and decision-makers. His vision: a future where anyone—regardless of technical background—can engage with building intelligence through natural, intuitive, and transparent experiences.

Gerard Huff

Director of Training J2 Innovations

Gerard joined J2 Innovations in 2014 as Director of Technical Services. He is primarily responsible for training development and delivery, and also manages the FIN Certified Train-The-Trainer Program. Prior to joining J2 Innovations, Gerard served as Global Training Manager, Master Certified Trainer, and training materials developer for leading companies in the sphere of BAS/BMS. Gerard is well known in the industry having spent the past 35 years teaching all over the world.

Rick Jennings

Data Analytics Application Engineer, SkyFoundry

Rick Jennings, PE, CEM, is an E-Mobility Product Manager and Data Analytics Application Engineer at SkyFoundry focused on applying the highly successful SkySpark platform as an analytics-driven energy management system for EV charging applications.

Rick has 12+ years of experience involving nuclear propulsion systems, railway electric traction systems, data centers, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, energy management, advanced data analytics, and IoT technologies.

In his previous role he was ABB E-Mobility’s Product Marketing Manager and subject matter expert responsible for Terra 50 to 360 kW EV chargers in North America.

Richard McElhinney

Co-Executive Director, Project Haystack

Chief Software Architect, Conserve It

As Chief Architect, Richard McElhinney manages and drives the development of Conserve It’s industry leading chiller plant optimisation technology and associate products. He also serves as Co-Executive Director of the Project Haystack Board of Directors.

Mike Melillo

Software Engineer, Albireo Energy

Over 13 years in the controls industry focusing on control systems development and integration ranging from FDD, custom monitoring solutions, and advanced supervisory control. Focused on guiding clients to understand and deploy emerging technologies in different built environments.

Scott Muench

VP Customer Experience, J2 Innovations

Scott joined J2 Innovations as a partner in 2011, and is now Vice President of Customer Experience. He has a wide range of responsibilities including evangelism, business development, training, and operational excellence. Scott is well known as an industry expert in smarthomes and smart buildings. He is a past president of ASHRAE, and is currently a board member for Project Haystack.

Lazlo Paul

Energy Technology Researcher , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lazlo Paul is a Technology Researcher working at the Berkeley Lab in the Building Technology and Urban Systems division where he pursues research on advanced building controls, semantic modeling, distributed energy resources, and building-grid interaction.

Roger Quesnel

Chief Operating Officer, SkyFoundry

Roger Quesnel has over 25 years of professional experience. Roger began their career in 1994 as an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. In 1997, they moved to General Electric, where they served as Manager. Roger then joined Tridium in 1999 as CFO and Vice President of Operations. In 2000, they became the Sr. Vice President of Strategy and CFO at HomePoint.com, where they were instrumental in cost reduction measures and led a strategic acquisition. From 2001 to 2010, they served as President of Starboard Ventures, LLC. From 2010 to 2017, they were the Chief Operating Officer at Gulton Incorporated, where they achieved revenue growth, increased EBITDA, and reduced warranty return rates. From 2013 to 2014, they were a Consultant at RingCentral, managing the entire supply chain for all telephones. From 2017 to 2021, they were the Vice President of Operations at IPS Packaging. Roger is currently the Chief Operating Officer at SkyFoundry.

Roger Quesnel completed their MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management in 1994, majoring in Marketing and HR. Roger obtained their B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University in 1988. Prior to that, they attended John Jay from 1981 to 1984.

Andrew Rodgers

Co-Founder, ACE IoT Solutions

Andrew Rodgers is the technical strategist behind ACE IoT Solutions, where he leads the charge in turning industrial data chaos into structured, actionable insight. With deep roots in critical infrastructure controls and network engineering, he architects metadata-driven systems that empower smarter, more sustainable buildings. A champion of open-source platforms like Eclipse VOLTTRON™, Andrew blends technical rigor with a collaborative spirit — shaped in part by his time with Harvard Business School’s Young American Leaders Program.

Matthew Vanberg

Sales Enablement Manager, Lynxspring

Bridging the Gaps Between Teams, Products, and the People Who Need Them – Technology Marketing – Co-Creator of It’s a Controls Problem Podcast – AI Exploratory Committee Lead