Detention Thought Leaders

Bill has more than 35 years experience in justice architecture, and has studied and worked under the leadership of such noted architects as Cesar Pelli and the late William Pereira. Bill has demonstrated leadership on significant justice projects in the state of California including the Orange County Theo Lacy Detention Center, adding 1,479 beds bringing the facility to a 3,161-bed capacity. He also recently led the HDR team in the $80M design-build South Placer County Adult Detention Center selection.

Bruce joined HDR in 2010 with more than 20 years of justice experience, bringing a focus on detention design and planning. Based in Dallas, Bruce will assume responsibility for planning issues related to detention design and will represent HDR at the American Jail Association. He has dedicated his career to defining cost effective, operationally efficient solutions to justice planning and design challenges and has successfully contributed to the planning, design, and construction of more than $750 million dollars in justice projects including more than 50 jail planning projects.

Jeff has over 20 years of management, marketing and project experience in the justice field, including workon more than 173 justice facility projects in 27 states, Canada and Mexico, with a special focus onsophisticated electronic security control systems  Heis well-known throughout the detention, corrections, and justice industries for his knowledge of the justice and detention markets. Jeffis a board member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International's Physical Security Council, serves on the PSC's Education Committee, and is a Physical Security Council Chapter liaison co-chair. He is a publicly elected official as a board member of the Fern Bluff Municipal Utility District in Round Rock, Texas, and is its vice president.

Mike has over 25 years of experience focused on criminal justice, revolutionizing the role of architects in design-build through structuring deals that incentivize true integration of design and construction to streamline the delivery process. He has extensive knowledge in all phases of building design and construction. His management capabilities are strengthened by a comprehensive understanding of applicable corrections technology. Mike has received several awards for his team leadership, and a prolific speaker and author for national industry publications such as American Jails, Corrections Forum, Correctional News, and Courts Today.