Leadership

Andy McMillan is President and Managing Director of BACnet International, where he works with users and suppliers to expand and enhance the BACnet community. Formerly he served as president and general manager of a building automation unit of Philips Lighting. McMillan’s background includes broad open systems industry development and marketing experience, as well as strong technical knowledge of distributed automation and information management systems. McMillan has co-founded several companies and has been a featured speaker on open systems and automation at conferences in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia. McMillan co-authored a book on open systems networking and holds a dozen patents in sensors, automation, and software. He has MBA and BSEE degrees from the University of Michigan and is a member of ASHRAE, AEE, IEEE.

Brad Hill is currently working as the Senior Director of Engineering Operations and Transformation for Honeywell Building Technologies where he is involved in progressing the advancement of the new product development organization. Hill has over 30 years’ experience in the building controls industry, beginning with Honeywell in 1990 where he was involved in the design and programming of complex integrated control solutions for large projects, and commenced involvement with BACnet in 1996. He has worked in a variety of roles relating to R&D, solutions delivery, program management, product management, and portfolio governance; and has worked in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Hill holds an MBA, MES (Sustainable Energy), and a Bachelor of Computer Science.

Paul L. Bartunek, III is the Chief Development and Marketing Officer for Mechanical Sales, Inc. With over 25+ years of experience in the electronic manufacturing industry and a demonstrated history of successful relationship building, Bartunek is a skilled development professional.  As Vice President of HVAC Sales and Marketing for ABB Drives USA, Bartunek led the sales and marketing initiatives for the commercial family of variable frequency drive products. He also had impact with mergers and acquisitions, new product development, team building, and creating energy efficient solutions for customers.

James Burke is the Vice President of HVAC Construction Sales, North America and is responsible for the strategic and executive leadership to achieve market share growth and secured results. Burke has been with Johnson Controls for more than 18 years. He started his career in the Controls product engineering business before transitioning to the NA Branch Organization where he took on increasing responsibility within the HVAC & Controls businesses, serving in roles such as Construction Account Executive, Branch General Manager and Area Construction Sales Manager. Most recently, Burke served as Vice President and General Manager, Building Automation Systems, Global Products, where he was responsible for the product roadmap and execution of the product strategy for the Metasys, Verasys, and other BAS Global Brands.

Raj Jayaraman currently serves as the President of Burton Medical, a leader in medical lighting applications. Prior to joining Burton Medical, Jayaraman was Vice President of Philips Lighting, where he amassed over 30 years of experience in the lighting and electrical products industries. He has held a variety of executive positions in R&D, Lean Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing and General Management.  Jayaraman was deeply involved in the connected lighting strategy and business at Philips Lighting, and also had extensive experience with M&A activities there.  He received his PhD from MIT in Microelectronics and holds 9 patents.

Erica Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer at QA Cafe, a dynamic software company providing test and analysis solutions to the broadband, consumer, and enterprise networking communities. In this position she utilizes her industry experience in networking and data communications to oversee the operations of the company as well as deliver on strategies for continued growth. Prior to joining QA Cafe, she was the Director of the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) in Durham, NH, for over 10 years. In recognition of her ability to drive technical innovation, Johnson has been recognized by NH Business Review as a recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Women in Business award, Fierce Telecom’s list of “Women in Wireline”, and was awarded, by the University of New Hampshire, the UNH Women’s Commission’s Stephanie Thomas Staff Award in honor of her achievements in promoting and embodying the advancement of women in the sciences. She received her Bachelor of Computer Science and MBA from the University of New Hampshire in 2001 and 2011, respectively.

Todd Lash is the Segment Head for Siemens Building Automation Products in the Americas region and is responsible for growth, profitability, and innovation of the automation products business. Todd has over 32 years of experience in the building automation industry, beginning at Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories supporting the development of the ASHRAE 90.1 energy standard technical committees with digital models of building and equipment performance. In 1994, Todd made the transition to Siemens (Landis and Gyr Powers) to start up Siemens building performance and energy services/contracting business. Since then, he has held multiple positions in business segment leadership, product and portfolio management, marketing, service and channel development throughout the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. He is currently responsible for all major Siemens product automation lines in the Americas including APOGEE, Desigo, Talon and Climatix. Todd is currently a Project Haystack board member and holds MBA, MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering.

Raymond Rae is an active principal in CopperTree Analytics. He also co-founded ESC Automation, Delta Connects, and Delta Controls, a full line manufacturer of native BACnet Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems for building automation systems, which is now a part of the Delta Group under Delta Electronics Inc. Rae has been an active supporter of BACnet since its inception, serving on the board of directors and/or contributing to BMA, BIG-NA, BIG-CA, BIG-CN and BACnet International. He has enjoyed more than 45 years in the HVAC industry and has an extensive background, which includes: energy auditing, computerized building simulations, system commissioning, controls, engineering, product certifications, design and marketing. Rae has been a member of ASHRAE since 1984.

