PMC INSTRUCTORS
Meet Your Instructors
Learn from a distinguished group of the industry’s most experienced construction experts at AGC’s PMC
Amon Ackley, P.E.
Wagner • Hohns • Inglis, Inc.
Meet the Instructor: Amon Ackley, P.E.
Amon Ackley has more than 15 years of project management and dispute resolution experience. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker on several topics, including Critical Path Method, Construction Project Management, Contract Claims and Project Management. As a Senior Consultant at WHI, Ackley helps his clients avoid delays and potential liabilities through the use of accepted project management tools and prompt dispute resolution. He also provides claims resolution work for private, municipal and federal construction projects and clients.
Ackley’s claim avoidance and resolution work includes determination of delays, entitlement, liabilities and damages, written and oral presentation of findings and, when necessary, mediation and litigation support. Ackley has testified as an expert witness on project delays, wrongful termination and loss of productivity.
Dan Beatty
Constructive Leadership Solutions
Meet the Instructor: Dan Beatty
Dan Beatty has over 35 years of experience in the heavy civil construction industry, on both the project management side as well as in estimating. Projects managed and estimated include transportation projects, including heavy concrete and bridge construction, hydro-electric dams, light rail projects, site and marine works on large LNG plants, and lock and dams. Dan has successfully estimated and negotiated numerous design-build and P3 pursuits, working with the executives on the go/no-go decisions and setting up the estimate structure and management.
Dan is skilled in presenting, facilitating, and training, and is passionate about delivering high-value solutions to individuals and companies who want to manage their time better, improve their culture, and become the best version of themselves possible.
Thomas J. Burleson
Burleson Construction Company, Inc.
Meet the Instructor: Thomas J. Burleson
Tom Burleson is president of Burleson Construction Company, a third‐generation, 64‐year old firm in Johnson City, Tennessee. An AGC activist, Tom is a past chairman of the Construction Education Committee of the Associated General Contractors of America. He is also a Life Director of AGC of America, a past president of AGC of Tennessee, and a member of the Consulting Constructors Council and a director of the AGC of America Education and Research Foundation.
Tom is retired from the U.S. Army Reserves with the rank of colonel and served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Desert Storm. Tom earned a B.S. degree in Building Science from Clemson University and received Certified Professional Constructor (C.P.C.) status from the AIC Constructor Certification Commission. He is a LEED Accredited Professional.
William A. Epstein
Wagner · Hohns · Inglis, Inc.
Meet the Instructor: William A. Epstein
Bill Epstein has aided clients in avoiding delays and disruptions through the use of proper scheduling techniques and accepted best practices for over 15 years. As a Principal at Wagner Hohns Inglis, Inc., Bill has been involved in projects at all stages of construction. He has created schedules and schedule updates for Contractors, submitted and reviewed requests for additional time and money for ongoing Projects, and also performed forensic analyses for assessment of delay damages for Owners, Contractors, Attorneys and Government agencies. Bill has experience on a wide range of construction projects both horizontal and vertical including roadways, schools, hospitals, hotels and airports. He has taught classes on the use of CPM for scheduling, Oracle/Primavera software and claims avoidance for clients.
Epstein graduated with honors from the University of Central Florida, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration. He has a continued interested in the application of continuous improvement and lean methodologies in the construction industry.
Mark O. Federle, PE, Ph.D., CPC, F. ASCE, CM-Lean, NAC
Marquette University
Meet the Instructor: Mark O. Federle
Mark Federle is currently the Associate Dean for Academic at Marquette University. Previously, he was Chief Information Officer for The Weitz Company in Des Moines for 9 years. Prior to joining The Weitz Company, Federle was the Professor-in-Charge of Construction Engineering program at Iowa State University, where he taught for nine years. Mark earned his PhD and Masters in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan. Mark is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Professional Constructor and a CM-LEAN. Mark was awarded The Career Achievement Award by Rose-Hulman in 2005. He was recognized by AGC of America as Instructor of the Year in 2011. He is a Fellow of ASCE. He is a member of the National Academy of Construction.
Matt Gentry, P.E.
