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The architects, engineers, consultants and specialists who have presented at Zak World of Façades. Each profile gathers everything a person has contributed — across every recent edition they have spoken at.

Abhishek Shukla National Specification Manager Technoform
Aditya Goel Associate | Senior Strategist Gensler
Ahad Ahmed Director Zak Exhibitions & Conferences Group
Ahmad Fuad Marrwa Project Control Director Clear Engineering Consultants
Ahmet Mumcuoğlu Sales and Specification Manager Saint-Gobain Glass International
Akis Valalis Owner and General Manager i-BUiLD
Alasdair Mealey Technical Leader Building Safety Laing O'Rourke
Alberto Lago Architectural Projects Manager - Europe Sales Team Şişecam
Alessandro Terzi Senior Associate Partner PLP Architecture
Alex Miller Senior Associate Principal KPF
Alexander Riemer Head of Product Management Aluminum Systems Alukönigstahl
AD Alexandre Daud Diretor de Projetos Königsberger Vannucchi
Alexey Boev Architect Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Alexis Harrison Associate Arup
Alfonso Oliva Senior Manager DevRel AECO AI NVIDIA
Ali Zadeh Senior Energy Engineer Evoke Buildings Engineering
Alina Valcarce Founder | Design Director Valcarce Architects
Alistair Law Associate | Façade Designer Arup
Allan Gibson Global Product Segment Marketing Manager Kuraray
Amaldev Premkumar Facade Design Engineer Ramboll
Amanda Edwards Principal | Sr. Architectural Conservator MTFA Design + Preservation
Amanda Stacy AVP - Building Enclosures & Dept. Head - DC WSP
Amir Shurafa Head of Design, Ai certified expert Danube Properties
Ana Vesho Building Envelope Consultant Rimkus
Andi Eftimi Partner Atelier 4
Andreas Roye Founder of LUCEM® LUCEM / Paradigm Design House
Andreas Vermeeren Project Manager CSM Steelstructures
Andres Roncal Senior Computational Designer HKS
Andrew Black Director of Product Development and Design New Hudson Façades
Andrew Pries Director of Innovation & Technical Sales Boston Valley Terra Cotta
Andy Loff Chief Executive Officer Building Composites
Angelos Zografos Technical Sales Engineer Elval Colour
Angus Macleod Director - Australia & New Zealand Vector Foiltec
Anine Eschberger Wortmann Associate | Business Development Lead Gravity Architecture
Anke Rollenhagen Associate Director Buro Happold
Anna Dziekonska-Ramage Associate Director Allies and Morrison
Anna Lloret Papaseit Associate Architect and Building Vice Director Batlleiroig
Anne-Laure Chappat Facades Lead - Victoria Meinhardt
Anri Doda Director Patrick Ryan Associates
Anton VanDyk Principal | Fenestration Division Manager JRS Engineering
Arnoud Herder Project Engineer CIG Architecture
Arwa Alzaabi Sustainability Consultant, Werner Sobek Dubai Werner Sobek
Austen Smith Senior Associate Hawkins & Associates
Bart Mispelblom Beyer Co-founder & CEO TANGRAM Architekten
Bassam Hilal Project Director Premium for Aluminium & Glazing Systems
Beat Huesler Managing Director Oppenheim Architecture
Ben Haigh Senior Director - Fire-Rated Division McGrory Glass
Beni Kohen Business Development Manager Fibrobeton Yapı Elemanları
Beyza Sarıeyyupoğlu ECA Region Specification Manager Jotun Powder Coatings
Bhaumik Patel Principal Architect Bhaumik Patel Architects
Bhrugu Gangadia Director - Architecture INI Design Studio
Brian Davie Senior Building Enclosure Consultant Walker Consultants
Bryce Given National Architectural Manager Vitro Architectural Glass
Carlo A. Scissura Esq., President and CEO New York Building Congress
Carlo Zaka Chief Operating Officer ALCA
Cassie Saba Arizona Higher Education Core Market Lead DPR Construction
Catherine Huang Partner Bjarke Ingels Group
Cedric Pinto Senior Specification & Sales Manager - Southern Australia EQUITONE
Celeste Gariando Technical Director Meinhardt Façade Technology
Chirayu Oza Founder | BIM Implementation Enthusiast Elysian Tech Studio
Chris O'Hara Senior Principal - Structural and Facade Design, Studio NYL Studio NYL, a Lerch Bates Company
