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.

Michael is the Director of Marketing for Nlyte Software, responsible for driving marketing strategy and execution to support Nlyte’s global leadership in data center management. He has volunteered with BACnet International since 2008 and is currently chairing the Marketing Committee, in addition to serving on the Board of Directors.

Salvatore Cataldi is the Global Standards & Regulations Lead at Belimo, bridging technology strategy, standardization, and the regulatory landscape to enable resilient, interoperable building automation. Active in international committees and industry groups, he helps accelerate real-world BACnet adoption and strengthen trust in connected building systems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dennis 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.

Robert Hemmerdinger is the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Delta Controls, Inc., and a member of the executive management team. Robert’s role includes global responsibility for sales growth and driving brand awareness.

Robert is an award-winning senior leader with an impressive record of success in developing and implementing highly effective global strategic business initiatives that drive substantial revenue growth and profitability. He has established a strong reputation as an earnings optimizer through extensive international experience analyzing the needs of Fortune 500 organizations, designing, and directing strategies to secure productive long-term relationships, expand market share, boost visibility, marketing, and worldwide presence.

Robert first started his career in 1997 as a technical support engineer with Andover Controls, which was acquired by Schneider Electric in 2004. With a background in engineering, he served in a variety of positions including in product management, strategic sales and business development for the U.S., EMEA and Asia Pacific markets.

Robert holds a BSc (Hons) in IT Engineering from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom and resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Outside of the office, in addition to spending time with his family, Robert enjoys running outdoors. He recently participated in the 2023 100 miles a month for Alzheimer’s Research UK fundraising initiative raising money for the cause by having run 100 miles in every month of 2023.

Tim Skell, Global HVACR Application Engineering Manager at ABB, has been working with variable frequency drives (VFDs) in the HVACR industry for over 20 years. With BACnet activities ranging from technical committee to marketing committee participation, along with having multiple BACnet related articles published, he has supported the BACnet community for many years. He has received a past BACnet Member of the Year award in addition to the BACnet Howler award. Tim leads a best-in-class HVACR Application Engineering team that solves real-world challenges. He loves to teach and you can find him on LinkedIn with his #FunFactFriday series.   

Kaishi Zhang is the Vice President of Products, Global Building Automation Systems and Controls at Johnson Controls. Kaishi joined Johnson Controls in January 2023. In this role, Kaishi and his team develop and execute Johnson Controls’ strategy driving towards the organization’s autonomous buildings vision. As the leader of the business unit’s product function, Kaishi oversees the complete product lifecycle, including lean portfolio management, strategy, solution management, product management, project management, UI/UX, and sales enablement.