Meet the PlanHub Team

Background

Kevin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PlanHub, which was launched in October 2016. Kevin oversees all operations of the company and spearheads its growth opportunities. Before PlanHub, Kevin founded EliteProNet in 2008. He holds a Certified General Contractor license in the state of Florida and served as President of a South Florida concrete company. Once a general contractor and a subcontractor, Kevin understands the challenges construction companies face when it comes to finding new business and marketing their company.

In addition to his 2 decades of experience in the construction industry, Kevin also spent a significant amount of time in the Investment Banking business. He started his career as a Financial Advisor and Registered Principal with Morgan Stanley and later went on to co-found Palm Beach Wealth Management in North Palm Beach, Florida.

Interests

When not planning the global domination of PlanHub, Kevin spends a great deal of his time with his wife and three kids. They enjoy traveling together on cruises across the globe, as well as frequent visits to amusement across the state of Florida. He is an avid sports fan, as he bleeds blue from his Bluegrass roots and rarely ever misses a University of Kentucky basketball game. He also has a very strong love/hate relationship with the Miami Dolphins.

Education

Kevin a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Florida Atlantic University, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance & Real Estate from Florida Atlantic University, as well as an Associate’s Degree from Palm Beach State College.

Favorite Quote

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
– Vince Lombardi

Background

As Vice President of PlanHub, Kyle works extensively with other leadership-based positions to ensure the vision of PlanHub is being accomplished every single day.

“We developed PlanHub as a centralized web-based location for all major private & public projects to flow through. Since PlanHub is a free service that GCs can use to advertise their projects, there is no reason that every available project in the U.S. shouldn’t be easily accessible to subcontractors through PlanHub.” – Kyle Conlan

Graduating from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Finance, Kyle went on to pursue traveling sales positions with both AT&T Advertising Solutions & American Fidelity Assurance Company, which would ultimately set the foundation for his strong people skills that he still uses today.

Kyle eventually went on to meet Kevin Priddy in early 2010 a year after our original company, EliteProNet, was launched. The knowledge and resources he gained during those years with EliteProNet played a pivotal part in getting PlanHub launched and to market as quick as it did.

Interests

With roots going back to South Georgia, Kyle has always had a love for the outdoors and wildlife. Residing in Tallahassee and only a few short hours to the beach you will likely find Kyle offshore in the Gulf of Mexico catching Wahoo and Tuna, among many other sea dwelling creatures. Kyle also has a twelve-pound Shi-Tzu named Bugs!

Education

Degree in Finance from Georgia Southern University.

Favorite Quote

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”
– Sven Eriksson

Background

Jennifer Conrad is PlanHub’s Operations Officer. With over 15 years of experience in the construction industry, Jennifer has developed extensive knowledge and skills to help contractors of all types. Prior to joining PlanHub in 2011, Jennifer spent six years managing business relations and special projects for a high-end finishing and decorating contractor on the island of Palm Beach.

From estimating, project coordinating, and assisting in field supervision, Jennifer has become proficient in creating take offs, pricing and proposals for both commercial and residential projects, giving her a vast advantage to bring significant value to PlanHub.

She developed a reputable work ethic and a strong desire to provide high quality performance in everything she does. Jennifer has worn many hats throughout her years with PlanHub. She has become a reliable, vital asset, and has since moved up to Operations, where her loyalty and integrity continues to help in all aspects of the company’s continued growth.

Interests

Jennifer enjoys spending time with her 13-year-old daughter and six-year-old son while boating, fishing, and enjoying outdoor ATV recreations.

Favorite Quote

“I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.”
– Zach Galifianakis

Background

Evonne grew up in NJ and moved to South Florida in 2005. She graduated from FAU in 2010, and switched careers to pursue tech at Apple Retail. She grew from a sales specialist, to a business specialist, and assistant manager. After working at Apple Retail for 5 years, she moved to Palm Beach Gardens, and took on a variety of marketing roles. She was a relationship manager at a medical marketing agency, a marketing specialist and events manager at a construction estimating software company, and a marketing project manager at a hearing aid company.

Throughout her career, Evonne has mentored fellow colleagues on interviewing, technology, sales, and marketing. She uses her past experience and expertise to provide direction for PlanHub’s marketing department growth.

