Six years ago, Richard Zbin was asked to “fill in” as facility manager while his company searched for a permanent replacement. Today, he is the proud winner of the 2019 Facility Manager of the Year contest. So how did he get from point A to point B?
“Quite by accident,” Zbin said. “I was a mechanical designer and have designed the mechanical systems for many Kaiser Permanente buildings before designing an addition to the Silver Spring Data Center. After the addition was completed, I was involved in various capacities in helping run the building.”