178th Edition – Zak World of Façades USA

This will be the 178^th edition globally and the 1^st edition in Boston which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Chenyu Pu

Senior Associate | Facade Designer, Heintges

Arndt Broecker

Head of Sales North America, Forster Profile Systems

Arndt Broecker is a seasoned international business leader with 30 years of experience in the fenestration industry. He has successfully expanded the reach of fenestration products across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. Currently, Arndt serves as the...

Sae Kim

Principal, CBT

Kate Bubriski

Principal | Director of Building Performance, Arrowstreet

Kate Bubriski is the Director of Building Performance at Arrowstreet. For over twenty years, she has completed numerous high-performing buildings, including 1 million square feet of passive buildings, working with clients to ensure building performance simultaneously creates social, health, environmental,...

Rustom Cowasjee

Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

Shu Talun

Associate Principal, Senior Façade Consultant, RDH

Shu Talun is an Associate Principal and Senior Façade Consultant with RDH’s Boston team. With a background in architecture and manufacturing, Shu brings 15 years of experience in façade systems design and development. Her expertise spans enclosure consulting, unitized system...

Jeff Geisinger

Director of Sustainable Design, Utile

Jeff Geisinger is Director of Sustainable Design at Utile, where he leads the firm’s building performance and decarbonization initiatives. He works with project teams to create energy efficient buildings and healthy, resilient spaces through energy modeling and design guidance. He...

Wesley Schwartz

Associate Principal, Payette

Emma Cardini

Unit Manager and Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

Emma Cardini is a Principal and Unit Manager at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. She has more than twenty-two years of experience in the repair and restoration of historic building enclosures. Emma will discuss her experience with historic enclosures, especially...

Montgomery Forman

Senior Principal, Island Exterior Fabricators

John Hynes

Vice President, Boston Global Investors

John Hynes joined the BGI team in 2014. Prior to his role as Vice President of BGI and Project Executive of the 10 World Trade development, John oversaw numerous Seaport Square projects, totaling over $150M of development in 3-years. He...

Victor Vizgaitis

Chair of Architecture & Interior Design, Sasaki

A senior principal and architect at Sasaki, Victor leads Sasaki’s commercial architecture and interiors practice, bringing together a spectrum of disciplines, from architecture and interiors, to landscape and urban design. This breadth of professional experience has led to a deep...

Graham Banks

Partner, Pelli Clarke & Partners

Graham Banks transforms complex design challenges into elegant solutions, with his expertise spanning boutique residential, placemaking mixed-use, human-scaled office space, and research and healthcare projects. He has been a partner-in-charge for the South Station multi-phase air rights development in Boston;...

Jonathan Hill

Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti

Eric Claeys

Founding Partner, Fassada Steel

Eric Claeys holds a degree as Civil Engineer in Construction from KU Leuven, Belgium, a degree in Industrial Engineering in Public Works from KU Leuven, Belgium, and graduated with a Master in Business Administration from the Vlerick Business School, Belgium....

Andrew Pries

Technical Sales Director, Boston Valley Terra Cotta

Andrew Pries, Technical Sales Director at Boston Valley Terra Cotta, holds a BS in Architecture from the University at Buffalo and a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan. With a focus on design development and leveraging diverse fabrication...

Frans de Witte

Partner, MVRDV

Partner and Architect Frans de Witte joined MVRDV in 1996. As director of MVRDV’s Americas studio, he is currently overseeing projects in North and South America, and also in the Netherlands. Examples of those projects are the six residential towers...

Chris O’Hara

Founding Principal, Studio NYL

Chris O’Hara is a Founding Principal of Studio NYL. Trained as a Structural Engineer, Chris has a passion for Architecture. This passion has fostered the collaborative approach that is a cornerstone of Studio NYL’s collaborative approach to structures and enclosures....

Tansu Kumru

Vice Chairman, TurkishGlass

Tansu Kumru has extensive experience in the glass industry and has been working for Şişecam, one of the world’s leading glass manufacturers with production operations in 14 countries across four continents. She is currently responsible for public relations and coordination...

Dean White

Regional Façade Sales Manager, Cosentino

Dean has a 30-year history in the building materials and construction industry ranging from quality management to senior sales management focused on the building envelope. His approach is solution based and consultative. Dean provides practical knowledge to help with design...

Markus Schulte

Principal | NY Facade Group Leader, Arup

Markus Schulte is a Principal with over 28 years of experience in Arup’s New York Office and leads their Façade Engineering and Building Physics group. Markus pioneers the design and construction of sophisticated buildings in NYC and around the world....

Alberto Franceschet

Principal, Socotec

Richard Peake

Director of Exterior Enclosures, Suffolk

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