Michael Conrad  will be covering moisture issues and an "Intro to Barrier and Reservoir Claddings".

Michael Conrad II, ACI, CRT, CMI, ECI-3 is an entrepreneur and building scientist based in the Nashville,
TN area. He is the founder and CEO of DILIGENT, a multi-inspector, multi-disciplinary home inspection
company, and has personally performed and overseen thousands of inspections. He is also the Chief
Environmentalist of DILIGENT Environmental, a full service environmental testing company. He is a
Council-Certified Microbial Investigator (CMI), an EDI Certified EIFS/Stucoo/AMSV Inspector and
Moisture Analyst (ECI-3), a Certified Residential Thermographer (CRT), an ASHI Certified Inspector (ACI),
and a Tennessee Licensed Home Inspector. He specializes in moisture investigations, and evaluation of
the wall assembly, and mold assessments, and is a leading local expert on mold growth, building science,
crawlspaces, and indoor air quality in the Mid TN region. He is a national speaker and panelist in the
Building Science and Inspection industries, and is passionate about education, enjoying the nuance of

language that allows us to take complicated things and break them down into bite-size-pieces.