John Roach

Email: jdroach@aol.com

Home page: http://hometown.aol.com/jdroach/myhomepage/business.html

John D. Roach, Lake in the Hills, IL
jdroach@aol.com. Mr. Roach is a Consultant, Writer and Executive experienced in history, literature, architecture, facilities and property management, leasing, engineering and construction, operation, maintenance, temperature control and energy management. Mr. Roach holds an MBA, Southern California University for Professional Studies, 1999; 4.0/4.0 GPA; BBA, Southern California University for Professional Studies, 1996, 4.0/4.0 GPA (both through distance learning programs); He is Certified as a Real Property Administrator (RPA) and is a graduate of U. S. Naval Nuclear Power School, Leadership School and Instructor School. Mr. Roach is also licensed as Real Estate Salesperson, Illinois; Stationary Engineer, City of Chicago; Chief Power Plant Engineer, Illinois. Mr. Roach is President of JDR Associates, providing consulting and writing services to industry. Prior to starting his own business, Mr. Roach was
Director, Facilities and Engineering, Michael Reese Hospital and Grant Hospital, in Chicago, Illinois. He also Engineering Manager at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. Prior to these healthcare positions Mr. Roach was a property manager that opened a 40 story building and operated the real estate management company responsible for a large multi-building corporate office complex. Earlier in his career, Mr. Roach was engineering and energy manager for all of Continental Banks Chicago properties and held project management positions in high profile construction management firms. Mr. Roach served ten years in the U. S. Navy and traveled extensively including two tours of duty in Vietnam during the war. Prior to joining the U. S. Navy, Mr. Roach received an extensive liberal arts education while a seminarian in a Jesuit Seminary. He graduated from Chula Vista High School after attending many schools throughout the United States since his father was a career Navy Officer. Mr. Roach is extremely proud of two awards that include: 1997, Excellence in Engineering Award for Design. Installation of an Integrated Energy Management System for Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center designed to increase operational efficiency; and in 1988, First Place Performance Award for Energy Retrofit Design at Continental National Bank Association, including chilller retrofit, variable pumping and variable air system upgrades, and lighting retrofits that cost $1.5 million to implement and presented a 3 year payback. Mr. Roach is a frequent speaker and has given the following notable talks: 1996, Commercial Office Buildings Ventilation systems, Ashrae Seminar (Atlanta Summer Meeting); 1994, Recycling at Corporetum Office Campus, Illinois Recycling Council Seminar; 1994, Operation and Maintenance Program Development, Illinois Chapter -- ASHRAE Seminar; 1992, Maintenance and Indoor Air Quality, Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings Seminar; 1991, Spoke on and Co-Author Operation and Maintenance Management, ASHRAE Handbook, HVAC Applications; 1990, Maintenance and Commissioning, ASHRAE Seminar (New York Winter Meeting); 1989, DDC and Plant Operation, Illinois Chapter -- ASHRAE Seminar. Mr. Roach is a member of:
Building Owners and Managers Institute
Society of Property Professionals,
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Association of Facilities Engineers
Association of Energy Engineers.
Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings
National Fire Protection Association.
National Association of Plant Engineering
Chicago Chief Engineers Association.
Mr. Roach's publications include: They Came Thundering, THE VINYARD, Jesuit Seminary Press, Spring, 1965 (a poem); Over the Rose, THE OWL, Unversity of Santa Clara, Spring 1966, Literary Quarterly, University of Santa Clara (a poem); Chapter 36, Operations and Maintenance Management, AHSRAE APPLICATIONS HANDBOOK, 1991, (co-authored);
Indoor Air Quality and Maintenance, CHICAGO COMMITTEE ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, Seminar Publications by CCHRB, 1992; Deco Wedding of the Year, Chicago Art Deco Society, Winter 1992/1993; The Roaring 20s at Tommy Gun's Garage, Chicago Art Deco Society, Summer 1994; System Commissioning Discussion, HPAC (Heating/Piping/AirConditioning), April 1996,
Pention Publishing, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Roach will be writing more going forward.

Interests: Art Deco, Architecture, Travel, History, Fiction, Non-Fiction, U. S. Navy, HVAC, Energy, Utilities, Real Estate, Facilities and Property Management, Operations and Maintenance Management, Plant Engineering, CMMS, IAQ, ASHRAE, AEE, High Rise Buildings.

Published writer: Yes

Freelance: Yes

Published works:

Nonfiction

Poetry