Speakers

Jared Christman has spent the last 30 years in the Electrical industry in some form or fashion. Everything from GIS mapping in the field to cutting ROW and designing utility routing in the Texas Hill Country to designing large electrical systems and utilizing BIM on large-scale projects. His passion is combining the electrical field mentality with the latest technology, with the ultimate goal being to help field personnel implement technology.

Adam S. Davis is the Virtual Design & Construction Project Manager at Miller Electric Company and has been involved in Construction Design & VDC for 20 years.   He has published “Achieving Spatial Coordination Through BIM”, National BIM Standard v2.0, helped develop manufacturer’s software for Revit, Member of the BIM Forum Working Group, and is a Member of the Innovation & Strategy Task Force for NECA.  Along with his VDC background, he has been involved in design, planning, and execution from the project level to the enterprise on projects from a 500-acre site to a 2.3M Square Foot Mixed-Use Manufacturing Building.   From specific animations of work tasks to full 5D sequenced models, Adam works to leverage models & information to support field installations.  He has built Design & VDC capabilities at 2 prior NECA Contractors and developed VDC Process and Fabrication Facilities. Recent Initiatives include using analytics with cloud models and CRM systems to create business data & industry metrics for VDC.

Clinical psychologist, inspirational speaker, podcaster, and impact entrepreneur, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas began her innovative work in suicide prevention after her brother died of suicide. Known as an innovator in social change, Spencer-Thomas has helped start multiple large-scale, gap-filling efforts in mental health, including “Construction Working Minds”, the award-winning Man Therapy campaign and work as lead author of the National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention. She currently serves as the president of United Suicide Survivors International. Dr. Sally has a TEDx talk, gave an invited speech at the White House and was honored with the ENR Newsmaker of the Year distinction for her efforts in construction.

Hala Nassereddine, Ph.D. is President and CEO of NCM Consulting, LLC. She is also an associate professor in Construction Engineering and Project Management, a program within the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Nassereddine was chosen for the Russell J Alessi ELECTRI International 2020 Early Career Award for her proposed project on Allocating and Leveraging BIM Efforts for Electrical Contractors.

Bob Dagostino is the founder and president of Dagostino Electronic Services (DES). With a lifelong passion for connectivity, Bob has steered DES since 1973 in bringing quality and innovative technology solutions to businesses across the region. World-class healthcare institutions, top universities, local and federal government and countless school districts have benefited from DES’ wide range of solutions, including networking, security, audiovisual, lighting and AI.

A passionate advocate for sustainable energy infrastructure and conservation, Bob has addressed local and national government forums. As a current board member of WPA-NECA, he is committed to training an experienced workforce through IBEW and providing equitable resolutions to today’s most complex issues.

A third generation owner, Sean has participated in all aspects of the electrical construction company his grandfather started over 60 years ago. From fixing the company computers as a young boy, to estimating as a young adult, and on to his current position as CFO, Sean has continued to use his technological gifts to enhance company operations. He currently is a member of both the local Los Angeles Innovation Taskforce and NECA’s Innovation & Strategy Task Force.

Ronna is VP of Business Development for Voltserver. Ronna has been in the networking and telecommunication industry for 26 years where she has held positions in management, sales, and channel management. Ronna chairs the TIA SPEC, Single Pair Ethernet Consortium.

As president and CEO of Dynalectric Oregon and Arizona, Dorin Nicorici is continually looking for ways to improve the construction process. He is the driving force behind the company’s mission of providing unprecedented value by creating a culture that encourages employee innovation, research into emerging technologies, and efficient execution of construction pre-manufacturing and installation. Under Dorin’s direction, the use of these leading-edge technologies and construction practices has helped Dynalectric rise to become one of the top electrical contractors in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona.

Emily Huesman is the Associate Director of Education Development for the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). She is responsible for designing on-demand online and in-seat educational courses at NECA, such as Field Leadership Essentials, Safety Professionals Institute, and NECA’s online Project Management series.

Prior to joining NECA, Emily was the Training Manager for an underground infrastructure contractor and the Manager of Enterprise Learning for the Association for Talent Development. Emily has nearly a decade of experience providing learning solutions to a variety of organizations, from local nonprofits to Fortune 500s.

Emily earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and American Studies from Smith College and her Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Dean began his career at Federated Insurance as a premium auditor in March of 1987.  Dean has held many different roles in our Field Services department on the audit and risk management side over the past 37 years in Atlanta, Phoenix, and our home office in Minnesota.  He and his wife Jeanne have recently relocated back to Phoenix where he is focused on enhanced risk management resources.  In Dean’s most recent role as Director Of Field Services, he was responsible for the risk management deliverable for all of Federated and our 46,000 plus clients.  Dean also served on Federated corporate teams focused on promotion and implementation strategies specific to our commercial lines operation.