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Building Intelligence Group
Elected Board Members
Zac is a technology principal and senior project manager at SSR. He has more than 20 years of
experience in the AEC industry, specifically in the planning and design of technology systems for
healthcare facilities. Zac’s passion is applying innovation design initiatives and emerging technology
research for the advancement of modern facility design and patient care. His work has improved
healthcare facility operations and clinical operations workflow, resource demand, and implementation
costs for owners across the country.
Zac leads SSR’s innovation consulting practice focused on incorporating emerging technologies that
enhance healthcare design. This group is focused on discovering and implementing innovative
technologies to impact healthcare delivery and the correlated planning for dynamic built environments.
Zac manages a diverse group of project stakeholders, including architects, chief nursing officers, and IT
professionals, to refine problem statements into a methodical and attainable framework. A respected
solutions architect and digital building consultant, he helps breakdown technology barriers and articulate
new user experiences that leverage interoperable connectivity through technologies like private 5G,
enhanced WiFi, robotic process automation (RPA), smart inpatient rooms, digital twin applications,
immersive reality, and the internet of things (IoT). Applying his insights in both technology and innovation,
Zac manages the complete design journey to optimize the project goals, new innovations, and overall
technology ROIs.
Zac is a SmartScore accredited professional (AP), registered scrum master (RSM), and sought after
speaker on emerging technology in the built healthcare environment. He has spoken at high profile
industry events including Healthcare Design, LCI Congress, and Healthcare Facilities Symposium. Zac is
a member of numerous industry organizations including the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), Digital Built
Environment Institute (DBEI), Building Intelligence Group (BIG), Association of Medical Facility
Professionals (AMFP, North Texas + Houston), Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS), and Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD).
Danielle Radden didn’t take the straight path into smart buildings—she took the scenic route. With a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s in biochemistry, she originally set out to study neuropsychology. As life often does, it took Danielle down a different path. After running a successful book publishing company for over a decade, she pivoted into the world of smart buildings five years ago as the Product Marketing Manager at Switch Automation. That’s where she discovered her passion for making buildings not only more efficient, but more intelligent.
Since then, Danielle has been on a mission to deepen her expertise in the built environment, taking coursework through Smart Buildings Academy and connecting with thought leaders through communities like Nexus Labs. Danielle is the VP of Global Revenue Operations for Facil.AI. She thrives on turning complex building systems into conversations that people actually understand (and maybe even enjoy).
When Danielle is not translating BACnet into plain English or championing smarter HVAC strategies, she’s at home in Colorado with her husband, their four kids, and a house full of animals that may or may not have figured out how to bypass the smart thermostat.
Secretary
Cameron Rapoport
Cameron Rapoport is currently the Senior Account Manager for the New England region at Parity, an HVAC Optimization as a Service company focused on multifamily residential buildings and hotels. He works with residential buildings to provide guaranteed energy savings through remote control optimization. He has a diverse background in engineering, marketing, product management, and sales across industrial, commercial, and residential markets. His writing has been published by magazines such as PM Engineer and Plumbing and Mechanical, and he has been a guest speaker for multiple American Society of Plumbing Engineer chapters, the University of Florida, the New England Waterworks Association, and the New York Rural Water Association. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Pennsylvania, plays the fiddle, and was into baking sourdough bread before it was cool.
Treasurer
Dave Wagner
David has worked with Tyco/Grinnell Supply Sales, supporting 12 locations with AR, AP, inventory, and month-end closing. The relationships from Tyco/Grinnell led to a controller opportunity with Fire Fab, selling fire protection supplies and fabrication and taking a 40,000-square-foot warehouse into a 21-million-dollar company. In 2008, the company sold, and David continued to help with the transition until 2009.
In 2012, David was involved with purchasing and running a local coffee/café in Edina that he still owns today. However, in 2017, David shifted from running the coffee/café to helping Shaughnessy Flooring and Golden Hands Flooring improve efficiencies, profitability, process flows, and HR functions and getting the accounting and operational systems into RFMS software.
