2023 CFSEI EXPO | MAY 8-10, 2023 | NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

TECHNICAL SESSIONS - SPEAKERS

Cody L. Dailey, P.E.,S.E.
McClure Engineering Company

Cody L. Dailey,P.E., S.E.

Cody Dailey, P.E., S.E. is vice president of structural services for McClure Engineering Company based in Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas, and practicing in 48 states. He has over 18 years of experience designing cold-formed systems throughout the country. He has a background specifically in non-bearing exterior framing, curved structural cold-formed, multiple types of floor systems, panelized construction, tall multi-story (10+) drift controlled cold-formed hybrid lateral systems, blast-resistant cold-formed, and DOD progressive collapse. He has overseen multiple projects around the country of 10 stories and taller, including 13 stories in high seismic. Cody is a member of the CFSEI Executive Committee.

Patrick W. Ford, P.E.
R.A. Smith, Inc.

Patrick W. Ford, P.E.

Pat Ford’s professional experience includes serving as technical director of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), management and engineering design with R.A. Smith (and previously Matsen Ford Design), as well as managing, engineering and business positions for several other firms. His work has involved several structural design, contract and project management functions on a wide variety of commercial, industrial and institutional building projects.

Relative to cold-formed steel structural framing, Pat has more than 40 years of experience that includes application of the latest technologies and design concepts to load bearing structures and a wide variety of curtainwall and prefabricated systems. His engineering systems design experience includes structural steel, concrete, engineered masonry, wood and other systems in addition to cold-formed steel. He has building credits throughout the country as well as several projects outside the U.S.

He is an active voting member, committee member and subcommittee chairman with the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), ASTM International, the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry (AWCI), Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) and Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA). He is a registered professional engineer in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Chris Gill
Hilti

Chris Gill

Chris Gill is the Technical Services Manager for Direct Fastening at Hilti in Plano, Texas. He is responsible for the department which performs product testing, generates technical data, publishes technical documents, and obtains approvals and listings for power-actuated and screw-fastening products. He is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Specifications, and a voting member of its subcommittees responsible for connections and joints, and diaphragm design. Chris  participated in the 2020 NEHRP Provisions Update Committee, Issue Team 9, which addressed alternate provisions for seismic diaphragm design, and recommended new provisions for incorporation into ASCE/SEI 7. He has also contributed to the soon-to-be published ASCE/ SEI Design Guide “Cold-Formed Steel Connections to Other Materials.”

Chris has more than 30 years working in the fastening and anchoring industry. He previously worked as a field engineer, field engineering manager, trade manager and product manager with Hilti. He holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from Brown University and an M.S. degree in Engineering and Technology Management from Oklahoma State University.

Howard Good
Aerosmith Fastening Systems

Howard Good

Howard Good is the director of business development for Aerosmith Fastening Systems in Indianapolis, Indiana. He started his career in fastening with Grabber Construction products over 25 years ago, focusing on the collated SuperDrive line and integrating the technology into many markets, mostly with light gauge steel framing assemblies. Over the last 16 years, he has been a significant member of the Aerosmith Fastening Systems team, helping to build the company to a level that is well recognized and regarded as a direct fastening solution for connections to light gauge steel, concrete and CMU. With an emphasis on pneumatic and gas tool delivery platforms, he delivers an alternative fastening method focused on productivity. Howard is a board member of the Mid-Atlantic Steel Framing Alliance.

Madeleine Grimmer, P.E.
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.

Madeleine Grimmer

Madeleine is the cold-formed steel business specialist for Simpson Strong-Tie. She joined the company as a field engineer in North Carolina in 2017. Madeleine is currently based in Chicago, Illinois and covers the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. Prior to joining Simpson Strong-Tie, she worked as a structural engineer in the nuclear power industry specializing in seismic studies, blast analysis, nuclear containment design and structural forensics. Madeleine is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.

Emily Guglielmo, P.E., S.E., F.SEI
Martin/Martin

Emily Guglielmo

Emily Guglielmo, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, a principal with Martin/Martin. With near two decades of structural engineering experience, Emily began her career in the Denver, Colorado office of Martin/Martin and now manages the firm’s San Francisco Bay area office. Emily has lectured on wind load provisions both nationally and internationally. She is also the chair of the NCSEA Wind Engineering Committee and a voting member of the ASCE 7 Wind Loads Subcommittee. She has received several awards, including SEI Fellow and the Susan M. Frey NCSEA Educator Award for effective instruction for practicing structural engineers. Emily earned her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from UCLA and her master's degree in Structural Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Jesse Hasenfus
Excel Engineering, Inc.

Jesse Hasenfus

Jesse Hasenfus is a project manager at Excel Engineering and runs the firm’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) Services department, specializing in BIM for MEP systems and cold-formed steel framing. He has nearly two decades of experience in the AEC industry and is passionate about BIM and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) coordination. Previously, Jesse served as Excel Engineering’s BIM manager, supporting the firm’s multiple in-house design and engineering disciplines including architecture, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and process. His experience with developing content and implementing standards for those groups provided him with a high level of understanding for how people, spaces and systems come together on a project. Jesse is a member of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) and is the recipient of several design excellence awards for projects featuring innovative BIM solutions.

