George K. Guszcza

George K. Guszcza

President and CEO, National Institute of Building Sciences

George K. Guszcza, D.Eng, CPEM, CCM, is the President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences.

Prior to joining NIBS, Dr. Guszcza served as the Chief Transformation Officer of Michael Baker International, an Engineering News Record (ENR) Top 50 Design Firm. He also served as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University and as a strategic advisor to the Middle East Institute's Board of Directors.

He brings over 25 years of experience in the built environment spanning the public, private, and non-profit sectors in the US, UK, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Dr. Guszcza has previously held executive roles as the COO (CRO) of the Neal Richards Group and the EVP for Finance and Administration (CFO/CIO) of Adams and Associates, a 2400 person ESOP operating across 19 locations in the US. As the founder/CEO of the Aedifos Group, a multinational start-up, he and his team led the restart of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital project on behalf of Project HOPE and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In 2003, as an active duty US Army Medical Service Corp officer and the National Director of Healthcare Facilities for Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraq Ministry of Health, Dr. Guszcza led a staff of 3000 architects and engineers to restart 240 hospitals, 10 specialty centers, and 1200 clinics across the country.

Dr. Guszcza earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Science in Major Program Management from the University of Oxford's Said Business School, and a Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management from The George Washington University. He has served as the Chair of George Mason University's Civil Engineering Institute Board of Directors, Treasurer of the Society of American Military Engineers Northern Virginia Post Board of Directors, and on the WiRED International Board of Directors.