Our Management Team

Mark A. Blair is a Principal and Vice President of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Services of Cordjia Capital Projects Group with over twenty-five years of progressive engineering, consulting, facility management, and leadership experience. 

Mark is responsible for leading growth in the sustainable building performance management services area, which focuses on design, building automation systems and controls, building commissioning, building energy performance solutions, and facility operations.  He manages all aspects of these services to support facility administrators and managers with comprehensive assessments, recommendations, and implementation processes that will enable energy savings, systems control and performance improvements, and capital investment strategies oriented towards streamlining systems efficiency while reducing energy consumption and green house gas emissions.

Mark was responsible for the full implementation and daily operation of building automation and control systems for over 1.5 million square feet of facilities while managing the successful delivery of capital projects ranging in construction value up to $10 million in North America.  Working with other colleagues, Mark has delivered time sensitive projects and upgrades in critical environments without causing any interruption to client operations.  He supports the full integration of building automation and control systems creating energy efficiency, reducing maintenance costs, and improving equipment life span.  Mark has expertise in  developing and implementing facilities engineering standards. His considerable experience provides a broad base of knowledge in managing people, portfolios, projects, and facility operations.    

Prior to joining Cordjia Capital Projects Group, Mark was the Owner and President of Automated Energy Services, a Maine-based consulting firm specializing in building automation, facility maintenance and energy reduction.  Before this, he held senior level positions at several Fortune 500 companies.  He has also worked in many different industries starting as an engineering officer in the merchant marines, test engineer in shipyards, technical repair engineer for nuclear submarines, supervisor of power plant operations, facility operations director, and general manager.

Mark attended Maine Maritime Academy where he attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Engineering.  He holds a State of Maine Limited Masters Electrical License and is a Licensed State of Maine Second Class Stationary Engineer.

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