Peter A. Humphrey, P.E.
MiTek

Peter A. Humphrey, P.E.

Peter A. Humphrey, P.E is the Director of Engineering for MiTek’s Structural Framing Systems group with over 30 years of engineering and management experience in the Building & Construction Industry. Having practiced consulting structural engineering for 20 years prior to specializing in cold-formed steel on the manufacturing side of the business provides a unique insight and understanding of the industry in support of the MiTek vision to transform the building industry by championing better building methods through our Design-Make-Build approach.

Since specializing in engineering of CFS, he has extensive experience in cold-formed steel framing design with an emphasis on truss systems and has developed a passion and expertise in new product development, testing, and code compliance. His consulting engineering experience includes significant work in educational facilities (K-12 and college/university), commercial & industrial projects, institutional & public facilities, multi-family housing & senior living projects, and restoration & renovation projects.

Peter earned his bachelor’s of degree in Architectural Engineering from Penn State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states.

Jeffrey Klaiman, P.E.
ADTEK Engineers, Inc.

Jeffrey Klaiman, P.E.

Jeff has almost 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He is principal in charge of structural engineering at ADTEK Engineers, Inc., where he oversees the design and coordination of all cold-formed steel design documents. He manages in-house staff in four offices for general structural and cold-formed steel framing design, develops project schedules, and coordinates quality control reviews with project managers on his team.

His expertise includes building maintenance and engineering, on-site engineering for a concrete contractor, and manager of technical services and Versa-Truss product manager for Dale/Incor (national manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing products and systems). He participates on the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Committee on Specifications for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members and the Committee on Framing Standards. Jeff is chairman of the Standard Practices Subcommittee of the AISI Committee on Framing Standards, chairman of the SFIA Technical Committee, and president of MASFA. He has been a member of CFSEI for more than 15 years and served as a past president, and is also a member of ASTM International and the Steel Framing Alliance.

Clay Naito, Ph.D., P.E., FPCI
Lehigh University

Clay Naito

Clay Naito, Ph.D., P.E., FPCI, is a professor of structural engineering at Lehigh University. He has served as a faculty member at Lehigh University since 2002. He received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of California Berkeley and his B.Sc. degree from the University of Hawaii. His research is focused on experimental and analytical evaluation of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures subjected to extreme dynamic events including earthquakes, impacts, and intentional blast demands. He has published over 90 peer reviewed articles and over 80 technical reports and conference papers. He is a past associate editor for the ASCE Bridge Journal, past member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Technical Activities Committee, and past chair of the PCI Blast Resistance and Structural Integrity Committee. He also served as a member of the American Concrete Institute 318 Subcommittee G and ACI 550, and is a past associate member of the ASCE 7-16 Subcommittee on Tsunami Loads and Effects.

Andrew Newland, P.E.
ADTEK Engineers, Inc.

Andrew Newland

Andrew has more than 10 years of experience in both cold-formed steel manufacturing and design. He is a Principal at ADTEK Engineers, Inc. and the specialty structural team leader for the Charlottesville, Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, and Bay City, Michigan, which specialize in the design of load bearing and non-load bearing cold-formed steel projects.

Andrew is a member of the ASCE-SEI Committee on Cold-Formed Steel. He is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Specifications. He is a past chairman and current member of the CFSEI Executive Committee and serves as chairman of the Technology Committee overseeing the development of CFSEI Technical Notes. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he earned a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering.

Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E.

Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E

Dr. Roger A. LaBoube is Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and former director of the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Dr. LaBoube holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He has an extensive background in the design and behavior of cold-formed steel structures. His research and design activities have touched on many facets of cold-formed steel construction, including cold-formed steel beams, panels, trusses, headers, and wall studs as well as bolt, weld, and screw connections. Dr. LaBoube is active in several professional organizations and societies. He serves as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Committee on Framing Standards and is an emeritus member of the AISI Committee on Specifications for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri.

Kara D. Peterman, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kara D. Peterman, Ph.D. .

Dr. Kara Peterman is an associate professor int the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she runs the Basic Infrastructure Research Group. At UMass, Dr. Peterman investigates cold-formed and hot-rolled steel system behavior, seismic response of those systems, sustainability in basic infrastructure, and the stability of thin-walled steel members. Dedicated to professional service, she is a member of the AISI Committee on Specifications and chairs its Test-Based Design subcommittee, the AISI Committee on Framing Standards, and the AISC Committee on Sustainability. Recently, Dr. Peterman was elected as vice president of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute, where she chairs the Education Committee. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC). She received the 2022 Milek Fellowship and 2021 Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award from AISC, the 2021 McGuire Award for Junior Researchers from SSRC, and the 2018 Norman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the highest honor for a technical paper. Dr. Peterman was also awarded the 2021 UMass College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award in recognition of her accomplishments as an educator. Prior to joining UMass, Dr. Peterman was a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University and received her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University.

Stephen J Reiners, P.E., S.E.
Behlen Building Systems

Stephen J Reiners, P.E., S.E.

