Nelson, John S., PE

Author, “Lean and Green, Getting the First Mile Right,” Tradeline, November 2010.
Author, “Form Meets Function — Sustainable Skins and the Triple Bottom Line,” Building Design and Construction, September 2009.
Author, “Lean Management is a Game-Changer for Facility Design & Construction,” Tradeline, July 14 2009.
Author, “Completing the Circle of Professional Development through Leadership & Mentoring,” with JS Russell, Leadership & Management in Engineering, January 2009.
Author, “Leadership in the Construction Industry - The Challenge of the Brutal Facts,” With JS Russell, AS Hanna, ML Hendrickson. LEAD 2008 Conference.
Author, “One Big Idea for the Construction Industry — Risk Realignment,” Tradeline, April 2008
Contributing author, “Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories” by Daniel D. Watch. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001
Author, “Renovation of Research and Development Facilities” with Ralph Jackson, Jr. and James Miller, Industrial Development, July/August 1988.
Author, “Planning Functional R&D Facilities,” with Ralph Jackson, Jr., Published by Flad & Associates, 1985.
Author, “The Practical Application of Heat Recovery Concepts,” WEEC, October 1981.
Author, “Northern Tri-Load Solar Energy System,” ASHRAE Journal, September 1980.
Author, “Performance of Open Cycle Air Conditioning Systems,” Solar Energy Journal, 1978.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Director, UW Foundation. 2010-Present
Member, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering, Industrial Advisory Board, 2001-2006; Chair, 2003-2004
Member, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, 2006-Present and Chair, 2011-Present
Member, National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Engineering Foundation Coalition Board
Appointed member, Committee on Prudent Practices for Handling, Storage and Disposal of Chemicals in Laboratories: Subcommittee on Laboratory Space and Equipment
Member, Sustainability Subcommittee ASCE BOK 2
Member, Green Lake Association Board of Directors
Faculty Advisor, UW-Madison Emerging Green Builders
Recipient, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering, “Distinguished Service Award”
Recipient, University of Wisconsin Construction Club “Lifetime Achievement Award”

Registration/Certification, Instruction, and Presentations

Registration/Certification

Registered Professional Engineer in a variety of states

Licensed by the National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE)

Instruction

CEE 498 - Construction Project Management

CEE 578 - Capstone

EPD 612 - MEPP Technical Project Management

InterEngineering 101 - Energy and Sustainability

RE 365 & 765 - Sustainable Real Estate Development

CEE 698 - Sustainable Development for Construction

Business/GNIES 356/765/601 - Business Sustainability; People, Planet and Profit

Business/GNIES 601 - Systems Thinking & Sustainable Businesses

CEE 699 - Global AEC Planning & Design, with Stanford Project Based Learning Laboratory

Instructor, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2001

Instructor, University of Wisconsin Extension, “Laboratory M/E System Design”

Presentations

Lean & Green — Contrasting Fundamentals to Current Practice," Chicago AGC, October 2011
"Lean — The Opportunity of a Generation for Design Professionals," AIA Large Firm Roundtable, Portland, Oregon, September 2010
“Moving Beyond Tradition: The Collision of Behavioral Norms and Green Buildings,” Innovative Approaches for Behavioral Marketing in the Green Economy, GKA Reseach/UW School of Business - Madison WI - September 2009
“Making Lean Truly Transformational,” Lean Processes in FM & Capital Projects, Tradeline - Tampa FL - March 2009
“The Challenge of the Brutal Facts” - Natural Step Working Group, City of Madison Wisconsin - February 2009
“Leadership in the Global Construction Industry - The Challenge of the Brutal Facts,” LEAD Conference - Stanford Sierra Conference Center - October 2008
“Sustainability & Transportation” keynote speech at Midwest Transportation Forum - Madison, WI - August 2008
“Para Professionals in Leadership Constrained Engineering Organizations” discussion with Normal Doll, Executive Leadership Conference - UW-Madison - December 2007
Sustainable Development in Real Estate” keynote speech - Grasskamp School of Real Estate - UW-Madison - October 2008
Rethinking Sustainable Construction - University of Florida - October 2006
Lean Management Models for FM and Capital Projects - Rethinking Risk, Long Term Facilities Management Sustainability - Tradeline Inc., April 2007 & 2008
Speaker on energy-related topics for the League of Women Voters, ASHRAE, and the AEE World Energy Congress

Summary

Mr. Nelson is a consultant to the design and construction industry an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

John provides strategic intelligence and solutions guidance to both public and private organizations. Services include strategy, market development, mentoring, and project participation.

