Korey Rubeling, CPSM
SinceNA
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SMPS Maryland member
AEC marketing professional
Korey leads comprehensive business development and client relationship strategies for BKM, a Baltimore-based MEP engineering firm with 57 years of collaborative design excellence. As Principal and Director of Business Development, he drives strategic growth initiatives across healthcare, education, government, science and technology, and commercial markets. BKM has designed thousands of successful MEP solutions since its founding in 1968, with a reputation for cost-effective, eco-conscious, and design-forward engineering.
His expertise spans relationship-driven business development, strategic planning, and client engagement for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services serving institutional and commercial clients. Korey specializes in creating and maintaining long-term client partnerships, developing business opportunities, and implementing firm-wide growth strategies. With over 17 years of AEC industry experience, he brings specialized knowledge in MEP engineering market positioning and business development excellence.
Korey’s approach emphasizes collaborative partnerships with clients, architects, and project stakeholders to develop engineering solutions that allow teams to do their best work. His business development leadership supports BKM’s mission of designing holistic MEP solutions that harmonize with their surroundings and further clients’ missions across the Mid-Atlantic region.
Korey demonstrates exceptional leadership in professional services marketing through his CPSM certification and distinguished service as SMPS Maryland Chapter President for the 2017-2018 term. His presidential leadership followed the chapter’s back-to-back Chapter of the Year awards (2015-2016), continuing a legacy of excellence among 58 national SMPS chapters. During his tenure, he led strategic initiatives to engage membership through networking opportunities, dynamic educational programming, and professional development that advanced the AEC marketing profession throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
His SMPS Maryland involvement spans multiple leadership roles including Past President, President, President-Elect, Board Member, CPSM Study Group Leader, Membership Committee, and Programs Committee. Korey currently serves on the Programs Committee, continuing to shape educational content and professional development opportunities for Maryland’s AEC marketing community. His leadership philosophy emphasizes advocating for marketing and business development professionals as strategic business partners within the AEC industry.
Korey’s professional recognition includes being named SMPS Maryland Emerging Professional of the Year (2015) and Committee Member of the Year (2014), demonstrating early-career excellence that evolved into chapter-wide leadership. His commitment to professional development and mentorship extends through his role as CPSM Study Group Leader, helping prepare emerging professionals for certification success.
With over 17 years in the AEC industry, Korey brings valuable perspective from both environmental consulting and MEP engineering sectors. His business development leadership at BKM supports a collaborative, employee-focused culture where all team members contribute to engineering excellence across healthcare, education, government, science and technology, and commercial markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
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