Stephen J. (Steve) Reiners, P.E., S.E. is a technical director and provides technical sales services for Behlen Building Systems. He has been actively engaged in the metal building systems industry for 45 years and has been a Behlen Partner in Progress since 2005. During his career, he has helped plan and design thousands of metal building systems and has trained dozens of engineers and technicians.

Steve is an active representative on numerous committees and task groups in the Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA). He participated in the publication of MBMA’s Metal Building Systems Manual and Fire Resistance Design Guide for Metal Building Systems. He is the author of several articles for the national trade magazine Metal Construction News and has made countless presentations to industry groups on metal building systems and related subjects. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the Structural Engineering Certification Board (SECB), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Welding Society (AWS) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

Steve is a licensed professional or structural engineer in 45 states and Guam. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Benjamin W. Schafer, Ph.D., P.E.
Johns Hopkins University

Benjamin W. Schafer, Ph.D., P.E.

Benjamin W. Schafer is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He is director of both the Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium and Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a consulting principal at SGH. He serves on a variety of American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) standards committees related to steel structures and is known for his expertise in the design of thin-walled cold-formed steel structures. He is a dedicated and oft-injured runner, facilitator for a middle school maker program, and currently resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and child.

Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.
Steel Deck Institute, Sputo and Lammert Engineering, LLC

Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.

Thomas Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., S.E. is vice president of Sputo and Lammert Engineering, LLC in Gainesville, Florida, designing and investigating buildings and other structures. He is also the technical director of the Steel Deck Institute. Tom is a Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he taught structural design for over 20 years. He has over 35 years of experience in varied areas of structural design, including specialty engineering of manufactured components. He is a licensed professional engineer or structural engineer in 13 states, and a Special (Threshold) Inspector in Florida.

Jason H. Wagner, P.E.
DEWALT

Jason H. Wagner, P.E.

Jason H. Wagner, P.E. is the director of field technical services for DEWALT and is responsible for overseeing field engineering in the United States. He has spent the last 15 years developing, training and supporting the anchoring and fastening industry in the areas of research and development, product management and field technical support. Prior to joining DEWALT, Jason worked as a staff engineer for ICC Evaluation Services, where he evaluated building products for code officials, designers and contractors. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Jason is a voting member of ACI Committee 355 – Anchorage to Concrete. Jason is a registered professional engineer in Colorado. He earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University.

Chuck Webb, P.E., S.E., CDT
ClarkDietrich Building Systems

Chuck Webb

Chuck Webb, P.E., S.E., CDT is the technical sales manager for ClarkDietrich Building Systems where he is responsible for developing a “trusted advisor” relationship with the design community and identifying product opportunities and solutions for the company’s design and contractor teams. He joined ClarkDietrich Building Systems in 2004 as a project engineer/manager and general manager for the cold-formed engineering team. Chuck’s engineering experience has enabled him to translate his understanding of labor-saving cold-formed products and applications into improvements in the construction process. He earned his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Bill Wilde
Excel Engineering, Inc.

Bill Wilde

Bill Wilde is a senior project manager at Excel Engineering with over 26 years of experience in the cold-formed metal framing industry. His work on 525 Water Street, a 107-unit condominium building in a development known as The Wharf in Washington, DC, was recognized with a 2016 CFSEI Design Excellence Award and was featured in the January 2017 issue of STRUCTURE Magazine. Bill is committed to his work and strives to identify and resolve issues as early as possible in the project timeline. As a manager, he emphasizes the importance of attention to detail with the designers under his supervision. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Jennifer Zabik, P.E., S.E.
Bennett-Pless Engineering

Jennifer Zabik, P.E., S.E.

Jennifer Zabik, P.E., S.E. is associate and vice-president of Bennett-Pless Engineering. She has been practicing structural engineering for 18 years in the state of Florida and is registered in over 25 states, as well as Puerto Rico. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Florida. She served as chair of the CFSEI Executive Committee in 2016. Jennifer has also served as chair of the ASCE-SEI LAD Committee and has been an active member of the ASCE-SEI CFS Committee. She is a co-author and contributor to two design guides with ASCE: “Bracing Cold-Formed Steel: A Design Guide” and “CFS Connections to Other Materials: A Design Guide.”

Kirsten Zeydel, S.E.
Nevell Group, Inc.

Kirsten Zeydel, S.E.

Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. is the director of design at Novell Group Inc. She is a registered structural engineer in California with over 22 years of structural engineering design and management experience. She specializes in cold-formed steel (CFS) design, detailing, and panelization. Kirsten led the structural engineering group at a startup company where she developed a QA/QC process acceptable to OSHPD, and obtained IAPMO product certification for the framing members, sheathed panels, and pre-finished exterior panels. Her extensive experience in CFS design includes a dorm project with nine multi-story CFS load bearing buildings totaling 800,000-sq-ft, and the CFS non-load bearing interior and exterior framing for a 550,000-sq-ft hospital in California. In addition to the engineering side of CFS design, Kirsten has experience with quality programs, product certification, welding procedures, architectural building code requirements and prefinished exterior panels. She is also a proud wife and mother of two children who firmly believes that being a mom has made her a better engineer.

 

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