Leadership Team

​Frank W. Mac Donald, Chairman/CEO, Principal

 

Frank has over 51 years experience in all facets of construction, including ,marketing, sales, waterproofing, coatings and adhesives, material supply, heavy equipment, compaction management, tilt-up building, and high-rise construction. Franks broad field of knowledge was due to his work as a General Engineering Contractor and a multitude of consulting projects.

Frank has extensive experience in foam-core technology and materials, specializing in underground toxic leak control and repair. Frank has applied his knowledge to panelized construction, using structural insulated panels in a patented building system for residential and commercial construction and for curtain wall panels in high-rise construction. His work has involved energy efficient foams, non-toxic and environmentally friendly “Green and Sustainable” materials, the development of waterproofing elastomeric coatings, sealants and adhesives, insect resistant additives and fire-protective coatings. This experience led him into leak aversion and erosion, and containment of high-powered leaks in dams and reservoirs, including storage tanks and the elastomeric coating of earthen dams.
Frank assisted in the development of an innovative waterproof coating for concrete block for the Superlite Block Company in Phoenix, Arizona; product development of color stains for the Rainguard Company in Pasadena, California. This work has been an active part of his research and development of pre-engineered panelized building systems. Frank organized a team of experts to research, develop and deliver innovative solutions to the unique problems associated with affordable world housing. He has worked closely with Government Agencies, such as HUD, FEMA, ICBO and the University .of Hawaii in the Pacific Rim and consulted for major construction companies such as the Earnest Hahn Company, Turner Construction, Tuter-Saliba, Peter Kiewit and the Pankow Corporation.
Frank, his wife and partner Susanna, with assistance from Robert Sarrasin, John Cowee, Rod Hurtado and Phil Rodda developed the ReZist-It System as it is today. Many thanks go to this important team, and to others who gave it their all.



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Susanna N. MacDonald, Executive Vice President, Principal

Susanna, a co-founder and co-creator of the ReZist-It® Building System and has been instrumental in helping develop ReZist-It ®Technology to its present position. Susanna’s skills are broad and entrepreneurial, having creativity and vision. Her experience includes living in Bogotá; Columbia for ten years between the 1960’s and the 1970’s being active in design and city planning. She has traveled extensively and is well versed in customs, culture and offshore development throughout the world. Her educational background has been in liberal Arts and Architectural Design. Susanna has been actively involved with the financial funding of the company, to this date.



 

Robert A. Sarrasin, President, Principal

Bob brings to GloPac his 30 years of Architecture and business management experience, including employee recruiting and training, strategic planning and business development. He has held positions as vice president, director, project manager, and lead designer for various Architecture and multi disciplined A & E firms. His architectural experience levels range from light commercial, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, retirement housing, country club luxury housing and single to multi-family affordable housing. Bob's primary architectural focus has been on the high end custom home market for which he has personally designed and overseen the completion, and financial execution of hundreds of highly complex projects ranging from $2 million to $20 million in construction costs. His projects have been published in local magazines, along with a home featured in Architectural Digest.

Through his deep involvement in the residential design and construction sector, Bob has become widely recognized as an expert in wood frame construction with a vast degree of technical depth and breadth including extensive experience in construction bidding, contract procurement and construction oversight.

Bob has hired, trained and mentored dozens of architectural employees, was highly instrumental in growing several small to mid size firms, including the growth of a multi disciplined Architectural and Engineering firm from $2million to $12million in three years, including the growth of 30 employees to 150 in this short time frame. He has been responsible for personally generating millions in architectural sales revenue, while maintaining the financials and profitability of these complex business units, as well as his own sales and financial experiences as a sole proprietor.

Through his internal passion for new building technologies, his ongoing client interests, and their challenge to find alternative methodologies, he conducted extensive global research on virtually all existing and new building technologies, which is how he discovered GloPac’s ReZist-It® building system.

Bob has extensively expanded upon and modified the original ReZist-It® system connection details, developed the metal manufacturing component details, prototypical drawings, financial projections and pro formas, and has developed the current pricing structures for the ReZist-It® System.



 

​Phil Rodda, Vice President of Manufacturing

 

 

Phil has been a partner in Structural Technology Inc. (STI) for 18 years, and has for that period acted as Operations Manager for Tectonics International (TI). TI is a joint venture partnership between STI and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, a federally recognized Indian Tribe. While at TI, Phil has overseen the development and licensing of several state of the art technologies, including Tectonite 9AP, a fire rated composite board used world wide in the fire door industry. Phil was instrumental in the design and construction of Warm Springs Composite Products (WSCP), a manufacturing facility to produce Tectonite 9AP, and hired and trained the current management and production staff. WSCP has now expanded into 3 additional divisions, including fire rated door frames, secondary wood products and ballistic materials. WSCP has current sales in excess of $8.5 million and projected growth in the next 24 months to $12 million. Prior to joining STI, Phil had extensive experience in business and manufacturing management. Phil is a graduate of Portland State University, having earned a degree and teaching norms in Physical and Behavioral Sciences.



Mark Malcolm, Vice President, GloPac-DMI Global Disaster Relief Operations



Mr. Malcolm was appointed Coroner of Pulaski County in 1995 and was the only full-time county coroner in Arkansas until he left to found DMI. He served as the Chief Deputy Coroner for 8 years prior to being appointed Coroner.
Mr. Malcolm served as Director of Field and Morgue Operations - during the search and recovery of those who died in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina; and he served as Director of Morgue Operations in Phuket, Thailand, following the December 2004 tsunami.   He also has had numerous air crash recoveries and operations.
During his twenty years in law enforcement, Mr. Malcolm has been involved in over 40,000 death investigations.
In June 2007, Mr. Malcolm was appointed to the FEMA National Advisory Council. The Council was created by the Congress of the United States to provide advice and guidance to FEMA Administration on all aspects of preparedness and emergency management. Also in 2007, Mr. Malcolm was named Director of Mass Fatality Planning and Response for the Arkansas Department of Health.

 

John Cowee Architect, AIA, Vice President, Architectural Services

John Cowee is an award winning licensed architect and brings to GloPac over 40 years experience in architecture and business management. He has a Masters Degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Architecture and Master Planning.  His experience includes all aspects of design, planning, and management of facilities throughout the United States, Canada, and Asia. He has designed, master-planned, and completed over 600 projects for a variety of clients including private owners, non-profit and for-profit developers, major corporations, and governmental agencies and school districts.  His experience includes new and remodeled facilities of all types and uses, large and small commercial buildings, and large mixed-use commercial.

He also worked as an Owner’s Representative for several non-profits clients. As a consultant to the S.F. Unified School District he helped with rehabilitation evaluation and corrective work on 108 schools and is currently involved with many Child Care facilities in Fairfield,  Berkeley, and Oakland, CA

John has developed laboratories, clinics, computer facilities, and industrial and transportation facilities for domestic and foreign clients. In addition, he has been a designer and master planner for new towns in the U.S., Canada, and Saudi Arabia.  The work involved master planning the city layouts and the design of schools, hospitals, and rapid transit, airline and public facilities.



 

 

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