Board Appointed Members
Founder
Brad Kult
Brad is an Intelligent Building Strategist at KFI Engineers. He helps clients recognize the business value intelligent building systems and processes can contribute to their operations. Skilled in communicating technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike, Brad helps clients navigate the ever-changing technology landscape to select flexible, scalable solutions that adapt to present and future needs. A background in low voltage including Building Automation, Audio/Visual, Security, and Telecommunications Systems gives him a unique perspective on the building intelligence industry. Brad has a passion for intelligent buildings that drives him to encourage greater adoption and aspire to raise the profile of the industry. Brad believes intelligent buildings should be safe, secure, and comfortable, proactively responding to occupants and enabling efficient, effective management.
Immediate Past President
Robbie Danko
Robbie is currently a Director of Business Development with The Boldt Company, a commercial general contractor. Her interest in smart buildings developed when working with a low voltage systems installation and integration company; fascinated with the power of interconnected systems and the benefits of networking. While the smart building concept is nothing new, there are gaps in defining purpose, function, application, and implementation. A particular passion for promoting open-source intelligent building technology is making the concept accessible and achievable in incremental intervals.
Zack is a sales professional with a passion for Sustainability. He is known for his ability to help others understand how Building Automation and Energy Management can impact our planet in a positive way and has become a leader among his peers on sustainability and the ESG movement. He began his career in the Building Automation industry, and quickly became interested in finding ways in which technology could be used to improve Sustainability and support ESG goals. He has been invited to several councils for ESG and Emerging Technologies for Connex FM, a leading organization for multisite facilities and currently serves as the Executive Vice President for the Building Intelligence Group. He works with industry experts to develop best practices and strategies for promoting Sustainability in the built environment. Additionally, Zack is also a sales professional for FSG Smart Buildings, based in Round Rock, Texas, where he helps clients understand the value of Building Automation and how it can support their ESG goals. Zack is driven by a belief that technology can be used to create a more sustainable and equitable world and is committed to working with his colleagues and clients to make this vision a reality.
Thom is an account executive with Johnson Controls in its commercial security division. He is also the owner of Metro Building Consultants LLC. His firm specializes in intelligent mechanical and network systems integration, assessment, management, and data visualization for commercial properties in the Minneapolis, MN area.
Ben is currently a Strategic Accounts Leader with Jackson Control in Chicago, IL. His journey into the world of buildings began in the performance contracting arena back in 2012 and has continued on into Building MEP technology systems, particularly BAS from 2016 to the present. He enjoys the dynamic nature of this constantly evolving building technology eco-system and is passionate about being a resource for clients & peers.
Mahmoud Shouman serves as Division Lead of the JB&B's dedicated Building Intelligence (BI) division. He brings to the position a genuine passion for innovative and sustainable engineering solutions and a proven track record of thought leadership and successful BI deployments. Mr. Shouman works throughout the industry’s major verticals, applying a high level of expertise across BI platforms and integrations with building systems and end-user technologies. Well recognized by his peers in the industry for award-winning and high-profile designs and projects, Mr. Shouman was selected to sit on the CSA Group’s Executive Committee for Intelligent Building Systems where he continues to push the envelope on what is possible in the nascent space of BI engineering. Mahmoud is also the founding chair of Building Intelligence Group (BIG-NYC)—a cross-disciplinary education, support, and networking organization—and a volunteer with the American Medical Facility Professionals (AMFP). He is a regular speaker at industry discussions, including the Commercial Observer and WiredScore.
Mr. Shouman has extensive experience in portfolio digitization, use case strategy, and the development of portfolio-wide standards, in addition to the digital enablement of building systems and the design of BI technologies, software and use cases for master systems integration. Fervent about leading, mentoring, and inspiring, he empowers colleagues with exceptional interpersonal skills and a strong focus on work ethic, teamwork, project delivery, and client satisfaction.
Mr. Shouman has a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Engineering, with a specialization in Applied Sustainability, both from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
Agreement on Non-Collusion & Antitrust
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Building Intelligence Group participants must operate under antitrust compliance and will not engage in any activities that could result in any anticompetitive activities.
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Antitrust Violations:  These are agreements that always or almost always restrict competition and reduce output.
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Examples:
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Price fixing – including components of price and price-related terms like discounts, credit terms, and trade-in allowances 
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Market allocation – where firms agree to stay out of each others’ markets so they don’t compete 
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Bid rigging – where the parties agree to not bid against each other 
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Some group boycotts – competitors get together to enforce a price-fixing agreement or harm a rival
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