| Erik Pekarski Director and Vice President of National and International Business Development IBACOS Erik Pekarski joined the IBACOS team as Director and Vice President of national and international Business Development in January of 2012. His past positions include corporate vice president of Strategic Operations and vice president of Customer Relations at Pulte Homes Group; senior vice president of International Investor and Client Relations at DAMAC Holding Group and senior vice president of marketing and business development at New Home Star, a real estate sales and marketing company based in Chicago. During the time he led the National Customer Relations Department at Pulte, they achieved the homebuilding industry’s #1 ranking in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates for four consecutive years and the corporation was the recipient of the NHQ Gold Award, the only large builder to do so. He was voted one of Michigan’s top 40 business leaders under the age of 40 by Crain’s Business. Erik has been consulted as an industry expert for the following publications: the Wall Street Journal, “The Voice of the Customer,” by Kemba J. Dunham; Satisfaction: How Every Great Company Listens to the Voice of the Customer, by Chris Denove and James D. Power; The Customer Rules: Indispensible Qualities of the Greatest Service Companies in the World, by Robert Shook and C. Brit Beemer; Corporate Confidential: What It Really Takes to Get to the Top, by Susan A. Dephillips; and House Lust: America’s Obsession with our Homes, by Daniel F. McGinn. He has also been consulted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi, India and has served on the board of Reed Construction Media’s National Housing Quality Executive Council (NHQEC). | |
| Bill Saint President & CEO Classica Homes, LLC Bill serves as President and CEO of Classica Homes, which he launched in 2010. He oversees all sales and operations, planning, strategy and financial oversight. Bill is passionate about the plan development process and helping to creating timeless, incredible designs. Bill’s focus is also on innovative marketing and sales programs to reach Classica clients and share their remarkable story Notable Items: · 2 time winner of National Housing Quality Award (NHQ) · Judge for NHQ Award for past 8 years, visiting over 15 builders across the country · Numerous industry awards for product design, marketing programs, etc. · 2010 Finalist for “CFO of the Year” by Charlotte Business Journal | |
| Charlie Scott Owner Woodland, O'Brien & Scott Charlie Scott has more than 25 years of first hand home building industry experience, and is an owner of Woodland, O'Brien & Scott, a customer satisfaction research, consulting, and referral sales generation firm. Woodland, O’Brien & Scott clients are considered the Who’s Who among U.S. homebuilders having racked up dozens of Builder of The Year, America’s Best Builder, National Housing Quality, and J.D. Powers’ Market Awards, etc. Charlie is a frequent industry speaker at the International Builders Show, Urban Land Institute, the Benchmark Conference, National Association of Realtors, PCBC, SEBC, SWBC, and was the keynote speaker at the London Homebuilding Consortium and the India Real Estate Investment Trust in Gurgaon, India. More at home he is a National Housing Quality Award Examiner, on NAHB’s Board of Directors (Business Management), a Contributing Editor for Professional Builder Magazine, a blogger for Housingzone.com, and author of “Construction Knowledge 101.” | |
| Scott Sedam President & Founder TrueNorth Development Scott Sedam is president and founder of TrueNorth Development. His articles appear monthly in Professional Builder and his Lean Building Blog appears each Tuesday on www.HousingZone.com. Sedam welcomes your questions and feedback at scott@truen.com and encourages budding “Leanistas” to join the LeanBuilding Group on www.Linkedin.com. | |
