Ned Trainor grew up in San Francisco and Burlingame, California. After graduating in history from UC Santa Cruz, Ned worked for three years as a carpenter, doing residential and light commercial renovation. He also taught sixth grade in the Seattle Public Schools. Ned graduated from Stanford Business School in 1979, joined McKesson Corporation, and then went on to found Distribution Investment Associates. A portfolio company, Burke Concrete Accessories, provided the inspiration for BuildSite, which he cofounded with Mark Anderson in late 1999.
Mark D. Anderson
CTO and System Architect
Mark Anderson hails from St. Cloud, MN. Mark, the son of an English professor and a school headmistress, headed off to MIT at age 16. Several years later, he left academia with master's degrees in physics and electrical engineering and went to Silicon Valley. Mark has over twenty years of industry experience in which he has designed, built, managed, and shipped multiple successful products on both Windows and Unix platforms.
Rick Talbot
Business Development
Rick Talbot currently lives in Seattle with his wife and son. He earned his B.A. in biology from UC Berkeley and MBA from Stanford University. Rick has over 30 years experience with both emerging and established technology companies including Spectra-Physics, Physio-Control and Stress-Tek.
Jack Margolis
Architectural Specifications Expert
Jack Margolis, AIA, represents the "Greatest Generation" at BuildSite. A native of Cleveland, Jack served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, and then came to the Bay Area. He worked as a carpenter in Walnut Creek while he earned his architecture degree at UC Berkeley. He is widely respected for his specialty in analyzing building materials and their applications. As a specifier, he has worked on large projects such as Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the 3 Com Campus in Silicon Valley, and the renovation of San Francisco City Hall. He is a member of the Construction Specification Institute and the American Institute of Architects.
Tim Hainley
Production Manager
Tim spent his early years in both California and the Far East. He has spent his career helping companies create and manage large document databases. Working with architectural experts, Tim has been responsible for the primary development and maintenance of BuildSite's technical content as well as the oversight of the company's production operation. Prior to joining BuildSite, Tim worked as a project manager for a Bay Area litigation support firm. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Kim Kellogg
Communications Manager
Kim Kellogg is a native of Chicago. She has spent most of her career in the financial services industry, where she managed public relations and communications for a major bank through an era of deregulation, mergers, and acquisitions. Her background also includes communications work for real estate and construction firms. She has a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Matt Lucas
Production Associate
Matt Lucas grew up in San Jose, California and currently resides in Oakland.
He recently graduated from California College of the Arts, where he earned
his BFA in illustration and design. His eclectic college-work background
includes working as an artisan bread baker and a dog care specialist. At
BuildSite, Matt assists with production and web content.
