Case Studies April 2026

Joshua Ekstrom understands facilities in a way that cannot be taught in a classroom or learned from a distance. His leadership is rooted in lived experience, shaped by years spent in the day-to-day realities of school operations, and refined through a steady commitment to doing the work the right way. At Valley Park School District, […]

Brock Rydecki does not define his career through titles, but through the evolution of Murray State University’s athletics footprint and the pressures shaping collegiate sports today. As senior associate athletic director for facilities and capital projects, he operates at the intersection of infrastructure, revenue strategy, and student-athlete experience, navigating a landscape reshaped by name, image, […]

Facilities used to be built on a simple premise in college athletics. Construct the biggest locker room, add the flashiest player amenities, and recruits would come. Bryan Stiles has watched that model fade in real time. In his view, the modern era of NIL, revenue pressure, and constant roster and coaching turnover has forced a […]

Mickey Guridy has witnessed Liberty University athletics transform from a modest program into a national competitor operating in the Football Bowl Subdivision era. As Senior Associate Athletic Director for Event Management, Facilities and Personnel and Chief Diversity Officer, Guridy oversees the environments that shape the daily lives of more than 500 student-athletes across 20 sports. […]

Dariusz Molek believes Facilities leadership is built on accountability long before it is built on tools, budgets, or technology. Across a US footprint of offices, plants and operational spaces, his job is to make sure every environment works exactly as intended, every day, for every person who walks through the door. That mindset guides his […]

Inside the athletic facilities arms race, few leaders have navigated as many competitive landscapes as Kortne Gosha. Now serving as senior associate athletic director for capital planning at the University of Nebraska, Gosha sits at the center of one of college sports’ most consequential questions: how do you modernize iconic venues, protect a self-sustaining financial […]

A touring punk drummer living out of a van does not look like the typical future project director for a major electrical contractor, but Joe McMurphy’s career was never built on a conventional script. Before he ever stepped onto a hyperscale data center site or led multi-facility electrical teams, he was crisscrossing the Pacific Northwest […]

In a district that measures growth by the hundreds of new students it welcomes each year, the person responsible for balancing the books is also the one overseeing the buildings those students walk into every day. Christopher McIntyre, the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and construction supervisor for Warren County Public Schools (WCPS) […]

Algonquin College’s evolving campus tells a story of reinvention, and Mohamed Zeid has quickly become one of the professionals helping shape that narrative. As senior project manager, he operates at the intersection of infrastructure, experience, and long-term strategy, guiding complex capital projects that modernize facilities while keeping an active campus running. He stepped into a […]

In the Elgin Independent School District, the mission to support student success extends far beyond instruction. It is embedded in every operational decision, every new facility, and every long-term plan designed for a community that has become one of the fastest-growing regions in Central Texas. Located roughly 22 miles east of Austin, Elgin ISD spans […]