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Mike Glover – Public Health Management Corporation

Mike Glover is the Director of Facility Management and Security Operations for Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), a non-profit in Philadelphia, PA. He’s been in this role for 5 years and previously worked for Advantage Building & Facility Services for 10 years in various roles within facility operations. He has both a bachelors and a masters degree from West Chester University, and spent 4 years as President of both the Downingtown Chamber of Commerce as well as currently serving on the Advisory Board for the Downingtown Area School District.

Matt Moberg – ISSA

On today’s show I’d like to welcome Matt Moberg, who is Director of Consulting at ISSA, the leading trade association for the cleaning industry worldwide, comprised of 10,500 members globally. Members include distributors, manufacturers, building service contractors, and service providers.   Matt Moberg has over 14 years of industry experience with in-house service providers, building service contractors, education, and consulting work with the Cleaning Management Institute.    Today we’re going to give an overview of ISSA, the industry, opportunities and challenges.

Quentin Hodgson – The RAND Corporation

On today’s show I’m honored to have Quentin Hodgson on the show — Quentin is a senior researcher at the RAND Corporation. He came to RAND in 2017 from the MITRE Corporation, where he led projects supporting the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department on strategic planning, cybersecurity and capacity building. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at the Department of Defense in a variety of strategy and policy positions, including serving as the Director for Cyber Plans, Operations and Programs from 2011-2014. He was the principal author of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' National Defense Strategy. On this episode we’re discussing a wide variety of topics within Cybersecurity, how they affect Buildings & Facilities and how FM leaders can take action to stay prepared.

Jim Zirbel – FM Pipeline / Facilithon

On today’s show I’m very happy to welcome Jim Zirbel, Chairman of FM Pipeline, a group of professionals, educators and industry representatives dedicated to engage our next generation of facility managers via a competitive event called The Facilithon organized by SkillsUSA, a career and technical student organization serving 440,000 high school, college and middle school students and professional members enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.  With FM Pipeline and through the Facilithon event organized together with SkillsUSA, Jim’s vision is to anchor the FM career path as a career of choice for high school students, leading to scholarship programs and direct industry-placement around the United States and abroad.

Michel Theriault – FM Insight Consulting

On today’s episode I’d like to welcome Michel Theriault to the show. Michel is a thought leader in Facility Management with over 26 years experience in delivering Facility services and over 9 years providing consulting and training services to help facilities departments solve problems, improve services and implement best practices. Michel has been named a fellow of IFMA, the International Facility Management Association, serves currently as the Academic Coordinator for Ryerson University’s Facility Management Certificate Program in Toronto, Canada, and has been recognized for his contribution to FM with a Distinguished Author award from IFMA for his book “Managing Facilities & Real Estate”.