Paul Ehrlich, PE

Paul Ehrlich, a well-known industry stakeholder and advocate of integrated and intelligent buildings, is Clasma’s program development director and chief content developer for the BuilSpec Education Seminars.

Prior to working with Clasma, Paul was with Trane where he served as Business Development Leader guiding the global direction and development of Trane’s line of building control products. Prior to working for Trane, Paul worked for Johnson Controls providing solutions to building owners.

Throughout his career, Paul has been actively involved with various industry groups involved in the creation of new automation standards and technologies. Previous roles include chairing the ASHRAE Guideline 13 committee on how to specify DDC controls, chairing the BACnet sub-committee on interoperability, and acting as the inaugural chair for the oBIX committee to establish XML standards for building controls.

At BuilConn 2004, Paul was honored with a Buildy Vision Award for his perseverance in promoting whole building integration and interoperability through advocacy, promotion, educational and training endeavors.

Paul has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas. He is a licensed engineer in the State of Wisconsin and lives with his family in White Bear Lake Minnesota.

In addition to Paul’s activities with Clasma he also has established an independent consulting company called “Building Intelligence Group” whose primary focus is on helping building system suppliers, owners and managers maneuver their operations through the vast changes prompted by enterprise building management. The main focus is on the areas of facility and IT integration, convergence and intelligent buildings.

You can contact Paul via E-mail at: paul@clasma.com.

Anto Budiardjo

As president and CEO of Clasma, Inc., Anto Budiardjo has brought much needed attention to the subject of convergence through numerous industry events such as BuilSpec, BuilConn Americas, BuilConn Europe, the XML Symposium and the M2M Expo and Conference. Through such events, Anto strives to motivate and educate the buildings industry about the immense benefits of whole building integration and its staggering potential value to the building owner and operator.

Anto is a seasoned marketing and product development professional specializing in the HVAC, Security and IT disciplines. He has more than two decades experience within these industries and has fashioned his expertise into an energetic, visionary and dynamic approach to business management. Anto has held executive-level marketing and product development positions with various controls companies where he was responsible for product management and marketing communications. His rare combination of marketing and technology practices has enabled him to fine tune and soften the often daunting task of transitioning the product development process from an engineering-centric focus to a market-centric focus.

Anto’s entrepreneurial and creative spirit has provided him international business opportunities throughout Europe, Americas and Asia/Pacific further granting him a unique global perspective.

Anto is a contributing editor for AutomatedBuildings.com and a frequent speaker and participant at numerous industry events. He is also a contributing writer for several trade publications where he discusses the issues and trends facing the emerging industry of networked building systems.

You can contact Anto via E-mail at: antob@clasma.com.