Evonne is quick to learn new software tools. She has experience working in web-applications such as Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Salesforce, Salesloft, Vidyard, Wistia, Hootsuite, ZoHo Social, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, Slack, and Trello.

Interests

Evonne lives in Palm Beach Gardens, FL with her husband and pomsky dog, Cookie. Her favorite food is sushi. She loves cruises, going to theme parks, watching movies, and electronic dance music. In college, she was a lead performer in the ballroom dancing club.

Education

Bachelor’s in Education from Florida Atlantic University.

Favorite Quote

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”
– Richard Branson

Background

Kevin is the VP of Sales of PlanHub. As the VP of Sales, Kevin overseas all sales activities of the company, where he leads a team of talented, driven, optimistic sales professionals.

Before PlanHub, Kevin held various leadership and consulting roles with start-up companies to Fortune 500 companies, such as Parallels, HPE, BAE and most recently TechData.

Interests

Kevin is married to his lovely wife Tracey. They love animals, and have a dog and a cat. They enjoy travel, concerts and the great outdoors. Since Kevin is from Ohio, he is a big Ohio State Buckeyes fan.

Education

Kevin has a BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Kent. St University.

Favorite Quote

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
– Abraham Lincoln

Background

David Shugars is PlanHub's Chief Technology Officer leading our initiatives for technology strategy, research, and development. A seasoned cloud, software, and technology professional, David has more than twenty years of experience with a variety of roles in software engineering, database management, and product management for verticals such as manufacturing, medical payers, and construction. Prior to PlanHub, David served as Software Development Manager for DataLink Software, Director of Product Management at Estimating Edge, and Product Manager at Plex.

Interests

Loves riding his motorcycle, driving by the ocean, and spending time with his wife and two sons.

Education

David earned his Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

Favorite Quote

"Regardless of what we discover, we understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job they could, given what they knew at the time, their skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand."
– Norm Kerth

Background

Prior to joining PlanHub, Amanda has past experience of working a year at Disney, four years at Sea World as Assistant Operations Supervisor, and four years at Marriott Vacation Club as Assistant F&B Manager.

Interests

Amanda loves tacos.

Education

Bachelors in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida.

Favorite Quote

"That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget."
– Walt Disney

Background

Before PlanHub, Nancy worked as a teller at a bank for 4 years. She has worked in financing and management for 18 years. She’s looking forward to using her finance background in her new role at PlanHub.

Interests

In her free time, Nancy enjoys relaxing on the beach. She enjoys spending time with her 5 grandchildren. She enjoys listening to her granddaughter, Juliana, sing at various performances, attending her granddaughter, Skylar’s pageants, and just keeping up with the grandsons.

Favorite Quote

"Have faith. Believe. Take one day at a time."
– Unknown

Background

Dan is one of PlanHub’s Senior Project Coordinators, managing all sales and services throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He builds strong relationships with companies who are searching for subcontractors and helps the subs through the entire bidding process. Doing so ensures General Contractors get qualified work and creates more business for subcontractors, helping them grow their company.

Dan’s past experience has been in project management: managing residential and commercial construction projects from conception to completion. He started his career as a Field Inspector for SESI Consulting Engineers, where he drafted, surveyed, and inspected construction and environmental projects.

Interests

Dan enjoys traveling, landscaping, riding his bike, and playing golf. He built an active adult community, including 144 units, pump stations, and a club house. He has two wonderful kids, one boy and a girl. He also caught a World Series home run ball in Yankee stadium that Alfonso Soriano hit.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University.

Favorite Quote

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
– Albert Einstein

Background

Ryan is the Florida Project Coordinator at PlanHub. He works with subcontractors, general contractors, architects and developers to find solutions for construction project requirements. He assists with project bidding, referrals and placement, bid feedback, relationship building and other pertinent general information services. He continues to be a key element in the overall development of the Florida market for PlanHub and its members.

Prior to joining PlanHub, Ryan was a Senior Sales Specialist with ten years of experience working for companies such as Covidien, Merck, and Roche Pharmaceuticals. He successfully managed various products and personnel throughout his territory, and was one of the leading developers of a new company division that focused on institutional and long-term care markets. Ryan has also worked in the Banking and Rental Construction sales industries.

