Meet our experts
from around the world, sharing
their project controls' knowledge
and experiences
Speakers
Merritt Hamilton Allen
Owner and Executive Director
Vox Optima, LLC
Nikhil Ambani
Director
Ambquad Solutions Ltd.
A Civil Engineer; PMO, Project Controls and Commercial Advisor; Founder - Ambquad Solutions
and Ambquad Maps; Nikhil is a Construction Management professional and Engineering
Technologist with 18+ years of experience in Project Delivery, Operations, Commercial functions and Enterprise Program and Portfolio Management leadership roles in USA and NZ.
With a Masters in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a published thesis / journal paper in
‘Pre-Allocation of Total Float on CPM based construction contracts’; Nikhil has influenced
resolution of several delay and disruption claims and has an operations portfolio that spans across $B+ worth of infrastructure and vertical (new builds and renovations) projects across several contracting models in both government (federal, state, transportation, utility, defense) and private sector projects alike.
Bahadir Barbarosoglu
Program Manager
Linesight
Dr. Bahadir Barbarosoglu is an accomplished project controls expert, with 10 years of experience working on multiple hyperscale Data Centers and other industry leading projects. He is a published author of several journals and AACE International technical papers.
David Chigne
Past-President AACEi Peru Section
AACE International
David Egan
Managing Director
WiiPlan Project Solutions
David Currently managing director of WiiPlan Project Solutions which service a number of
Engineering Construction Commissioning Qualification & Start Up Clients in EMEA regions.
Experience in detailed & benchmark planning of EPCMV, CQV, CM, HVAC, Mechanical,
Electrical, BMS, Automation and I&C Contracts in Bio Pharmaceutical Projects, Medical Device Projects,
Data Hall Projects, & Commercial Projects @ 100M + scale. Professional Experience from all sides
as continuously work with & represent the client side, the main contractor and multi discipline sub-contractors.
Mohamed El-Mehalawi
Global Improvement Leader - Projects
Dow
Kevin Fuller
Implementation Manager
Alice Technologies
Omar Habib
Senior 4D Planner & Project Controls Specialist
Madkour Group
Habib is a 4D Planner and Project Controls Specialist passionate about BIM and Project Controls with deep expertise in reports and dashboard development, creating reports and visual, interactive dashboards using Tableau and Power BI. Work collaboratively with business stakeholders to understand their analytical needs and provide insightful reporting solutions.
He has worked with large multinational construction and development companies to deliver a range of building and infrastructure projects across the Middle East UAE, KSA, Qatar, and Egypt worked on +25 BIM projects in the infrastructure, commercial building, residential, oil, and gas sectors.
Instructor for construction management and the BIM field. Trainer for 4D Planning and BIM Tools Revit, Navisworks, Primavera P6, Synchro Pro
David Hullet
President
Hulett & Associates, LLC
"Dr. Hulett has focused for the last 25 years on quantitative schedule risk analysis, integrated cost-schedule risk analysis and project scheduling best practices. His firm, Hulett & Associates, LLC, is recognized as a leader in project cost and schedule risk management and project scheduling. Hulett has many government customers including GAO, Architect of the Capitol and GSA. Commercial clients of H&A represent many industries, including: aerospace and defense, oil and gas, construction, bio-pharmaceutical plant construction, transportation, communications, IT, and large science. The clients are in the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Hulett was elected as a Fellow of AACE International in 2015 and received the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from the Association in 2018.Dr. Hulett is well-known as a leader in quantitative project schedule and integrated cost-schedule risk analysis concepts, methods, consulting and training.Dr. Hulett has served the Project Management Institute by leading project risk management and scheduling standards, including the risk management chapter in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. For the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International he is the principal author of the Recommended Practice 57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Schedule in 2011 and Recommended Practice 85R-14 Use of Decision Trees in Decision Making in 2014. Dr. Hulett authored Practical Schedule Risk Analysis (Gower, 2009) in 2010, and Integrated Cost- Schedule Risk Analysis (Gower, 2011). He is also the author of ""Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk Analysis"" (with Michael Nosbisch) and of ""Use Decision Trees to make Important Project Decisions"" which appeared in Cost Engineering November/December 2012 and July/August 2014 respectively."
Blerina Jaupaj
Lead Cost Engineer
TotalEnergies
Tyler Konter
Consultant
Point Construction Advisory Group
Nathan Lambert
Senior Consultant
RPCuk
Nathan joined RPCuk in 2021 with 15 years’ experience in the design, development, implementation and support of software solutions for a variety of public and private sector organisations both in the UK and the Middle East. The solutions Nathan has been involved with have been used to assist companies with Project Management, Drawing/Document Management and Planning with a primary focus in recent years on Contract Management specifically NEC4 and FIDIC. Nathan is now able to bring his knowledge and expertise to RPCuk working with customers to understand their requirements and turn them into user friendly solutions within Primavera Unifier and ensuring maximum benefit is received for all stakeholders.
Andrew Langridge
Director of Business Development
ARES PRISM
Andrew Langridge is the Director of Business Development for Europe. In this role, he is responsible for delivering Estimation and Project Controls solutions across a wide range of industries. Andrew started his career as an apprentice mechanical engineer working in a bespoke machine tool company in London. After a 5-year technical apprenticeship, he moved into advanced manufacturing supervision and management roles. For 25 years Andrew has been working in the field of Estimation and Project Controls supporting the implementation of best-inclass processes and solutions for organizations
Greg Lawton
CEO
Nodes & Links
Greg co-founded and leads Nodes & Links, a data-analytics and software company focused on automation and AI.
