Manager Management

CYNDI MERRITT LEWIS

SB-* Program Manager- Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Manager

Energy Systems Laboratory- Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.E.D., Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University

ICC Certified Uniform Building Code Building Plans Examiner

ICC International Building Code Plans Examiner

ICC Commercial Energy Plans Examiner

ICC Residential Energy Inspector/Plans Examiner

ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner

TDLR Registered Accessibility Specialist

RESNET Certified Home Energy Rater (HER's)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senate Bill 5 Program Manager- Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)

Manager, Energy Systems Laboratory (2007-Present)

Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas

-Management & Oversight of State Legislative Responsibilities

-Management & Oversight of Amendment Review for Texas

Jurisdictions

-Management of ESL's Education & Training Programs

-Participates in International Code Development Hearings

- Develops Partnership Project Collaborations

-Manages Technical Grant Writing to fund ESL's EE/RE projects

-Manages TERP Division Personnel

-Oversight of ESL's Annual CATEE Conference

-Liaison to Local, State and Federal entities

-Management Responsibilities of Major Projects including Project

prioritization & Risk Analysis. Major Projects include:

-Austin Energy- Texas Climate Vision (TCV)

- Statewide- International Code Compliance Calculator (IC3)

-ARRA Funded Projects:

Statewide-Texas Workforce Commission EE/RE Project

Statewide-Energy Code (IECC) Education Project

Arlington, Texas- Energy Analysis & Education Project

-EE/RE Department of Energy, EPA & SECO Funded Projects

-Management & Oversight of Public Response and Annual Reporting

to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the State

Energy Conservation Office (SECO)

-Management & Oversight of Technical Code assistance to a vast

network of professionals, stakeholders and officials active in the

building industry

-Participates in National, State, and Local Boards, Committees

and Organizations as an ESL representative and liaison

-Participates in National, State and Local Conferences on Energy

Efficiency (ICC, DOE, SECO, TMRS, CATEE, RESNET, AEE, Sunbelt Builders

Show, Live Green Plano, Build San Antonio Green, etc.)

-Ensures support is provided in the areas of new energy

efficient product education, continuing code education & training

-Provides industry guidance in the ultimate implementation of

energy efficient software and available construction techniques in the

built environment through multiple venues

Assistant Building Official (2005-2007)

City of Fort Worth, Texas

-Managed Plan Review Division of Jurisdiction with population of

approximately 750,000.

-Provided Planned Management to reduce review turnaround times

from 108+ calendar days to less than 3 calendar days, with volumes of

residential backlog from 1000-1200/month

-Worked with over 14 Third Party Contracting Companies to

support the permitting process with program feedback, education, and

liaison

-Provided technical assistance to the draft amendments of

locally adopted International Codes

-Participated in local, regional, and national code forums

relating to International Code development, training, and adoption

-Participated as advisory staff to Zoning Board of Adjustments,

Historical Commission, Construction Advisory Board, Building and

Energy Advisory Board

Commercial Plans Examiner (1999-2005)

City of Plano, Texas

-Provided in-depth plan review for Commercial Buildings in an

Extra Large Jurisdiction for projects consisting of numerous

Institutional, Industrial, Educational, Business, Assembly, and Retail

facilities including a 1.2 million square foot mall w/180+ tenants and

5 anchors.

-Provided technical code assistance to industry professionals,

citizens, contractors, and personnel

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Cyndi Montgomery has been actively engaged in both private and public

sectors of the building industry for over 15 years. Her experience ranges

from residential home design, commercial illustration, municipal

residential and commercial plan review, code official, inspection,

consulting, management, and instructing.

As a code official in the public sector for extra large jurisdictions she

brings a wide range of experience and knowledge in Building Code

enforcement, management and instruction. She holds Certifications as a

Uniform Building Code Building Plans Examiner, ICC International Building

Code Plans Examiner, ICC Commercial Energy Plans Examiner, ICC Residential

Energy Inspector/Plans Examiner, ICC Accessibility Inspector/Plans

Examiner, is a TDLR Registered Accessibility Specialist and a RESNET

Certified Home Energy Rater (HER's).

Cyndi is currently the Chief Operations Officer (C.O.O.) for SMARTreview,

is serving a two year position on the International Code Council (ICC)

Education Committee, and recently served the Dallas County Community

College District (DCCCD) as an Adjunct Professor in the Residential

Building Performance Technology (RBPT) Program. Cyndi has worked as an

illustrator for the Department of Defense, displayed artwork in West

Germany, and completed architectural studies in the former Soviet Union.

Cyndi's work with the Energy Systems Lab (ESL) includes Program Management

of Senate Bill 5, Managing EE/RE Training Programs, and providing liaison

with Local, State and Federal entities, maintaining relations with Industry

Partners, and participating in International Code Council Development

Hearings. Cyndi is a member of the ESL's TERP Executive Committee. Cyndi

provides oversight of technical code assistance to a vast network of

professionals active in the building industry, ensuring that support is

provided in the areas of program funding and development, education,

training, and implementation of energy efficient measures in the built

environment as current and future programs develop. Her work entails

meeting the legislative responsibilities outlined in the Texas Emissions

Reduction Plan (TERP), specific to the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL).

Cyndi represents the ESL at local, state and federal speaking engagements

and conferences, providing information and feedback on the many projects in

which the ESL is engaged.

AFFILIATIONS

International Code Council (ICC), ICC Educational Committee, Building

Official Association of Texas (BOAT), North Texas Chapter ICC, Residential

Energy Services Network (RESNET), Texas Registered Accessibility Specialist

Association (TRASA), Women in Code Development (WICD), TERP Executive

Committee

PUBLICATIONS

. Jaya Mukhopadhyay, Zi Liu, Mini Malhotra, Jeff Haberl, Don Gilman,

Cynthia Montgomery, Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani, 2008. "An Analysis

of the Residential Energy Savings from the Implementation of the 2001

IECC and 2006 NAECA Appliance Standards in the State of Texas",

Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot

and Humid Climates, Texas A&M University. Dallas, Texas.

. Morgan, R., Gilman, D., Mukhopadhyay, J., Marshall, K., Stackhouse,

R., Cordes, J., Liu, Z., Montgomery, C., Haberl, J., Culp, C.,

Yazdani, B. 2007. "Development of a Residential Code-compliant

Calculator for the Texas Climate Vision Project", Proceedings of the

15.5 Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid

Climates, Texas A&M University, San Antonio, Texas, published on CD

ROM (December).

. Zi Liu, Jaya Mukhopadhyay, Mini Malhotra, Jeff Haberl, Don Gilman,

Cynthia Montgomery, Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani, 2008. "Methodology

for Residential Building Energy Simulations Implemented in the

international Code Compliance Calculator", Proceedings of the 16th

Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates,

Texas A&M University, Dallas, Texas.

. Don Gilman, Kyle Marshall, Zi Liu, Jaya Mukhopadhyay, Robert

Stackhouse, Jason Cordes, Montgomery, Cynthia, Kathy McKelvey, Stephen

O'Neal, Charles Culp, Jeff Haberl, Bahman Yazdani, 2008. "Development

of a Residential Code-compliant Web-based Energy Efficiency Calculator

for Texas", Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Improving Building

Systems in Hot and Humid Climates, Texas A&M University, Dallas,

Texas.

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