The ASHB Board is made up of representatives from several of the leading organizations involved in the design, manufacture, installation, and retailing of products related to smart buildings and homes.
Board Representatives are selected by their Board Member Organization
Brian Ensign
Board Chair
Daniel Niewierowicz
Board Vice Chair
Special Projects Group
Julie Petrone
Board Vice-Chair
Director of Global Marketing
Mr. Oswald brings over 20 years of experience in smart building technology and implementation to his new role, with a proven track record of successfully delivering multi-site, enterprise Smart Building applications. As the former Senior Managing Director at CBRE|ESI, he played a pivotal role in achieving ongoing effectiveness, profitability, and growth. His responsibilities included formulating comprehensive company policies, setting strategic objectives, and developing plans to achieve them. Additionally, Mr. Oswald effectively represented the company to clients, industry stakeholders, government entities, and civic groups.
Before assuming the position of Senior Managing Director at CBRE|ESI, Mr. Oswald served as the Executive Vice President at Environmental Systems Inc. (ESI). Throughout his tenure, he held various assignments, each with increasing levels of responsibility. His areas of expertise spanned system application design, application engineering, project management, program management, and account executive roles
Brian Oswald
Board Member
General Manager
Tom Daenzer
Board Member
Manager of Digital Business Development
Darryl graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Engineering and has spent over 40 years in the HVAC industry as a contractor, system designer, consulting engineer, product development engineer, sales manager, product manager, and market intelligence manager. He has four HVAC related patents and obtained LEED AP in 2003.
As a member of ASHRAE for over 20 years, Darryl has actively participated in many technical and standard committees in the development of standards and guidelines, such as 62.1, 90.1, 11, 207, and 180, focused on indoor air quality (IAQ), energy and sustainability, controls, fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), and maintenance. He is currently chair of TC 7.7 Testing and Balancing and a voting member of 62.1 Ventilation subcommittee.
Darryl is a participating voting member in ASTM, and a member of BCxA, ISIAQ, and I2SL. He represents EBTRON as a member of the board of directors for ASHB, a partner of IFMA, AABC, NASECO.
Darryl DeAngelis
Board Member
Director of Business Development
Charlie Derk
Board Member
Vice President of Strategy
David Eckell
Board Member
National Market Manager
Christopher Freeman
Board Member
Director Connected Products Ecosystem
Mark Fernandes
Board Member
President
Robert Harland
Board Member
BAS Product Management Leader
Stephen Holicky
Board Member
Director of Product Management
After spending nearly two decades at Ducker Carlisle, she joined Trane Commercial in 2010. Currently a leader in the Customer Insight Center of Excellence, she is positioned to ensure that Trane Technologies is acting on market insight in areas that include pushing the limits of sustainability and innovation.
She is a graduate of Michigan State University and is also certified as a lean six sigma black belt.
Kim Boyd
Board Member
Strategic Insight Leader
Tommy Hulland
Board Member
Associate Director of Strategic Planning & Market Intelligence
David Kaufman
Board Member
Director of Business Development
Shannon Kell
Board Member
EBO Offer Manager
Roberto Torres
Board Member
Sr. Manager, Strategy & Market Intelligence
Chris Megede
Board Member
CTO
Charles Pelletier
Board Member
Director of Market & Customer Insights
Erika Shaughnessy
Board Member
Product Manager for Low Voltage and Innovative Technologies
Andrew Herman
Board Member
Chief Technology Officer
Prior to Crestron, John held various sales and management roles at Vudu, Kaleidescape, and Polk Audio.
John studied Electrical Engineering at California State University Northridge. He has lived his entire life in southern California and in his spare time, he enjoys car racing, rock climbing, parkour, and other high-energy sports.
John Yohanna
Board Member
Vice President, Residential
Kevin holds an MBA from Butler University and a B.S. in Industrial Systems Automation from the University of Wisconsin Platteville.
Outside of work, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family, mountain biking, water sports, is a professional downhill ski instructor, and serves with the Excelsior MN Rotary Club.
Kevin Greiber
Board Member
Sr. Director Solutions Offerings
Amir Sekhavat
Board Member
Senior Director of Product Management and Partnerships
Prior to joining Kele, Drew was the Director of Major Projects at Johnson Controls, where he honed his expertise in the buildings industry. With more than 20 years in the industry, Drew has held diverse roles spanning sales, sales management, and general management. He has deep knowledge of building automation, mechanical systems, commercial construction, and integrated systems design and implementation.
Drew holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and is based in Memphis, TN