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Barrett, James
NATIONAL DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS, TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
 
Barrett, James
NATIONAL DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS, TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
 
For over 18 years, Jim has explored and implemented innovative processes and technologies throughout his career including, more than ten years ago, the early application of 3D / BIM applications and technologies for design and construction.
Jim has held various positions including the Manager of an office in Houston, Texas, Manager of the Special Projects Division (interior fitout) in Connecticut, Operations Manager of an innovative concrete product subsidiary start-up company in New Jersey, and management of New York / NJ Region Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) / Building Information Modeling (BIM) Department.
 
Bleiman, David
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RUTHERFORD & CHEKENE
 
Bleiman, David
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RUTHERFORD & CHEKENE
 
David Bleiman is CEO of Rutherford & Chekene (R&C) structural and geotechnical engineers headquartered in San Francisco. A structural engineer with 30 years of experience, he has been an innovator in the practice. Dave was the ICF Kaiser Director of Development and Implementation of the Kaiser Bolted Bracket, a patented system for repair of damaged moment frames that is now approved by AISC and OSHPD.

Dave began R&C’s transition to BIM in 2005 and a few short years later, participated in the development of the firm’s proprietary software to improve the efficiency of Revit Structure. Dave has played a leading role bringing this product to market. The software is currently being expanded for different versions and platforms of Revit.
 
Brennan, Lee
PRINCIPAL, CUNINGHAM GROUP
 
Brennan, Lee
PRINCIPAL, CUNINGHAM GROUP
 
Lee has over 30 years of professional experience, 23 of those years have been focused in healthcare, encompassing all aspects of project delivery, from strategic planning and programming through design and construction. As a Principal and Healthcare leader at Cuningham Group, he works to develop creative and innovative responses to meet the challenges facing the healthcare industry.

A consistent leader in planning, design, and project management, he works with a wide range of clients, including public and private real estate developers, investor owned companies, publicly held corporations, nonprofit organizations, universities, city and county governments, and federal agencies.
 
Collins, Georgia
MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORTH AMERICA, DEGW
 
Collins, Georgia
MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORTH AMERICA, DEGW
 
Georgia leads DEGW’s North American business. Prior to this role, she was the director-in-charge of DEGW’s San Francisco office, which she opened in 2006. She is particularly interested in how changes to the way we work and learn are upending the conventional notions of “office” and “classroom”, and in the process, leading organizations to think differently about how they can best support their people. Georgia has a master’s degree in urban planning from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
 
Ferrari, Cristina
SENIOR BRAND STRATEGIST, FRCH DESIGN WORLDWIDE
 
Ferrari, Cristina
SENIOR BRAND STRATEGIST, FRCH DESIGN WORLDWIDE
 
As a Senior Brand Strategist for FRCH Design Worldwide, Cristina works across studios and industries to provide consumer insights, trend analysis and brand consulting on projects ranging from Harley-Davidson to Hilton Worldwide. With degrees in marketing and entrepreneurship, she has an intuitive understanding of both the rational and the creative side of marketing and is invaluable for her ability to translate this vast knowledge into actionable implications for retail and hospitality design.

Since joining FRCH in 2006 she has authored numerous trend and research reports for her clients and the industry at-large on topics ranging from consumer behavior to experiential technology and social media. As co-creator of the FRCH blog, Creative Fuel, Cristina oversees all facets of FRCH’s digital thought leadership and social media strategy.
 
Godwin, Andrew
BUSINESS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, MAKE
 
Godwin, Andrew
BUSINESS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, MAKE
 
Andrew is a knowledge and technology innovator at Make, one of the UK’s foremost architectural practices. He is currently leading the redevelopment of the Make Intranet, focusing on improving knowledge management, enhancing the user experience and using the Intranet to encourage collaboration across teams.

He has been working with the web for over 12 years and has a huge passion for utilizing the latest web technologies to foster innovation and collaboration.

Before Make, Andrew worked at various architectural practices including Rolfe Judd, BDP and Foster + Partners, mainly within the areas of IT and web development. Andrew has a master’s degree in Mathematics from Newcastle University.
 