Christian Flores Senior Project Manager, Building Sciences WSP
Christine Espinosa-Erlanda Associate Director Godwin Austen Johnson
Christopher Steffens Architectural Lighting Designer | Energy Modeler HLB Lighting
Christy Irish State Specification & Sales Manager - QLD EQUITONE
Claire Yuan Associate Principal, GHL Consultants J.S. Held
CA Claudia Araujo Sócia fundadora e Diretora Técnica Unique Jurere Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda
Coby Armar Secretary General QUALICOAT
Colin MacKillop Principal Quinn Evans
Colin Mangham Chief Experience Officer USGBC California
Colin Niland National Sales and Technical Manager Aluminium Façade Systems
Craig Renton Associate Director and Building Regulations Technical Lead Anstey Horne
D. Rocky Rockefeller Founding Partner Rockefeller Kempel Architects
Dan Clarke Executive Director Native Land
Dan Gleeson Sales Director Schüco UK
Dana Getman Principal SHoP Architects
Daniel A. Martin Lead Fire Protection Engineer Jensen Hughes
Daniel Liddy Partner / Project Design Director bureau^proberts
Daniel Lucenti Senior Project Director, Design & Construction Wexford Science + Technology
Daniel Onions Senior Architectural Technologist Studio Egret West
Darko Andric Technical Designer EGM Architecten
David Goyne Senior Project Architect | Senior Associate Perkins&Will
David Leonard Principal-in-Charge METAFOR
David Sommer Director - KSA Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Davide Malizia High Performance Products KSA – Saudi Arabia Business Development Kuraray
Dean Mouritzen Project Executive HITT Contracting
Deepak Parameswaran Sales & Specifications Manager - Architectural Jotun Powder Coatings
Demet Sürücü Deputy Manager BAU Ahşap Yapı Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi
Deniz E. Arslan Senior Computational Designer HKS LINE
Diane Jacobs Founding Principal Holly Street Studio
Diego Cuevas VP Business Development USA Onyx Solar
Do Janne Vermeulen Founding Partner Team V
Donald Lawson LUMIFLON® Technical Development Chemist AGC Chemicals Americas
DT Douglas Tolaine Principal - Design Director, São Paulo Perkins+Will
Drew Gilbert Lead Design Architect & Global AI Lead OBM International
Edlira Basha Head - Design and Development, Orion, Founding Partner Orion / Triark
Edward McIntosh Regional Design Director (Middle East + Africa) AtkinsRéalis
Elissa Stirling Regional Manager – Victoria Inhabit
Elvi Xhaxho Technical Director ALCA
Enea Bedo Project Architect ANA
Enis Öncüoğlu Chairman of the Board Öncüoğlu Architects
Enrique Goberna Managing Director Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Enrique Mascort del Pozo Chief Architect Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Enrique Molinero Associate and Head of the Sustainability Department GCA Architects
Eraclis Papachristou Director Papachristou Architects
Erwin ten Brincke Associate Partner ABT
Eva Muñoz Prescription and Business Development Manager Guardian Glass
Ferran Figuerola General Manager Cricursa
Filip Van Mieghem Façade Product Manager Reynaers Group
Florian Ebner Senior Project Manager seele
Francine Houben Founding Partner and Creative Director Mecanoo
Frank Filskow Partner Make Architects
Frank Mahan Principal, Adaptive Reuse Practice Leader SOM
Frank Zhong AETS Application Engineer Technical Scientist Dow
FF Frederico Fontana Senior Associate | L.A. Thornton Tomasetti
G Subham Business Development | Specifications Manager Roxul Rockwool
Gabriele Zorino Technical Commercial Manager dott Gallina
Gary Tongco National Architectural Manager ES Windows
George Kanj Vice President Almabani General Contractors
George Sergiou Managing Director Glass & Facades
Gerd De Lathauwer Commercial Director EUROLACKE Powdercoatings
Gideon Maasland Director and Architect MVRDV
Gijs Libourel Principal | Senior Façade Specialist RDH Building Science
Giovanni Gori Regional Director UK and Senior Façade Engineer 5plus
Graham Finch Principal, Senior Specialist RDH Building Science
GP Guido Petinelli Founder and CEO Petinelli Inc.