John helps organizations change to maximize their potential — by aligning marketplace opportunities with organizational abilities, and by developing people and competencies through projects.

Examples of recent assignments include:

Advising a university dean on leadership transition
Advising a design builder on lean messaging
Advising a major university on sustainable campus master planning
Advising a Chicago area constructor, designer and hospital system on lean facility delivery
Advising an energy services company on value clarity
Assisting a venture capital firm with due diligence on an energy services company investment
Advising the UW Physical Sciences Lab on construction to support the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment at DUSEL
Advising a global equipment manufacturer on business strategy
Advising a developer on life cycle and triple bottom line sustainable development analyses
Participating in the US General Service Administration Design Excellence Program as a construction peer
Advising a private college on professional selection and project delivery
Advising a major healthcare system on capital strategies
Supporting WARF on the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery
Advising a National A/E on Engineering Strategies
Advising an environmental consultancy on business strategies

Duties as Adjunct Professor include research, advising, and mentoring, such as:

Research on sustainability in buildings (in conjunction with Professor Carol Menassa)
Research on lean project delivery (in conjunction with Professor Awad Hanna)
Graduate student advising and thesis committees
Student mentoring
Seminars such as: "What Would Aldo Leopold Think About Corn Ethanol?" a joint series with CoE and Ag
CHE/NIES Place Based Workshop on Energy — Spring 2010
Energy Institute, CoE
Weston Lecture Series, CEE and Nelson Institute
High School Student on Campus Career Days

During his tenure in industry, he served as Project Engineer, Department Head, Project Manager, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at Affiliated Engineers. His background includes design, applications and research experience with dynamic building systems, along with business and project management.

Selected project experience includes:

Science and Technology

Indiana University, Multidisciplinary Science Building, Bloomington, IN
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine Research Building, Chicago, IL
University of Wisconsin, Engineering Centers, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry/Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Building, Madison, WI
University of Oklahoma, Biomedical Research Center, Oklahoma City, OK
North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Raleigh, NC
Northwestern University, Basic Industry Research Laboratory, Evanston, IL
University of California, Geology and Marine Biology Building, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI
University of Florida, School of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL

Healthcare

Columbia St. Mary's, Facilities Integration and Expansion, Milwaukee, WI
Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL

Medical Science

National Institutes of Health, Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
BJC Health System/Washington University Medical Center, Campus Integration Plan, St. Louis, MO
University of Florida, Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, FL
University of Wisconsin, Clinical Science Center, Madison, WI

Research

Pfizer, Inc. (formerly Pharmacia), Skokie, IL
Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA
Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceuticals, Rochester, NY
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Facility Expansion, Ridgefield, CT
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Texaco, Inc., Beacon, New York and Port Arthur, TX
Glidden, Strongsville, OH
Amgen (formerly Immunex), Seattle, WA
BP Research (formally SOHIO), Warrensville Heights, OH
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Madison and Baraboo, WI
U.S. Geological Survey - Doraville, GA and Arvada, CO
Honeywell, Bloomington, MN
Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL
James River Corporation, Neenah, WI

Infrastructure

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Loctite Corporation, Rocky Hill, CT
Repsol Petroleo, Madrid, Spain
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT
Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL
United States Air Force Reserve, Minneapolis, MN
BP Research (formally SOHIO), Warrensville Heights, OH

Office Buildings

Lands' End, Dodgeville, WI
Modern Woodmen of America, Rock Island, IL
Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Electric (WEPCO), Milwaukee, WI
American Family Insurance Company, Madison, WI
Bayer, Inc., West Haven, CT
J. I. Case - Racine, WI

Public Buildings

Midwest Express Center, Milwaukee, WI
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Federal Courthouses, Rockford, IL, Spokane, WA, Indianapolis, IN
Federal Office Building, Indianapolis, IN
University of Wisconsin-Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Green Bay, WI

Industrial

Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceuticals, World Headquarters, Tampa, FL
The Boeing Company, Boeing Materials Technology (BMT) Complex, Seattle, WA
Lifescan, Inc., A Division of Johnson & Johnson, Milpitas, CA
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., HVAC Analysis, Ridgefield, CT

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