Interests

Ryan grew up in Georgia and relocated to Tallahassee, Florida, after college in pursuit of career opportunities. His wife Brooke and daughter Presley, along with his 2 Chessies, Granite and Savannah, encompass the majority of his free time. However, Ryan still finds time to enjoy the great outdoors through hunting, fishing and recreational sports. This includes volunteer work with Wounded Warriors and Life Without Limits. Ryan is married and also has a daughter. He has voted himself the #1 FSU Seminoles fan for over 30 years.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Marketing with Emphasis in Sales Management from Georgia Southern University and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Thomas University, Georgia.

Favorite Quote

“If you're afraid – don't do it. If you're doing it – don't be afraid!”
– Genghis Khan

Background

Dan Landowski is a Senior Development Consultant with PlanHub, responsible for new customer development throughout the country. Through the use of technology, Dan helps General Contractors in the bidding process as well as establishing new subcontractor relationships. Prior to joining PlanHub in early 2013, Dan spent over ten years working as a Client Services Manager for Bayada Home Healthcare in New Jersey.

Interests

Dan is an avid traveler and loves to explore new environments as well as revisit old locales. He also loves fishing and spending quality time with family and friends.

Education

Dan has earned Associate Degrees from both Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey and Pierce College in Tacoma, Washington

Favorite Quote

“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln

Background

Tom's previous work includes leading one of the largest construction related continuing education programs in the country for a market-leading building materials manufacturer. He educated over 10,000 architects, engineers, code officials, and general contractors annually for AIA, PDH and various other professional program credits, coordinated with NASA contractor ILC Dover.

Tom sold private label food products to some of the largest broadline food-service distributors in the northeast, and the largest contract food service management company in the world. On the construction end, he managed a national sales team. He also connected them to most of the leading architectural and engineering firms in the country, with work on everything from basic residential and commercial projects to $15 million critical infrastructure work.

Interests

Tom’s favorite movie is the 2002 version of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Favorite Quote

"The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
– Steve Jobs

Background

Brittany is a support team specialist at PlanHub. She has over thirteen years of customer service in retail and hospitality. Providing excellent customer care and helping others is her ultimate passion.

Interests

Brittany loves spending time with her family and nephews. She also enjoys riding horses and connecting with friends. Britany loves animals and also has a side pet-sitting business.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business.

Favorite Quote

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
– John Bunyan

Background

Nick is the Support Team Lead at PlanHub. He provides help and guidance over the customer service team. He graduated from Averett University with a degree in Computer Information Systems. Since graduating, Nick has predominantly worked in Customer Service/Customer Support. Before PlanHub, Nick gained his customer support experience in the sales industry.

Interests

Nick has caught three foul balls at baseball games.

Favorite Quote

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
– Nelson Mandela

Background

Kaitlin has seven years of previous experience in website support and web design for a web design and development company in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Interests

Kaitlin loves crawfish, gumbo, video games, and spending time with her family when they visit. She is Cajun, born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana, and moved to West Palm Beach in 2016 with her boyfriend.

Favorite Quote

“I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.”
– Calvin & Hobbes

Background

Wendy is a Senior Regional Development Consultant with PlanHub. She manages customer development throughout the southeastern United States. Prior to joining the team in 2010, Wendy gathered over twenty years of experience in advertising and staffing in New York and Florida. Her extensive experience and positive attitude provides a well-rounded leadership approach in managing her business development team.

Interests

Wendy enjoys reading, classical music, and traveling around the country visiting colleges with her husband Dave, who is an independent educational consultant. Wendy is extremely proud of her 21-year-old son Justin, who is a talented clarinetist and a senior at Rice University. Wendy loves to volunteer for several charities and feels grateful to do so. Wendy and her husband decided to get married on their second date. They have now been married for twenty-three years.

Education

Wendy is a proud graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business.

Favorite Quote

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
– Albert Einstein

Background

Don is PlanHub’s National Sales Manager for PlanHub. He assists in the coordination and development of the Mid-Atlantic region by helping general contractors find qualified subcontractors to fill positions for their construction projects.

Don has worked in the hospitality industry, managing very successful restaurants in New York. He was also a professional musician, playing small venues across the state and performed in many charity events. He is very proud to have been able to use his talents to bring joy to people and to be able to help them in times of need.

Interests

Don enjoys playing music, going to concerts, working out, fishing, gardening, playing sports with his three kids and spending time with his wife, family and friends. Don has also developed and managed two successful restaurants while attending college and playing music.

