Shelly Culbertson – ALN Th@4

Shelly Culbertson – ALN Th@4

Shelly Culbertson is a Senior Policy Researcher for the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation, where her focus is on disaster recovery, post-conflict stabilization, innovation policy and more. She has published research on preparing for disaster recovery, which provides insight on how to plan for asset management in non-disaster times. Ms. Culbertson is the author of “The Fires of Spring: A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East (St. Martins, 2016). She has contributed opinions and articles to U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, National Interest and others. One of her articles is linked in Sources below. She has a Master’s from the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and many more accomplishments and accolades.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Ron Regalado – ALN Th@4

Ron Regalado – ALN Th@4

Ron Regalado is a Certified Professional Property Manager (CPPM), author, instructor, speaker and content developer. Over 22 years of direct management experience in the aerospace industry as a Property Manager, Property Supervisor, Team Leader, Change Manager, Process Owner and Common ERP Project Team Leader for Fixed Asset and Government Property tracking systems. Six of the twenty two years were at the sector level and sixteen years were at the business unit level. Have led teams of subject matter experts as a Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt Project Team Leader.

For the past ten years, have served as a U.S. Government-appointed Plant Clearance Officer. Personally responsible for the reutilization of over $1B in excess Government property over a two year period.

Frequent contributing author to the Property Professional publication of the National Property Management Association (NPMA). In August, 2018, Received a literary award at the 2018 NPMA National Educational Seminar.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Yvonne Carney – ALN Th@4

Yvonne Carney – ALN Th@4

Yvonne Carney is Director of Strategic Performance at WSSC Water, a public utility in Maryland that provides water and wastewater services to 1.8 million residents of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. She is responsible for facilitating the development of WSSC Water’s Strategic Plan and champions the use of data and risk analysis to drive decision-making across the utility. Prior to WSSC Water, she was Director of Performance Improvement at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C. Ms. Carney is volunteering on the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO 55001. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Houston and a M.S. in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds certifications in Enterprise Risk Management, Infrastructure Asset Management and Change Management.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Robert Kaehler – ALN Th@4

Robert Kaehler – ALN Th@4

Robert Kaehler – Board of Directors Member of both the National Property Manager’s Association and the Asset Leadership Network. With the NPMA and ALN largely focused on federal asset management, Bob is a volunteer patriot sharply focused on the challenge of helping the United States of American gain increased value from its limited resources to generate greater value for tax payers.  Bob has focused on asset management software through the dominant Sunflower Systems, which was acquired by CGI, where Bob now works in the CGI Federal division.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Carrie Heishman – ALN Th@4

Carrie Heishman – ALN Th@4

Carrie Heishman is a Senior Program Manager with Definitive Logic and is SAMP Theme Lead for the ISO Working Group Updating ISO 55001 in the United States. She has worked on U.S. Department of Defense contracts for more than 10 years. For Definitive Logic, Ms. Heishman works on large federal programs for the U.S. Army, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Transportation. Early in her career, Ms. Heishman worked at Booz Allen Hamilton for 7 years. She has a Masters from Johns Hopkins University.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Tim Ingram – ALN Th@4

Tim Ingram – ALN Th@4

Tim Ingram is Atkins’ Technical Director of Strategic Asset Management and the UK Chair of the Mirror Committee to ISO 55000 (AMS/01). Mr. Ingram has a Mechanical Engineering degree with Honors from the University of Liverpool and has been a consultant with Thornton Tomasetti, NUKEM Technologies and others before joining Atkins. He has worked in multiple industries, including Oil & Gas, before focusing on infrastructure at Atkins. As the UK Chair of the Mirror Committee to ISO 55000, Mr. Ingram is helping with significant revisions to make the document even more accessible and meaningful to organizations.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Jessica Dzara – ALN Th@4

Jessica Dzara – ALN Th@4

Jessica Dzara, CPPM, CF, Asset Management Program Director at Loudoun Water in Virginia. Ms. Dzara has more than 14 years of asset management experience. Prior to entering the utility sector in 2018, Ms. Dzara was a Senior Manager at Sunflower Systems where she specialized in asset management software implementation and data analysis.

She also developed asset management business processes, documentation, and training programs for federal agencies, government contractors, and law enforcement organizations. Ms. Dzara served on the NPMA Executive Board in various roles for eight years and was the NPMA Property Person of the Year in 2018. Ms. Dzara is a graduate of Clemson University and resides in Potomac Falls, Virginia.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Tom Smith – ALN Th@4

Tom Smith – ALN Th@4

Thomas Smith, MS was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the first ISO 55000 series and continues to contribute to its evolution.

Mr. Smith spoke at the first ALN event in Washington, D.C. and spoke at numerous other events for the ALN and the IAM. He is Faculty Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, where he established a Master of Engineering Professional Practice, contributed to the establishment of the Distance Teaching and Learning program and created a series of short courses on asset management. He has authored numerous White Papers on asset management and has provided asset management consulting.

It is good to be visiting with Mr. Smith again at a time when there is much discussion about asset management and higher education.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Gary Merrow – ALN Th@4

Gary Merrow – ALN Th@4

Gary Merrow, MBA, has been Vice President of Facilities for the Atlanta Airlines Terminal Company for more than four years. During that time, he led the organization achieving an ISO 55001 certification for critical electrical infrastructure and expanded the scope to include more facility assets for a recertification process.

Mr. Merrow was an Adjunct Professor for College of Architecture’s graduate program for Integrated Facilities Management at Georgia Tech for 12 years before COVID struck in 2020. He was a Chief Master Sargent in the U.S. Air Force, where he served for 22 years. Mr. Merrow always brings a depth of knowledge to the ALN community and this session is no exception!

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.

Malak Bahrami – ALN Th@4

Malak Bahrami – ALN Th@4

Malak Bahrami, PE, CPPS, comes to governmental asset management with a solid foundation in Civil Engineering, which gives him a very practical perspective on meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders, including a very unforgiving physical world that impacts parks in Fairfax County, Virginia. With 8 years in consulting before joining Fairfax County five years ago, Mr. Bahrami has meaningful experience, yet is young enough to adopt innovation and invention to solve asset management issues with physical and behavioral science. The ALN has already had the pleasure of learning from Mr. Bahrami about the ways he coordinates disparate stakeholders to establish consensus results on park issues ranging from waterway path construction methods to allocation of financial resources to disadvantaged areas. We look forward to learning more real-world solutions to government asset management issues.

  • Chats with industry leaders
  • Interactive presentations from innovators
  • Timely panels
  • and other informative formats

Every Thursday at 4 pm Eastern we will put a light on important and relevant asset leadership and asset management topics.

The flexible format will feature thought leaders and influencers from around the world. The programs will address pending legislation, review asset management disasters, chats with leaders and provide interactive presentations from innovative achievers.