Operations Manager, Bowen Engineering Corporation
Meet the Instructor: Matt Gentry, P.E.
Matt serves as Operations Manager for Bowen Engineering Corporation, based in the Indianapolis area. His company works in 15 states in the Midwest and has received several AGC Build America Awards. Matt has almost 25 years of experience in the construction industry and licensed in IN and TN as a Professional Engineer. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from University of Evansville, IN.
Mark Rounds, P.E. (Ret.)
Professor of Construction Management (Retired)
<b>Meet the Instructor: Mark Rounds, P.E.</b>
Mark Rounds recently retired as Assistant Professor and Program Director of Construction Management at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He brings 40 years of construction industry experience, including leadership and project management roles with Vogel Bros. Building Co., The Boldt Company, Boller Construction, and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. A licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin, Mark holds a Civil and Environmental Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been recognized with the Daily Reporter’s Educator of the Year award and the MSOE Faculty Appreciation Award.
Nathan Wood
Executive Director of Construction Progress Coalition
<b>Meet the Instructor: Nathan Wood</b>
Nathan C. Wood is the Executive Director of Construction Progress Coalition (CPC), a grassroots non-profit initiative to educate AEC professionals about the need for open interoperability standards between project delivery stakeholders. Nathan’s experience with Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Lean process improvement, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) has led him to realize how even proven technology solutions can result in lost ROI when the needs of people and process are not addressed. Nathan balances his passion for data insights and stakeholder empathy through pragmatic adoption strategy, driving digital standards adoption in design and construction. When not fighting for open standards, Nathan also supports construction transformation as Chief Enabling Officer of SpectrumAEC, delivering speaking engagements, research publications and Design Thinking workshops.
Doug Tabeling
General Council, Carroll Daniel, Inc.
Meet the Instructor: Doug Tabeling
Doug Tabeling is General Counsel of Carroll Daniel, Inc., the parent company of Carroll Daniel Construction, Carroll Daniel Engineering, Steelworks, CIPCO Construction, Quest Site Solutions, and Georgia Building Supply & Equipment. Headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia, Carroll Daniel has offices throughout Georgia and in South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee.
Doug is a member of Carroll Daniel’s executive leadership team and oversees the company’s legal, compliance, and risk management functions. Prior to joining Carroll Daniel, he was a Partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock (now Smith Currie Oles). He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in all state courts and federal district courts in Georgia and in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Doug serves on AGC of America’s Board of Directors, on the AGC Education & Research Foundation’s Board of Directors, and as Vice Chair of AGC of America’s Building Division. He is a past Chair of both AGC’s Federal Acquisition Regulation Committee and AGC’s Construction Leadership Council. He has served as an instructor for the AGC Supervisory Training Program and as the lead editor of the AGC State Law Matrix. For AGC Georgia, Doug serves on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Executive Alliance program, and he is a past Chair of the Young Leadership Program. In 2024, he led an AGC Georgia task force that drafted and helped enact legislation that updated Georgia’s contractor licensing laws. AGC Georgia named Doug its Volunteer of the Year in 2015.
Doug’s articles have appeared in Engineering News-Record, Construction Dive, Construction Today, and Constructor Magazine, and he has authored chapters in several books, including Alternative Clauses to Standard Form Construction Contracts, the American Bar Association’s State-by-State Guide to Construction & Design Law, and Common Sense Construction Law.
Doug is twice a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Juris Doctor. While in law school, he clerked for the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky and was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law. He remains active at his alma mater as a member of the UK College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Advisory Board.
Austin Harris
Senior Safety Manager, McCarthy Building Companies
Meet the Instructor: Austin Harris
Austin Harris is a Senior Safety Manager with McCarthy Building Companies who has spent more than a decade in the construction industry. They began their career working as a laborer while attending Kennesaw State University, gaining firsthand field experience before transitioning into the safety profession. Over the past eight years in safety, Austin has built a strong foundation in occupational health and safety management, including time spent earning a master’s degree in occupational safety and health from Georgia Tech. Their combination of hands-on construction experience, academic training, and safety leadership continues to shape their work in supporting safe and successful project execution.