I believe leadership in our industry starts with building trust, open communication and genuine care — measuring performance by the quality of work, not the hours spent doing it. My goal is to create a culture where people take ownership, support one another and deliver great results, even when I’m not in the room.
Recent incidents involving a school shooting in Bend, Oregon, and a mass bird strike at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Global Hub highlight the consequences of partial adoption of security and bird-friendly glazing products, reinforcing the industry’s need to push harder on education and specification. Elsewhere, Salem acquired Matodi as its fifth operating company, and the latest podcast episode featuring LuxWall and 1st Choice Glass drew strong listener feedback.
Hospitality interiors are asked to feel calm while absorbing constant movement and shifting light. Textured glass, patterned glass, and antique mirror are increasingly specified to manage that tension, regulating glare and defining thresholds without heavier partitions.
Thrilled to have a new episode of the “From the Fabricator” podcast for you. This one lets us dive into hot companies and products while also addressing the industry’s needs.
GlassBuild America’s “See Yourself in Glass” day brought more than 200 local students onto the show floor, drawing coverage from the Las Vegas Sun and giving young people a firsthand look at careers in the glass industry. Elsewhere, Travis Nevins has joined the Finishing Solutions Network as director, and the AGMCC Annual Meeting is set for Nov. 10-12 in Chicago. The ABI remains flat, but CEO confidence is up for a fifth straight quarter, and the annual JD Power airport rankings offer plenty to debate — with industry-connected projects like JFK and Pittsburgh earning nods.
As energy codes tighten across the country, ballistic framing is being asked to do more than stop bullets; it has to keep the building efficient, too. Here's how thermally broken framing meets both requirements without compromising either.
The new episode of the From the Fabricator podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to, or, for a few of you, watch. This time around, I have two people I don’t know very well, so it was a lot of fun to get to know these guys.
GlassBuild 2026 was a huge help in giving everyone additional visibility into business planning. Whether it was the always incredible Connor Lokar on the economic landscape or the multiple education sessions at the Main Stage built for business insights. Good stuff.