Featured Authors
Emell Derra Adolphus
Emell Derra Adolphus is the editor-in-chief of Snips Magazine. Contact him at adolphuse@bnpmedia.com.
Mounir El Asmar, Ph.D.
Mounir El Asmar, Ph.D., is the co-director of the National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations, associate professor, Del E. Webb School of Construction, and exemplar faculty at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Reach him at asmar@asu.edu.
Andrew Lichey
IFS Product Manager Andrew Lichey is responsible for developing and evolving the IFS Field Service Management software product. He has been leading field service management software development projects since 1996. Prior to that, he served as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He can be reached at andrew.lichey@ifsworld.com.
Michael McConnell
Michael McConnell is the former editor of Snips. Michael had been with BNP Media since April 2000. Prior to joining BNP, he was an award-winning staff writer with Heritage Newspapers, a chain of suburban weeklies covering the region south and west of Detroit. Since becoming editor in 2003, he has maintained the publication’s focus on the people of the sheet metal and HVAC industries and extended it to the Internet through Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google Plus.
Matt Michel
Matt Michel is CEO of Service Roundtable, an organization designed to help improve contracting sales, marketing, operations, and profitability. Contact him at 877-262-3341 or matt.michel@serviceroundtable.com.
Jack Pennuto Jr.
Jack Pennuto Jr. is currently senior vice president at Mestek Machinery, a manufacturer of sheet metal forming, ductwork fabrication and HVAC coil metal processing equipment. In 10 years with Mestek, his roles have included Formtek’s director of sales and marketing, sales manager and application engineer. Prior to his time in capital equipment, Jack was a tooling designer and project manager in the roll-forming industry. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Lauren Tucci-Howey
Lauren Tucci-Howey is a former associate editor at Snips. She started with BNP Media (Snips’ parent company) as an intern in 2016. In addition to Snips, she contributed to Walls & Ceilings, a sister publication covering drywall, stucco and related materials.