Grauman, Frank
PRINCIPAL, BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON
 
Grauman, Frank
PRINCIPAL, BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON
 
Over the past 30 years, Frank Grauman has designed widely varied projects that exemplify emotional, intellectual and technical fulfillment. Underlying his leadership role among his colleagues, clients and those who know his built work is an inquiring approach to collaboration. He begins each project by examining how it will work for people, how it will be built, how its systems will perform, and how it fits its cultural, historic and master planning situation. His architecture is marked by a lucid integration of site, function and technology.
 
Guttman, Mario
DESIGN APPLICATIONS RESEARCH LEADER, PERKINS+WILL
 
Guttman, Mario
DESIGN APPLICATIONS RESEARCH LEADER, PERKINS+WILL
 
Mario Guttman, AIA, LEED AP, is a Senior Associate and the Firmwide Design Applications Research Leader for Perkins+Will, a multidisciplinary design firm with 20 international locations. In this role he promotes research on the advanced use of software and its application to building industry design practice.

Mario holds degrees in mathematics and architecture, is a licensed architect, and is LEED accredited. In addition to nearly 30 years of practicing architecture, he has worked in software development, computer-aided facility management, and construction. He has been an active participant in industry standards organizations, and a frequent speaker in support of Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery.
 
Harvey, Tom
PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ADVANCED DESIGN RESEARCH & EVALUATION (CADRE)
 
Harvey, Tom
PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ADVANCED DESIGN RESEARCH & EVALUATION (CADRE)
 
Tom has 35 years experience as an architect and healthcare facility planning consultant. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architect and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects. His leadership and ideas have influenced rural hospitals, primary and ambulatory care facilities, academic medical centers, and our nation’s two hospital ships, the USS Mercy and Comfort.

His passion focuses on optimal performance of the buildings that emerge from his practice. He organized and formerly directed the HKS’ Clinical Solutions & Research team, and is the President and HKS Principal in charge of the Center for Advanced Design Research & Evaluation, a non-profit organization dedicated to rigorously distilling and disseminating quality research evidence relevant to the improvement of design.
 
Holt, Nicholas
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
 
Holt, Nicholas
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL
 
Nicholas Holt is Technical Director at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York. A firm believer in the benefits of collaborative practice models, Mr. Holt approaches design by integrating building systems, sustainable design principles and extensive construction knowledge from the conceptual development of a project through construction documentation and execution.

Within SOM, Mr. Holt is a leader in SOM’s firm wide High Performance Design Initiative, an internal think tank that is developing the standards and goals by which SOM will approach the design of High Performance buildings and ultimately meet the net zero carbon, energy, waste, water goals of the coming years.

Mr. Holt is also a Principal at the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE), a research collaboration between SOM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Focusing on emergent materials and technologies, CASE blends private sector practicality and academic rigor to develop innovative, award winning technologies for application in buildings.
 
Horst, Brad
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, EINHORN YAFFEE PRESCOTT
 
Horst, Brad
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, EINHORN YAFFEE PRESCOTT
 
Brad Horst is a Principal and Chief Information Officer at Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering. He is responsible for driving the technical and strategic vision of the firm’s IT organization. He earned a Masters of Architecture from The Ohio State University and is an NCARB certified Architect. He has worked in the AEC industry for more than two decades including 5 years of architectural work with NBBJ’s Columbus office and 9 years with Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott as Shepley’s Director of Information Technology. More recently, Brad was a Product Marketing Manager for architectural solutions at Autodesk where he was responsible for product marketing of the Revit Architecture software application.
 
Kahl, Melanie
LEARNING AND DESIGN STRATEGIST, CANNON DESIGN
 
Kahl, Melanie
LEARNING AND DESIGN STRATEGIST, CANNON DESIGN
 
Melanie Kahl is a learning and design strategist with The Third Teacher+ team at Cannon Design. A wearer of many hats, she acts as a communication architect, experience designer, and organizational and policy specialist. Melanie is particularly interested in the ways in which the design of learning programs and places can act as a catalyst for community development.
Previously, Melanie was the K-12 education knowledge manager for Perkins+Will. With a degree in social policy and organizational strategy from Northwestern University, she has worked with education entrepreneurs in the Chicago Public Schools and the Jane Goodall Institute. Her writing has appeared in FastCo Design, American School & University, and The Creativity Post.
 
