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Management Team

Beau Engman

Chairman of the Board

In addition to being Chairman of the BuildTopia Board of Directors, Mr. Engman is managing partner of Pegasus Energy Efficiency Fund that finances energy efficiency projects within major commercial and industrial enterprises throughout the United States and its territories.

Mr. Engman has over ten years experience directly managing three different leading software companies in the Construction Industry. Mr. Engman currently serves as Chairman, and was formerly Chief Executive Officer, of BuildTopia, Inc the most widely used web based construction management software in the Residential Construction Industry. During a two year tenure at Move.com (formerly Homestore), Mr. Engman managed software operations for the Homebuilding Industry where he directed multiple corporate acquisitions, as well as served as project lead for the reorganization of the entire company with 2400 employees. Mr. Engman also founded HomeWrite, Inc. a venture backed software company, that was acquired by Move.com at a profit for all investors. Mr. Engman is a graduate of the University of Richmond with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.


John Brodrick

VP of Operations

Mr. Brodrick brings over 13 years of professional experience in high technology companies working with corporate and non-profit clients. He has extensive experience with the implementation and development of customer relationship management software. Mr. Brodrick is responsible for executing the strategic direction of the BuildTopia product development plan. He also manages product development and customer support.

Prior to joining BuildTopia, Mr. Brodrick worked for Siebel Systems as a Senior Consultant managing CRM implementation teams. Prior to Siebel, he was the technical director for AVECTRA, an Association CRM provider, where he oversaw the development and technical implementation of the products. Mr. Brodrick is a graduate of University College, University of Maryland with a Master of Science in Computer Science, emphasis in application development. In addition he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and is a Seibel-certified consultant.


Wendi Pannell

VP Services & BTLearningCenter

Ms. Pannell brings over 11 years of professional experience in the technology field working with corporate, non-profit, and government organizations. She has extensive experience with project management initiatives, software specification development, and software product implementation and training. Ms. Pannell manages the BTLearningCenter providing educational services to both BT customers and employees. The BTLC provides learning tools in the form of online curriculum, product documentation and demonstration materials as well as employee orientation and our internal knowledge management system.

Prior to joining BuildTopia, Ms. Pannell worked as a Systems Analyst leading software development efforts for Information Concepts. As a consultant with Hewlett Packard, she led project management initiatives to successfully implement accounts across a diverse customer base. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree.


Erik Cofield

VP, Sales and Marketing

Mr. Cofield has been in the housing industry for 9 years. His 26 year career has afforded him the opportunity to provide business value as a Chief Operations Officer, Business Reengineer, and Business Process Consultant. He has the ability to analyze problems, implement and manage solutions, people and programs, as well as build relationships.

He functions as a business strategist for BuildTopia, as well as directing the sales and marketing team for the company. Erik Cofield, CGA has leveraged technology and provided business management consulting for all sizes and types of builders, developers and Remodelers since 2000, including volume, multi-family and custom, to help them improve their business. As a long time advocate for education and professionalism in the residential construction industry, he managed the education program for the Greater Houston Builders Association for 2 years and holds the CGA (Certified Graduate Associate) designation from the National Association of Homebuilders. He is authorized to instruct several NAHB courses, regularly speaks at events for builder associations and is the main content provider for the BuildTopia blog www.buildtopia.com/blog.