Chad Laird

Technical Sales Manager, Setpoint IS

Donald Polasek

Repair Operations Manager, United Valve

Jay Bowman is Managing Director at FMI Corporation, a well‐regarded consultancy that serves multiple industries. The company is well known for their yearly FMI Overview, which provides in depth commentary on what key trends are expected to shape the Built Environment in the coming year.

Tom Decker

Thomas E. Decker Consulting

Retired from corporate life, Tom now heads up ingeniously named Thomas E. Decker Consulting, LLC and provides market strategy and business management expertise to water and wastewater sector companies, organizations, and utilities. Prior to becoming “the best boss he’s ever worked for”, Tom was a vice-president and geographic area leader for Brown and Caldwell; a vice-president, regional business group manager, and principal program manager for CH2M HILL; a vice-president and business development director with the Parsons Corporation; and a partner and director of marketing for the Infrastructure Business of Black & Veatch.

Michael Halloran

Senior Research Analyst, Managing Director, Robert W. Baird and Company

Mike Halloran of Robert W. Baird, a long‐time Market Outlook Workshop speaker, has twice been named one of the top five industrial analysts in the country by The Wall Street Journal. In 2014 he was ranked by StarMIne as the number one earnings estimator in Electrical Equipment. The previous year, he was ranked as the number three earnings estimator in Machinery.

Soile Kilpi

Director, AFRY Management Consulting

Soile Kilpi of AFRY Management Consulting has 25 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry. She works with the industry and OEM clients related to a wide variety of products from raw materials to converted end products.

Connor Lokar

Economist, ITR

Connor Lokar specializes in construction but consults and presents to businesses across all industries, helping them grow revenue and remain profitable through an ever-changing business cycle.

Martha Moore

Chief Economist, American Chemistry Council

Martha Gilchrist Moore is the Chief Economist and Managing Director for Economics and Statistics at the American Chemistry Council. Ms. Moore analyzes the impact of various policy initiatives and energy trends on the chemical industry. In addition, she produces forecasts for the economy and chemical industry. She also directs the Council's research on the direct and indirect economic contributions of the business of chemistry and the benefits to consumers. Ms. Moore has worked on chemical industry issues for more than 25 years and is an authority on the market dynamics for the chemical industry and its end-use customer industries.

Tim Oakes

Vice President, Kleinschmidt

Tim is a Business Sector Leader of Power and Energy and has been with Kleinschmidt for 24 years with over 31 years of industry experience. He specializes in the management of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensing efforts for hydroelectric projects and has specific experience preparing National Environmental Policy Act documents, environmental permitting support documents, and designing and conducting environmental studies, primarily in the areas of fish passage, minimum flow, and water quality.

John Spears

President, Spears and Associates

John Spears has 40 years of experience conducting market research on products and services used in the drilling, completion, production and pipeline sectors of the global petroleum industry for clients including oilfield service firms, operators, and financial institutions. He is the director of the firm's forecasting activities, author of the Drilling and Production Outlook and several of the firm’s market segment reports, and co-host of the firm’s weekly podcast, The Drilldown./p>