Guillaume Nijdam Sustainability Manager Reynaers Group
Gumji Kang Managing Director - Australasia Snøhetta
Hagen Scutt Senior Vice President – Design Hudson Yards The Related Companies
Harry Cliffe-Roberts Global Transformation and Adaptive Re-use Leader | Studio Director Gensler
Hearan Kim Associate Director Design International
Hilal Ucar International Specification Manager Benelux Saint-Gobain Glass
Hugh Dutton Founder & Director Hugh Dutton Associés
Hugo Tavares Technical Department - Senior Structural Engineer b-face
Ian Wilson Group Chairman Benx
Ivan Kaye Associate Partner Foster + Partners
Jafar Abualrob Facade Manager Ahmadiah Contracting
James Hind Partner SimpsonHaugh
James Johnson Codes and Standards Representative / Fire Ground Survival Master Instructor International Association of Fire Fighters
James Perry Director Koichi Takada Architects
Jan Dijkema Director Chapman Taylor
Jasmin Hodzic Marketing Director - AME Guardian Glass
Jason Sandy Senior Design Manager Qatari Diar
Jeff Ker Sr. Technical Advisor Engineered Assemblies
Jeffrey A. Caldwell Principal | Unit Manager, Wiss, Janney Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
Jeroen Boersma Senior Product Specialist Kawneer
Jesse Clarke Technical Innovation Manager - Oceania Pro Clima
Jesús Bona Director Comercial España | Sales Manager Spain Reynaers Aluminium
Jimi Ogunsola Specification Leader - UK Axalta
Joan Tarrús Consultant sedak
Jochen Regenauer Head of Strategic Projects & Business Development EMEA Kuraray
Joe Lisiewski II Assistant VP | University Architect Arizona State University
Joel Schwartz Principal, Building Science - President JRS Engineering
Joep Hovels Co-Founder Frontwise Facades
Johann Mordhorst Principal KieranTimberlake
John Barbara Principal ZGF Architects
Jonathan Taylor Senior Associate Higgins Quasebarth & Partners
Jonathan Walker Associate Director CORE
Jorge Peña Head of Technical Support Pladur Gypsum
Joris Winters Sector Leader Property and Investment Arcadis
Joseph Schettino Assistant VP - Building Enclosures | Department Head – LA | Sports Venue Leader WSP
Joshua Taron Associate Dean (Research + Innovation) University of Calgary
Juan Imaz Prescription and Business Development Manager Guardian Glass
Jun Schick Lee Associate Principal - Façades & Envelopes Hatfield Group Engineering
Justin D’Alessandro National Architectural Manager Vitro Architectural Glass
Karim Amrouche Sales Director Outside Eastern Europe and Automotive Saint-Gobain Glass International
Kelly Coles Vice President, Building & Infrastructure CMLC
Ken Bernstein Principal City Planner Los Angeles City Planning
Kevin Bridgman Partner KPMB Architects
Khaled Iskandar AI Educator & Workflow Strategist ZKANDAR
Kosalraman CJ Managing Director | Principal Architect Infraabees Project Management Consultants
Lars Anders Group CEO Priedemann Façade Experts
Lars Sorensen Senior Architect and Façade Specialist GCA Architects
Laurence Brooker Director and Head of Central London Planning Turley
Lee Brandt Senior Principal HLB Lighting
Lefteris Siamopoulos Associate | Façade Consultant FMDC
Léo Lejeune Vice President & Higher Education Lead Stantec
LL Leo Liu Technical Director KinLong
Leonie van Ginkel Partner Frontwise Facades
Lesley Lawson Senior Technical Manager Fairview New Homes
Lucy Head Associate Director Studio Egret West
Luis Delgado Senior Architect Bjarke Ingels Group
Luis Garcia Project Manager OODA
Luis Palacio Design Director Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
M. Vedat Sancakdar Tasarım ve Sistem Geliştirme Direktörü ASAŞ
Maela Allegretti Associate Façade Engineer Arup
Mahsa Adib Studio Manager | Senior Associate Arcadis Architects Canada
Malvinder Singh Rooprai Senior Technical Program Manager - APAC Kuraray
