Influencers
We are excited to introduce our new Influencers page. This page compiles all the authors for this issue, and we look forward to working with each of them again in the future.
We are excited to introduce our new Influencers page. This page compiles all the authors for this issue, and we look forward to working with each of them again in the future.
Rob Knight is president and founder of Armourtone. He is a lifelong resident of Albuquerque, N.M. His career has found him working for the L&P Building Supply Co., Sto, sales manager at Sonowall Acrylic Finishes, founder of Variance Acrylic Finishes and Armourtone Finishes and more. He can be reached at rob.knight3@icloud.com.
Decorative Plasters Market Study
Viken Koukounian, PhD, P.Eng., is director of engineering at Parklane. He is an active and participating member of many international standardization organizations, such as the Acoustical Society of America, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the American Society of Testing and Materials, the Green Building Initiative (GBI), and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), and also represents Canada at International Organization of Standardization (ISO) meetings. He completed his doctorate at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) with foci in experimental and computational acoustics and vibration. Koukounian can be reached via email at viken@parklanemechanical.com.
Rethinking Acoustics
Niklas Moeller is the vice president of K.R. Moeller Associates Ltd., manufacturer of the LogiSon Acoustic Network and MODIO Guestroom Acoustic Control. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the sound-masking industry. Moeller can be reached via email at nmoeller@logison.com.
Brock Osborn began his Sto career in 1990, working for a dedicated Sto Distributor in the DC area. Since coming to the company in 1996, he has held various positions. In Brock’s current role of Rainscreen Specialist – Mid Atlantic, he has been assigned to a specialized team within Sto Corp. whose job is to service the top architectural firms in the U.S. His product focus is on StoVentec and Ventro Sub Construction assemblies for the rainscreen market.
Susan Hines, LEED Green Assoc., is director of industry issues and external affairs at the Gypsum Association, an international trade association representing the manufacturers of gypsum panel products in the United States and Canada.
Pierre Finkelstein is the owner of Grand Illusion Decorative Painting Inc. in New York City and is a craftsman in the art of decorative painting. He specializes in high-end residential, hotel and museum work. He has been in the plastering industry for more than 40 years. He is the author of two books on decorative painting. He can be reached at fauxbrushes.com.
