Home Builders Seminar & Reception

Mike Travaline, Vice President of Land Acquisition at PulteGroup.  The PulteGroup, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of America’s largest homebuilding companies with operations in more than 45 markets throughout the country. 

Mike chairs the Government Affairs Committee for the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts.  The Governmental Affairs Committee serves as the advocacy arm of  HBRAMA on legislative, regulatory and code matters affecting the homebuilding and remodeling industry. Through its efforts, HBRAMA has firmly established itself as a leading voice in the homebuilding and remodeling industry.

Christopher Lee, CEO, Backyard ADU's. Chris and his company are focused on enabling scale ADU construction and modularly constructed multi-family dwellings in New England.

Chris has had a diverse set of experiences that extends from being a landlord, developing small multi-family projects and building tech for use in the financial services. He holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of East Anglia (UK) in Business Finance and Economics. 

To date, Chris and his business partner have overseen the design and construction of over 75 Modular ADUs/SF family homes. The team is currently scaling Backyard ADUs to accommodate 2 ADUs per week by Q4 (from 1/week),  and up to 100 multi family units in 2026. All construction is done predictably and quickly using volumetric modular construction.  

With the ADU Home Rule in Massachusetts, there is a growing ADU movement that presents a great opportunity for business growth for Builder and Remodelers.

Gregory Hassett is Full Stack Developer and Architect at PulseChk. PulseChk develops cutting-edge architecture and technology solutions that leverage AI and Voice AI agents to maintain real-time project visibility. I design, develop, and deploy systems that:

• Integrate with clients' existing back-office infrastructure
• Deploy intelligent voice agents for stakeholder communication
• Extract critical insights from document changes and conversation analytics
• Deliver actionable intelligence through BI dashboards and automated notifications

Technical duties includes extensive Python development, AWS infrastructure deployment via CloudFormation, LLM integration, and voice agent implementation to create cohesive systems that transform how organizations monitor, analyze, and respond to project status changes.