Education

Don attended both the State University of New York at Jefferson and The State University of New York at Potsdam, where he received an Associates of Science in Liberal Arts and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management.

Favorite Quote

“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, ‘WOW…what a RIDE!’”
– Johnathan Payne

Background

Holly has a strong sales background. She has formerly worked as a business development manager for Motorola and has lived in the West Palm Beach area for the past twenty years. Her strong focus on customer support and broad understanding of the construction industry will assist her greatly in becoming an integral part of PlanHub’s support team.

Interests

Holly enjoys acrylic painting and going boating with her family.

Education

Graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing.

Favorite Quote

"The same principle of synergy that makes it possible for two boards to hold more weight together than the combined weight held by each separately also empowers two people to come up with a solution better than either could have alone."
– Stephen R. Covey

Background

Izaia was born and raised in Paterson, NJ and moved to Florida in 2017. Prior to joining PlanHub, Izaia worked in multiple sales roles, including business sales, car sales, and route sales. He is also working on his real estate and marketing education. He is looking forward to growing within the company, as well as expanding his knowledge within this construction field and make his imprint on the sales team.

Interests

In his free time, Izaia likes to listen to motivational and inspirational speeches from speakers all over the world. He enjoys learning new ways to better, whether it be financially, mentally, physically and even spiritually.

Favorite Quote

“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.”
– Heath Ledger

Background

John Maurer is a senior sales account manager with PlanHub. Prior to joining PlanHub, he has experience at PHEAA/AES as student loan processing and customer service, as well as at Capital BCBS as a Customer Service Call center supervisor.

Interests

John is a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles Fan. He has loved the Eagles since when they were 3-13 in 1998, and he loved them when they were Superbowl 52 champions. He loves playing basketball with friends, video games, and fishing. If it’s got an engine – he’ll drive it!

Education

John attended HACC Harrisburg area community college for Business Administration.

Favorite Quote

“A man is not determined by his mistakes, but by what he does after them.”
– Unknown

Background

Unmesh is a full-stack front-end Developer currently living in Pune, India. Always excited to build features with the latest plugins and frameworks, Unmesh believes programming is addictive, and very fun; especially when he knows the whole picture and the logic of the program he wants to build.

Languages List

Unmesh is working as front-end developer using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS. He also works on responsive design projects for mobile and desktop, as well as builds web pages with latest plugin and bootstrap framework.

Interests

Unmesh’s hobbies are travelling, listening to music and solving puzzles.

Education

B.Tech (Computer Science)

Favorite Quote

“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”
– Bill Gates

Background

Prabhat Rajput is a full-stack Web Application Developer and Software Developer, currently living in Pune, India. In his free time, he studies computer Algorithms and managing large data. He is both driven and self-motivated, and is constantly experimenting with new technologies and techniques. As a result, he is very passionate about Web Development, and strives to better himself as both a developer and the development community as a whole.

Languages List

Prabhat has been working in web development since 2015. He develops in both C# and PHP, though I primarily use PHP and Angular JS. I am experienced in both front and back-end development, and I am proficient in HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, LESS, SASS, XML, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and SQL/MySQL/PostgreSQL, to name a few. I have also worked on some smaller Python, Mean and React JS projects.

Interests

In Prabhat’s spare time, he likes to watch Netflix and go on long drives with friends.

Education

MCA: Masters in Computer Application

Favorite Quote

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
– Joshua J. Marine

Background

Susell is a current student at Palm Beach State College. This is her first job. She looks forward to learning about the construction industry and assisting our technology and product development team.

Interests

Susell loves to code, play tennis, go to the beach, travel and spend time with her family and friends.

Education

Current Computer Science Student

Favorite Quote

“If you don’t lose, you can’t enjoy victories. You have to accept both things.”
– Rafael Nadal

Background

Priyanka is a full-stack Web Application and Software Developer, currently living in Pune, India. She believes in a person’s passion for creation, and for her, coding is a very real form of creation. She loves surfing advance technical knowledge in areas such as client-side components, architecture of web applications, and web security and encryption.

Languages List

Priyanka has experience building web application utilizing LAMP stack; Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and AngularJS. She has worked on applications integrated with authorize.net, Payment API, and open stack cloud development projects.

Interests

Priyanka is an outgoing person and likes to hang out with friends.

Education

MCA (Masters in Computer Application)

Favorite Quote

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
– Albert Einstein

Background

Teresa is the Project Coordinator for the Carolinas. She works closely with contractors and subcontractors developing relationships, finding new commercial construction projects for subcontractors to bid on, and getting feedback from contractors, as well as handling all of their customer service needs. In a nutshell, she helps GC’s post their projects on PlanHub’s online platform and helps subcontractors bid on projects.

Teresa has worked in the construction industry since 2001, working with various commercial landscape and hardscape companies throughout Georgia. During the last few years working as a subcontractor, she was a customer and took advantage of PlanHub services before joining the team in February 2013.

Interests

Teresa is home-grown and raised in the Carolinas. She is the youngest of six kids and grew up as an Air Force Brat in Charleston. She now has two grown kids who have their set career-paths. Teresa enjoys spending time with her husband, family, and friends. She can often be spotted riding her golf cart around the neighborhood.

Teresa met her husband while out at a bachelorette party – she stood him up twice and married him six months later. They have now been married 27 years.

Favorite Quote

“I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.”
– Mark Jacobs

Background

Carl is PlanHub’s Project Coordinator for the state of Pennsylvania. He manages all commercial construction projects across the state and works closely with general contractors and subcontractors developing relationships, acquiring new projects daily for subcontractors to bid, and getting feedback from contractors. He helps GCs post their projects on EliteProNet’s online platform, as well as helps subcontractors bid on projects.

Previously, he spent over ten years in the mortgage industry as a loan originator. He also flipped, rehabbed, and built houses from the ground up for seven years.

Interests

Carl offers some of his free time volunteering at local food pantry for the homeless at The Salvation Army. He enjoys traveling the globe, golfing, watching football and baseball, and spending time with his family. Carl’s greatest pride in life are his two beautiful children, one boy and one girl.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University – earning a dual major in finance and marketing.

Favorite Quote

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
– Charlie Chaplin

Background

Mathew is the Project Coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic region. He works closely with contractors and subcontractors developing relationships, finding new commercial construction projects for subcontractors to bid, getting feedback from contractors, and all their customer service needs. He helps GC’s post their projects on PlanHub’s online platform and helps subcontractors bid on projects.

Mathew worked in the banking industry before joining PlanHub. He was a commercial lender with a focus on loans, business development, and credit analysis.

Interests

Mathew spends a lot of time with family and friends. He is also an avid saltwater fisherman and enjoys hunting for deer, dove, duck, hog, and quail. His English Cocker Spaniel, Cas, is trained to hunt and works on a plantation during quail season. In his free-time, Mathew can be found watching college football.

Education

Mathew graduated from Georgia Southern University with a B.B.A in Finance.

Favorite Quote

“Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again, but life goes on.”
– Fred Jung

Background

Prior to PlanHub, Richard was a teacher for 8 years and a manager of Men’s Warehouse for 12 years. Rich also owned his own company called North American Resource Capital for 30 years, which was a medical leasing business. He’s excited to use his customer service skills and business skills to enhance his role at PlanHub.

Interests

Rich has been married to his lovely wife for 45 years. He enjoys scuba diving, golf, horseback riding, hiking, kayaking.

Education

Master’s Degree in Special Education, and Bachelor’s in Psychology

Favorite Quote

“I am, therefore I am.”
– Renè Descartes

Background

Nikki Verdier began her career with McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Reports, now Dodge Data & Analytics. She started as a Bid News Specialist covering North Texas, and advanced quickly to Construction News Reporter covering several regions, and all the Federal/Military. By the time she left there, she was a Construction News Reporter covering Texas, Permit Reporter for Texas, and GC Specialist for Texas.

Nikki also worked for The Bluebook Building and Construction Network as a Public News Specialist/GC Specialist for Texas. She gained experience with Public Owners/Planning and Zoning, and General Contractors for Texas. She would later work as a Bid Coordinator for the General Contractor Southwestern Services.

Interests

Nikki was born in Dallas/Fort Worth area. She enjoys painting and drawing. She paints mostly abstract art, so wherever the brush takes her as a stress reliever. She can draw in 3-D. Nikki competitively played soccer and volleyball most of her life.

Education

Kaplan University – BS in Business Administration; graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Favorite Quote

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.”
– Mary Anne Radmacher