Mike Best is the executive vice president of sales for Hornet Cutting Systems. 

Tim Duncan is CEO and co-founder of Innovative Construction Technology (ICT) Tracker, which provides job site productivity tracking and reporting using an augmented reality application. 

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.

As chief executive officer (CEO) at Mitsubishi Electric Trane US, Mark Kuntz oversees all METUS business activities to ensure alignment with short- and long-term objectives. He provides strategic and managerial leadership throughout the organization as METUS pursues key performance objectives, including profitability, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Luke Leung is the director of the MEP + Sustainable Engineering Studio for SOM. He has won multiple awards, including eight “Excellence in Engineering” awards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), two “Beyond Green” awards from the National Institute of Building Sciences, and several sustainable design awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Additionally, Luke is a member of the AHR Expo Expert Council, The Council is a collaboration of HVACR experts and thought leaders launched by the AHR Expo in 2019 to educate and stimulate discussion concerning the biggest issues impacting the industry.

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.

Joe Marchese is an author, instructor and HVACR service contractor. He can be reached at joe@koldcraft.com.

Marne Martin is president of IFS Service Management and CEO of WorkWave. Her focus is to continue to elevate the strategic importance of service management to the success of the overall IFS business. 

Scott Maurer is the global product manager at SPX Cooling Technologies. 

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 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.

Bryan Orr is the vice president at Kalos Services Inc. and founder of the HVAC School. 

Brian Refsgaard is president of FabricAir in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the HVAC industry’s original manufacturer of fabric air dispersion duct. FabricAir is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. Refsgaard joined FabricAir’s sales staff in 1990 and became the firm’s CEO in 1999. Today, the FabricAir Group operates 11 sales companies globally and offers a full line of fabric duct and accessories with factory engineering and customer support. Refsgaard can be reached at br@fabricair.com.

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.

Stacey Winconek is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Metro Parent, Chicago Parent and Oakland University Magazine. She writes engaging and informative pieces — and she has a passion for exploring new topics. Motherhood is her favorite gig. When she’s not writing, she’s chasing around her preschooler. She likes coffee, cats, kayaking with her husband, and spending time with family and friends (in non-COVID times, of course). 

Kamil Wlazly is a senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie.