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Michael D. Gilmore, CPM®, CCI®,C.C.C., began his career as a mechanical property manager and utility specialist in 1964 working for Charles E. Smith Companies in Arlington, Virginia, then one of Washington's largest management companies, where he was responsible for the mechanical operation of approximately 30 high-rise office and apartment buildings in Washington, DC and Maryland. He monitored and reviewed all utilities for 50 buildings and was an instructor for the commercial and residential engineers school. In 1977, Mr. Gilmore became Director of Property Management for Lawrence N. Brandt, Inc., a well-known local owner/developer of condominiums, office buildings and apartments in Washington, where he was responsible for directing that company's property-management operations, managing three 300-unit high rise rental buildings, a 400 unit condominium complex, 61 HOAs and two commercial office buildings. Mr. Gilmore also helped develop three condominium/office-building projects in Maryland and Virginia. He eventually left this position to become Vice President and General Manager of Dynatemp Incorporated, a mechanical contracting firm, where he directed the day-to-day operations of the service and construction department.

Mr. Gilmore joined Zalco in 1987 as its Senior Vice President of the Company's Commercial Property Management Division, which at that time consisted of approximately 20 office buildings in the Washington area. In 1989, he became the Senior Vice President of the Engineering Division and assumed over-all responsibility of system trouble-shooting, energy conservation, operations consultation, contract review, design and specification review and mechanical and building inspections for all commercial and residential properties managed by Zalco. He also developed Zalco's own in-house Operating Engineers School, which provides on-going education to all on-site maintenance personnel and retained-engineering services for properties managed by Zalco.

Mr. Gilmore is a Certified Property Manager (CPM), Certified Construction Inspector (CCI), and Certified Construction Consultant (CCC). He has attended Prince George's Community College for Design Engineering, and has been a licensed operating engineer in the District of Columbia since 1965. He also holds Engineering Licenses in Maryland and Virginia, and a real-estate salesperson's license in Maryland. He is a member of IREM, and also the Metropolitan Heat Pump Association and the Association of Construction Inspectors. He has also given lectures on building operations, energy conservation and utility management through IREM, and the Apartment Office Building Association (AOBA).Owners and Management Association and The Boland Trane Company, and has received several awards from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) for his work in water conservation.

Mr.Gilmore is a native of Washington, DC, and currently resides in Derwood, MD.

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