John Lister
Projects Director
RPCuk
John has over 20 years’ experience in the Project Controls arena, particularly around the implementation of Oracle’s Primavera software. During this time, he has gained experience in various industry verticals including oil and gas, transportation, defence and utilities. He has a solid understanding of and extensive practical experience in the strategic issues pertaining to transformation and delivery of capital projects within these industries and has worked with numerous clients across the world.
Kendall Lott
Chairman of the Board
PMIWDC
Terri Maginnis
Practice Director
Project Partners LLC
Terri Maginnis has over 30 years of diverse project management experience, most recently as a practice director for Project Partners LLC. She has worked with over 300 companies helping with design, testing, and training of integrated project management solutions. She is certified to implement Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM (Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management) and Oracle Primavera Unifier and is a Certified Scrum Master.
Ahmed Mahmood AL-Lawati
Lead Project Services
Petroleum Development Oman
Iain Milne
Project Director
Turner & Townsend
Lain is a programme manager with a proven ability in successfully delivering projects at all stages of the engineering lifecycle. He is a pro-active manager of risk, financial and project controls, schedule and KPIs and experienced in leading large, multi-disciplined project teams. He brings all this experience to his role with Turner and Townsend in supporting the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation to manage a vast range of complex projects to procure and support equipment and services for the efficient operation of the UK Armed Forces.
Ben Milner
Project Manager
Linesight
Ben Milner is a Project Manager with experience building some of the most complex hyperscale Data Centers in the United States. He is a published author of an AACE International technical paper and spends much of his time consulting on constructability and process improvement in the construction industry."
Rohan Mutha
Project Controls Practice Leader, Program and Project Management, NY Metro
AECOM
Rohan P Mutha, CCM, CCP, PSP, LEED AP, EIT, is the Project Controls Practice Leader at AECOM in the NY Metro area. Recently, he was recognized as one of the ENR's Top 20 Under 40 New York 2022 professionals. He has been very instrumental in the execution of numerous multimillion-dollar projects in the infrastructure, buildings, water, energy, health care and government sectors. His responsibilities include advising the client/management about project management, schedule, cost, earned value, risk and any construction delay claims issues related to the project and recommending corrective actions. He has led various projects from inception to their successful completion. Examples of his work can be found around the world— from multiple projects for the Virginia Dept of Transportation to a new U.S. embassy compound in Mumbai, India. When a New York City-based public agency asked for AECOM’s assistance with performance measurement challenges for a 13-project capital program, Mutha and his
"Julie Owen is an industry thought leader with more than 30 years of experience in project controls managing programs and delivering capital projects. She is a published author and international speaker delivering presentations in fifteen countries and six continents. She is a Distinguished International Fellow of the International Cost Engineering Council, Fellow of the Guild of Project Controls and AACE International Fellow. Julie works as Senior Executive Officer, Project Management Oversight for Los Angeles Metro. She is a senior leader with proven ability to lead teams and deliver program and projects on-time and within budget. She currently manages a $20B capital transportation infrastructure program."
Tika Rai
Vice President Partnership Management
PMIWDC
Shane Richardson
President
Lagrange Consulting
Mark Sanders
Director of Projects
Alpha 3 Consulting
Ruchi Singh
Non Executive Director
Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Ruchi Singh is Director of Kaleidoscope Transformation; a boutique consultancy specialising in supporting and leading projects designed transform public services and influence policy to improve outcomes for communities. She has been advised and delivered radical transformation strategies for close to 25 years for clients as diverse as MoJ, MoD, HMT, HS2, FCA and MHCLG Post Grenfell Building Safety Programme to name but a few. She recently completed a project on the mobilisation of the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction unit.
Russell Stevens
Senior Solutions Analyst
ARES PRISM
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Rob Toner
Director of Sales for North America
ARES PRISM
Subhash Tuladhar
Executive Director, Project Controls
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Subhash Tuladhar is Executive Director of Project Controls at the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC). He oversees DDC's risk, schedule and cost management practice as well as advanced data analytics. Subhash is an innovator, experienced in leveraging analytics in improvement of capital programs. He has experience working for general contractors, engineering firms, owners, funding agencies. His 25 years’ experience includes buildings and infrastructure programs. Subhash is a Project Management Professional (PMI) and a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. He holds a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Waylon Whitefield
Founder
LLC | sCurve Solutions
Dr. Hulett was elected as a Fellow of AACE International in 2015 and received the Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award from the Association in 2018.
Dr. Hulett is well-known as a leader in quantitative project schedule and integrated cost-schedule risk analysis concepts, methods, consulting and training.
Dr. Hulett has served the Project Management Institute by leading project risk management and scheduling standards, including the risk management chapter in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management. For the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International he is the principal author of the Recommended Practice 57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Schedule in 2011 and Recommended Practice 85R-14 Use of Decision Trees in Decision Making in 2014.
James Zack
Principal
James Zack Consulting, LLC
Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. Formerly Executive Director, Navigant Construction Forum™ and previously, Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation. Previously, Vice President of PinnacleOne and Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute. Earlier a Senior Construction Claims Consultant, CH2M HILL. For more than 50 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 39 countries abroad. A Fellow of AACE, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Guild of Project Controls, and