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Edmond F. Trainor
President and CEO
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.
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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.
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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.
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Mimi Street
Sr. Account Manager
Mimi Streett, Sr. Account Manager, is a native San Franciscan. She
lives in Marin County with her husband and children. A USF graduate,
she has spent all of her career in the Bay Area: in education with
chiropractors, homeschoolers and underprivileged children; in product
management and sales for software companies; in EDP audit for a bank;
in management consulting for health-care professionals; and in
development of several non-profit programs. Mimi supports BuildSite's
efforts with software companies, Advertising partners, and subscriber
customers.
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Melanie Loftus, LEED AP
Manager, BuildSite Green
Melanie grew up in Northern Virginia, developing a love for
springboard and platform diving at an early age. She attended college
at Yale where she expanded her interest to include the study of urban
environments, earning her BA in Environmental Studies. At the Yale
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies she concentrated in Urban
Ecology and Environmental Design, graduating with a degree in
Environmental Management. It was during her time at FES that Melanie
discovered the exciting world of green building. Her favorite classes
were co-taught by faculty at the School of Architecture and the School
of Forestry. Melanie has been living in San Francisco since 2006 and
is a member of SPUR and USGBC.
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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.
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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.
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Jenifer Chan
Production Associate
Jenifer Chan grew up in Stockton, California and currently resides in
the Bay Area. Graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Art
Practice, she has worked in drawing, painting, and sculpture in both
wood shop and ceramics, though her range of work is highly varied.
She currently assists with production and graphics for BuildSite.
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Laura Faya
Production Associate
Born and raised in Mexico but a San Franciscan at heart, Laura came to
the Bay Area in 2002 to continue her education and decided to stay. She
graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.A. in Art History in 2006, and is
now preparing for an MBA. She developed her communications and sales experience
from working at museums, galleries, and a speech analytics firm. She is
learning a fourth language and in her free time she likes to paint and
cook.
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Dan Miller
Production Associate
Dan Miller was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio. He moved to the Bay Area after graduating from Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in Biology. While attending college, he worked as a research assistant in a microbiology laboratory where he conducted research and performed data analysis. He also worked as an audio-visual technician for two years before coming to work for Buildsite.
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