Kent, James
CHIEF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, THORNTON TOMASETTI
 
Kent, James
CHIEF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, THORNTON TOMASETTI
 
James Kent has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communications for scientific and technical organizations in the U.S. and Europe. He is responsible for internal and external communications, media relations, Web and online communications, and firm-wide marketing functions. Jim was previously head of communications at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, director of communications at Thomson-Reuters, and held various communications and marketing roles in a 15-year career with Schlumberger, the oilfield services company.

Jim started his career in newspapers, working for dailies and weeklies in the U.S. Northeast. His reporting and writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, American Scientist and Scientific American. He is coauthor of “A Moveable Shore: The Fate of the Connecticut Coast,” (Duke University Press, 1992) a layman’s guide to coastline evolution related to climate change.
 
Kreysler, Bill
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, KREYSLER & ASSOCIATES
 
Kreysler, Bill
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, KREYSLER & ASSOCIATES
 
William Kreysler is a full-time executive overseeing all aspects of Kreysler & Associates (K&A) activities. A custom molder of fiber reinforced products located in Napa County, K&A has won awards for excellence in the manufacture of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) architectural products, industrial products, and large-scale sculptures. The firm has customers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Before founding K&A in 1982, Mr. Kreysler was Executive VP and Production Manager for the Performance Sailcraft Corporation (PSC), Northern California’s largest manufacturer of sailboats at the time. During his 10 years at PSC he managed the production and distribution of over 12,000 sailboats in 3 models.
 
Miller, Sam
PARTNER, LMN ARCHITECTS
 
Miller, Sam
PARTNER, LMN ARCHITECTS
 
Sam Miller is a Partner at Seattle-based LMN Architects. The 90-person firm, established in 1979, has designed and delivered a wide range of project types throughout the United States and beyond. Sam joined LMN Architects in 2000, and was quickly elevated to a leadership position within the firm. Sam’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford University provided him with a range of construction and engineering related skills. Before completing his graduate degree in architecture, he worked as a carpenter, engineer, and contractor. This varied experience has uniquely qualified Sam to understand the value and importance of integrated project delivery.
 
Morgareidge, David
SERVICE LEADER, OPERATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION, RTKL
 
Morgareidge, David
SERVICE LEADER, OPERATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION, RTKL
 
David’s undergraduate degree is in architecture from UC Berkeley and he has taken graduate classes in information technology. He has practiced in the US and Europe, working in both A/E and design/construct firms. David managed the Haskell Company’s design automation environment and was CIO of Reynolds, Smith and Hills.
His career focus since 1978 has been on the use of, or the management of environments that support, digital parametric design analysis and optimization through simulation. His first simulation work used BLAST and DOE-2 to perform architectural energy analysis, and included a stint in the R&D department of a design/construct firm. He currently leads a team of industrial engineers that form the core of RTKL’s new approach to healthcare design and consulting.
 
Parsons, Christopher
FOUNDER AND CEO, KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE
 
Parsons, Christopher
FOUNDER AND CEO, KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE
 
Christopher Parsons is the Founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture, a knowledge and information management consultancy to architects and engineers, and the producer of KA Connect, a knowledge and information management conference and community for the AEC industry. Christopher has been a technology leader in the AEC industry since 2002, including serving as the Chief Information Officer for Steinberg Architects and the Information Technology Director for SMWM (now Perkins+Will). He is currently serving on the boards of Public Architecture and the San Francisco AIA.
 
Peck, Sarah
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, SWA GROUP
 
Peck, Sarah
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, SWA GROUP
 
Sarah Peck is a communications specialist at SWA Group in Sausalito, CA, and the founder of the landscape urbanism website and journal. Her research and practice lies between landscape architecture, technology, communications, and strategy, allowing her to merge her passions for storytelling and narrative with landscape architecture and spatial design. Interested in the tools with which designers communicate their ideas and the influence that architects have on both our immediate and future environments, her work today looks at the power of our messages in shaping futures and ideas.
 