Manan Raval Partner - Façades & Envelopes Hatfield Group Engineering
Manoj Joshi CEO | Senior Executive Partner Hiren Patel & Associates
Manuel Castro Country Manager Forster Sistemas de Perfiles
Manuela Gatto Director Zaha Hadid Architects
MC Marcella Carone Architect & Computational Designer Studio Marcella Carone
MI Marcelo Ignatios Assesor de Projetos Especiais Conselho de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Paulo
MN Marcelo Nudel Founding Partner - Executive Director Ca2 Consultores
Marco Brambilla Partner ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel
Marco Casamonti Founding Partner Archea Associati
MA Marcos Aceti Brazil Sales & Technical Service Specialist Kuraray
Maria Buhigas San José Chief Architect Barcelona City Council
MS Mariana Simas Executive Director Studio MK27
Marina Kindelan Calvo Director of Façades ME / APAC AESG
Mark Matusow Regional Façades Sales Manager Cosentino
Mark Storm Design Department Manager Permasteelisa Gartner
Martin Durivage Architectural Project and Specification Manager Saint-Gobain Glass
Marwan Abbas Program Director Khatib & Alami
Matt O'Malley Preconstruction and Commercial Market Lead DPR Construction
Matthew Owen Business Development Manager A. Proctor Group
Mattijs van Ruijven Head - Urban Planner Gemeente Rotterdam - Stadsontwikkeling
Maya Cochrane RIBA Gulf Chapter Chair RIBA Gulf
Maya White-Turre Senior Associate Gruen Associates
Meritxell Moyà Vilalta Building Department Vice-Director Batlleiroig
Michael Dub Principal DUB Architects
Michelle Lee Architect Behnisch Architekten
Mike Vanderveen Emerging Markets Manager Lumon
Mira Saba Project Engineer RJC Engineers
Morgan Reynolds Associate Principal Thornton Tomasetti
Moujehed Neffoussi International Building Project Manager AGC Glass Europe
Moutaz Kaddourah Region Head MENA Effisus
Mustafa Arslan Project Manager Werner Sobek Istanbul
Namrata Vaja Senior Associate Technical Entrepreneur Agile Management
Nandan Tavkar Senior Associate Director, Climate Response + ESG Advisory | Strategic Consulting Jacobs
Nasser Labidi Technical Advisory Center Manager for Europe, AME & APAC Guardian Glass
Nathan Bishop Design Principal | Partner Koning Eizenberg
Nathan Wittasek Fire Protection Engineer & Investigator Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Neville Grunwald Director of Façades and Roofs Wates
Nic Holmes Lead AI Design Innovator LW Design Group
Nick Ling Partner and Head of Technical Design Heatherwick Studio
Nikelina Bineri Project Manager – Building Envelope Arcora
Oana Fayyad Senior Architect Killa Design
Olin McKenzie Design Partner SOM
Oliver Rohde Managing Director seele Middle East
Olivier Sommerhalder Design Director Gensler
Pablo Garrido Partner and Director of Technology b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
Paolo Franco Partner | Director - Façade Faces Engineering
Pat Duffy Associate - Façades Arup
Patrick Beul MBA Eng. Tonality
Paul Carter Project Director, Building Sciences WSP
Paul Granger Senior Project Architect Selldorf
Paul Hargreaves Construction Director Lipton Rogers
Paul Phillips Senior Director and Head of London Building Surveying Team Anstey Horne
Peter Goff Director - Façade Engineering Buro Happold
Peter Schmitt Head of Technical ‑ North America Siderise
Peter W. Rutti Chief Design Officer | Managing Principal DLR Group
Phil Sedge Director - Head of Façades Mace
Philippe Juliard International Development Manager Forster Steel Systems
Pietro Pavesi Associate | Façade Engineer Faces Engineering
Pınar Aydın Architect & Design Sales Manager Cosentino
Prathush Sreedharan Specification Leader - Middle East Axalta Coating Systems
RL Rafael Lazzarini Diretor de Sustentabilidade CTE - Centro de Tecnologia de Edificações
Rajan Govind Director - Façade + Construction Tech Specialist BES Consultants