Dennis Swoboda is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Blue Ridge Technologies, a manufacturer of native BACnet lighting control solutions designed for open communication with most building automation systems. In his role, Swoboda oversees global sales and marketing initiatives for the sale and installation of Blue Ridge Technologies lighting control systems. In addition, he works with engineers, end users, owners and controls contractors to help lower life cycle costs, increase energy savings, and reduce carbon emissions by taking control of the largest energy loads in a building. Swoboda has over 20 years of lighting control experience, and gives frequent talks and presentations on energy codes, lighting, and BACnet. He has been a member of BACnet International for over a decade and has previously served as the BACnet International marketing committee chair.

Emily Hayes began work with BACnet International in 2014 as BTL-Coordinator, coordinating BTL Testing at the BTL Lab. In 2017, Emily took over leadership of the BTL Working Group as chair. Additionally, she led the transition from the BTL Listing Program to the BTL Certification Program. She became BTL Manager in January 2019.

Emily has a wide variety of experience and leadership in career and volunteer situations. These experiences range from IC chip design, department management, and project management at IBM to business ownership, teacher, Girl Scout leader and leadership in many volunteer organizations.

Emily maintains professional membership in the Project Management Institute (PMI), North Carolina Chapter of PMI (NCPMI), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE. Emily has a BEE from Auburn University and an MSEE from Duke University. She has maintained a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification since 2010.

Richard Ruel has extensive 25+ year expertise in all aspects of Building Automation and Energy Management Systems. He began his career in Building Automation Systems and Direct Digital Control as a Technical Service Engineer and went on to serve as Teletrol’s Director of Technical Services where he was responsible for product revisions and application engineering. Richard most recently was business lead and responsible for the Teletrol EMS product line for Philips Lighting, where he traveled extensively on Philips Lighting and Teletrol’s behalf throughout Europe and Asia supporting and training their BAS/DDC/EMS systems.

His credentials include member of AEE and past president of ASHRAE – Granite State Chapter.

Jenn Conrad has over 20 years of experience in many types of customer relationship roles. She has worked with customers of small firms processing legal contracts and developing workflow protocols, as well as international customer accounts managing sales operations to help ensure financial sales goals. Jenn’s expertise includes working with construction teams and manufacturing teams that require extensive knowledge of contracts, insurance requirements and various customer relationship software programs (CRMs). In addition to her background in the corporate customer relationship industry, she is a small business owner who works with retail clients and other small businesses.

Kathleen Magee joined BACnet International in 2015 after 15 years in the building controls industry, which included volunteering on the association’s first marketing committee. Her marketing background includes working at an advertising agency, a tech start-up, and a division of a Fortune 50 company covering all aspects of marketing, including public relations, trade shows, meetings & events, advertising and digital media. She has an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin and a BS in Biology from Manhattan College.

Patricia Bagley earned her BBA in Accounting from Kennesaw State University and has since been working in the private industry in the metro Atlanta area for over 20 years.  Her past roles/experience vary among budgeting, payroll, human resources, accounting manager, corporate accountant, and controller. Patricia is responsible for the overall accounting and reporting for BACnet International.

Mary Catherine Heard joined BACnet International in 2022 bringing a decade of marketing experience that includes website management, email marketing, social media, copywriting and graphic design. Prior to joining BACnet International, she worked in the auto industry and state government. She has a BA in History from Presbyterian College and an MA in Mass Communications from Georgia State University.

Kelsey List joined the BACnet International team in June 2017 as an Association Assistant. Prior to working with BACnet International she held various roles of increasing responsibility in the event planning field.

Kelsey graduated from Young Harris College with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Public Policy, and immediately upon graduation went to work for Presenting Atlanta, a large destination meeting planning company. Following her time there, she held various positions at two Atlanta area Marriott hotels starting as a convention coordinator and including banquet lead, captain, supervisor, Red Coat, AV tech, and event administrator. Kelsey then switched to the sales side and worked as the catering sales coordinator while also serving both Marriott locations as Children’s Miracle Network Champion.

Kelsey was promoted to Event Manager at the Alpharetta Marriott, where over the course of two years she managed over 650 corporate and social events ranging from 1 to 800 attendees.

Laura Haller joined BACnet International in August 2022 as an Association Assistant. Laura has over a decade of experience in accounting management and tradeshow event planning. She graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor’s in Business Management.

In her spare time, Laura enjoys tennis, traveling, reading, cooking and spending time with her husband, two teenage sons and their dog Buster. Additionally, she volunteers for her children’s lacrosse team and school marching band.