PMC INSTRUCTORS
Meet Your Instructors
Learn from a diverse 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
Flatiron Construction
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.
Robert L. Bowen, P.E.
Bowen Engineering Corporation
Meet the Instructor: Robert L. Bowen, P.E.
Robert Bowen has distinguished himself in the construction industry as the founder and owner of Bowen Engineering Corporation, a multi‐market company specializing in water and wastewater treatment plants and energy utility construction. The company, based in the Indianapolis area, works in 15 states in the Midwest and Southeastern United States.
After several years as a project manager and stockholder at W. M. Lyles Construction Company in California, he returned to Indiana in 1967 to start his own company. He is considered an authority on preplanning and leadership practices in construction. He is a founder and instructor of the Associated General Contractors Project Manager Institute. Bowen Engineering has received four AGC Build America Awards (the Oscar of the construction industry), including one for the $57 million Lafayette Wastewater Treatment Plant Addition in 2004.
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.
Robert Graham, CSP, CHST
National Safety Director, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Meet the Instructor: Robert Graham, CSP, CHST
Rob Graham currently serves as the Vice President of National Safety for McCarthy Building Companies and has been with the company for 20 years. He has over 22 years of experience in the construction industry and has worked on relevant projects, including:
- UC San Diego Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center (La Jolla, CA)
- 20-40 Pacifica Office Buildings (Irvine, CA)
- Washington University Uncas A. Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building (St. Louis, MO)
- General Motors Crown Boring Idle Gear (Wentzville, MO)
- General Motors Gamma II MVB/SSF Tooling Installation (Wentzville, MO)
Rob earned his degree in Environmental Health and Safety from Illinois State University and is a board-certified Safety Professional.
Mark Rounds, P.E.
Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Meet the Instructor: Mark Rounds, P.E.
Mark Rounds is an assistant professor in MSOE’s Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department. Prior to joining the MSOE faculty, he led an extensive career in the construction management industry. Most recently he was vice president of corporate development for Vogel Bros. Building Co.; vice president of operations for The Boldt Company; senior project manager with Boller Construction; and a project manager with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Mark is an expert in contract management, value engineering, project management and construction safety.
Terry L. Salazar
Quilling Selander Lownds Winslett & Moser
Meet the Instructor: Terry L. Salazar
Terry L. Salazar’s law practice has focused on construction law and government contracting issues. He has represented contractors and subcontractors in all phases of the construction contracting process on private and public works projects.
Terry graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and earned a J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1979. He is a former procurement law attorney in the Office of General Counsel, National Security Agency, and is an active member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. He is also affiliated with the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association. In 1999, Terry was the chairman of the Dallas Bar Association’s Construction Law Section.
He was previously Senior Vice-President and General Counsel for a large international construction firm. He was a founding member of the MBE/WBE Committee of TEXO (formerly AGC’s Dallas Chapter) and a former chairman of the City of Dallas Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board. Terry is a frequent lecturer on construction contract contract provisions, disputes and claims, and other construction-related topics, and has served as an instructor for both AGC of America and various chapters of the AGC.
Nathan Wood
Executive Director of Construction Progress Coalition
Meet the Instructor: Nathan Wood
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.