David MacKay

Background

About David MacKay

Prior to moving into the Building Science sector, I developed a unique skill set pairing formal economics training with practical hands-on construction experience. I gained satisfaction employing these abilities as a Project Manager—motivating teams to condense construction timelines, curtail expenditures, and optimize job profitability. However, as my expertise expanded I began recognizing unaddressed deficiencies in building design, construction methodology, and client relations. My new passion and professional development focus became ensuring owners received cost effective high performance buildings that exceed expectations. Career Profile- Gained sales forecasting and product marketing experience maximizing revenues for Fortune 100 companies; provided analytic, fact based recommendations adjusting product positioning statements for maximum appeal and optimizing pricing/SKU distribution to increase marginal gains -Transitioned to Project Management and obtained practical field experience motivating teams to condense construction timelines, curtail expenditures, and maximize job profitability; simultaneously continued professional development, pursuing advanced technical training on building systems’ composition/operation, controls and interactions -Formed independent consulting company aiding clients with conditions assessments, contracts and proposal responses, data acquisition, design/analysis review, and technical communications; after acquisition, joined the AES team to develop a building science company addressing sustainability, energy efficiency, and commissioning Specialties: Energy focused Building Commissioning (NC,Retro, Re), Building Energy Modeling, LEED Consulting, Business Development & Team Management