
GARY POTRATZ

SYSTEM AND CONTROLS SPECIALIST
ASSOCIATE
Gary brings with him more than 40 years experience incorporating energy services, direct digital controls, strategic selling, contract management, and financial management. He has more than 14 years at Washington State University (WSU) and nine years at Siemens Building Technologies developing and managing successful projects prior to starting work for Mckinstry.
As a McKinstry Project Director for twelve years, Gary led the Energy Services Team at WSU that installed new lighting upgrades in six million square feet of academic buildings, 8,800 tons of campus cooling generation upgrades, assisted in developing the WSU Campus CHW Ten Year Plan with future growth of 4,500 tons of CHW capacity in 09/09, and solutions for mechanical upgrades in Fulmer Hall, Wegner, Food Science Human Nutrition, and the Washington Building incorporating fan wall technology.