RD Ralph Damköhler Managing Director - Middle East seele
Raman Aras Founder | Principal Architect Studio ārā
Raniel Sulaj Project Manager VIND
Renato Cilento Senior Façade Engineer Turner & Townsend
Rence Gill Principal Beyer Blinder Belle
Reza Kabul Principal Reza Kabul Architects
Rob Buck Associate – Façade Engineering Arup
Robert Miller President Jansen America
Roberto Sprocati Head of Global Project Division Emilgroup
Roger Schaerer Senior Engineering Director BM Windows
Rok Lee Principal – Façades DeSimone Consulting Engineering
Roman Schieber Managing Director Knippers Helbig
Ron Bakker Co-founder PLP Architecture
Rouven Nieuwenburg Sector Director - Real Estate Deerns
Rui Monteiro Global Commercial Director Effisus
Ryan Butterfield Associate Director David Chipperfield Architects
Samer Mohammed Abdullah Finishing & Materials Development Head Abdulmohsin Altheyab & Partners
Sandro Casaccio Senior Manager - High Performance Products Kuraray Europe
SF Saulo Suassuna Filho Senior Advisor of Business Development Pininfarina of America
Sean Og Coyle Chief Commercial Officer IG Masonry Support Systems
Sean Robinson Director & Head of Building Safety Anstey Horne
Sergi Vargas Torvisco Responsable de prescripción – Zona Iberia STACBOND
Silvia Ilardi Senior Architect - Façade Access and Maintenance Arup
Simon Allford Executive Director | Head of Design Studio Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Simon Barnes Principal | Building Envelope Practice Leader - APAC Arup
Sofía Galán Rivera Building Envelope Design Leader Arup
Stavros Gargaretas Senior Associate MVRDV
Stefan Prins Partner Powerhouse Company
Steve Mudie Partner Linear Consulting
Steve Wirzba Senior Development Consultant City of Calgary
Subraya Kalkura Managing Director John R Harris & Partners
Suraksha Acharya Founding Partner | Principal Architect Midori Architects
Tali Mejicovsky Associate Principal | Façade Engineering and Building Physics Arup
Tasos Poulokefalos Associate & Structural Engineer Interface Facades
Thang Vo Managing Director BM Windows
Thomas Miller Global Head of Projects Forster
Tim Brans Founding Partner NUDUS
Tim Debets Lead Concept Design Façades Permasteelisa Group
Timothy Logan Regional Practice Director HKS LINE
Tobiasz Staszak Area Manager - North America Reynaers Aluminium
Todd Thongeiam Senior Associate Johnson Fain
Tolga Aycı Business Development Manager Tremco CPG Türkiye
Tom Donald Director Eckersley O’Callaghan
Tom Nancollas Assistant Director (Design) City of London
Tom Silva Project Director - Design Webcor
Tony Abi Gebrayel Managing Partner MZ Architects
Tyler Grimshaw Principal Architect EwingCole
Tyler Hall Associate KPMB Architects
Uday V Shetty EVP - Solid X Viva Composite Panel
Umut Bülbül Managing Director – UK, Ireland & Netherlands Metal Yapı
Upendra Walinjkar CEO | Principal Aluvision Façade
Valeriya Chernikova EMEA Marketing Manager Dow Consumer Solutions
Veronica Quintero Senior Associate Principal and Head of BIM KPF
Vicente Montes Principal | Façade Engineer, Curtain Wall Design & Consulting Curtain Wall Design Consulting
Victor Orive Associate Director Zaha Hadid Architects
Victoria Ponce de Leon Vice President, Principal TYLin (Silman)
Vrinda Shetty Executive Director Bentel Associates
Waleed Elsayed Design & Studies Director Engineering Liwan
Werner Jager Managing Director Keller Minimal Windows
Xandon Keating Deputy Economic Development Director City of Phoenix
Xavier Ferrés Padró Managing Partner Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores
Yan Krymsky Principal, Design Director, US West Stantec
Yan Torres Chief Estimator and Project Manager PGNY
Yiannis Pericleous Managing Director AJP Facade Technology
Yogesh Tantia Director - Architecture DSP Design Associates