Rayes, Bob
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SHW GROUP
 
Rayes, Bob
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SHW GROUP
 
Bob Rayes has developed and implemented solutions at the intersection of architecture, technology, and business for more than 15 years. He is a principal and Chief Information Officer for SHW Group, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering and planning firms dedicated to the design of learning environments. Bob has recently served as a consultant in the role of product manager for Newforma, a software development company focused on the AEC industry. He earned a master of business administration and master of architecture degree from Lawrence Technological University.
 
Rocha, Larry
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, WATG
 
Rocha, Larry
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, WATG
 
As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Mr. Rocha is responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of WATG’s computer and information systems worldwide.

Rocha has presented at numerous industry conferences and symposiums including the Harvard Graduate School of Design, AEC Systems, Computers for Construction; the North American AutoCAD User’s Group, the ZweigWhite Internet Strategies conference, the AIA Technology in Practice conference and the AEC/IS Roundtable. In addition, Rocha has been published in several professional journals including: Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, and ENR on the subject of technology in architecture.
 
Serriere, Alex
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, TEECOM
 
Serriere, Alex
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, TEECOM
 
Alex Serriere is Director of Research at TEECOM. His inextinguishable curiosity for things that work has led to an unbounded passion for technology and this passion serves as the basis for TEECOM’s Research Department. With a degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, Alex started in the aerospace industry, but at TEECOM, Alex is tasked with understanding and communicating innovations at the intersection of people, technology and the built environment. From the social implications of smartphones to the newest Ethernet standards, the work of the Research Department enables TEECOM to better serve clients with information about how technology is expected to evolve over the life of their projects.
 
Sinclair, Mark
PRINCIPAL, DEGENKOLB ENGINEERS
 
Sinclair, Mark
PRINCIPAL, DEGENKOLB ENGINEERS
 
Originally from New Zealand, a country blessed with frequent earthquakes but relatively few buildings to enjoy them, he’s been learning and thinking about seismic performance of buildings since high school. Mark is advancing the firm’s use of the latest engineering technology such as seismic isolation, energy dissipation, building instrumentation, and isolated raised access floors for data centers. By combining these technologies with advanced computer analysis techniques he works toward providing clients with higher performing buildings at construction costs equal to or lower than conventionally constructed buildings.
 
Smith, Ryan
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR, ITAC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
 
Smith, Ryan
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DIRECTOR, ITAC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
 
Ryan E. Smith is Director of a university/industry research group dedicated to technology and sustainable design and construction inquiry called the Innovation Technology & Architecture (ITAC). He is a researcher, educator, author and speaker on the integration paradigm and building technology. He is author of Prefab Architecture: a guide to modular design and construction published by Wiley in 2010 and co-editor for Building Systems: design technology & society published by Routledge in 2012. He is past-President of the Building Technology Educators’ Society. Smith serves as the educational liaison on the AIA Center for Integrated Practice Leadership Group, and is a member of the Lean Construction Institute.
 
Squitieri, Amy
VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING AND HISTORICAL SERVICES, MEAD & HUNT
 
Squitieri, Amy
VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING AND HISTORICAL SERVICES, MEAD & HUNT
 
Amy is Vice President of Engineering and Historical Services at Mead & Hunt, a nationwide professional services firm. She is well known for her historic bridge work with 20 years of experience helping state departments of transportation identify historic bridges and prioritize the best examples for preservation. Amy received an EMBA from the University of Wisconsin and Master of Architectural History from the University of Virginia. She has served on national task forces for historic bridge preservation and helped found the Historic Bridge Alliance, which she now chairs. As a company director, Amy encourages expansion of firm knowledge and capabilities.
 
Wheeler, Jim
PRESIDENT, AYERS SAINT GROSS
 
Wheeler, Jim
PRESIDENT, AYERS SAINT GROSS
 
Mr. Wheeler is President of Ayers Saint Gross and has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of the architectural profession. He is responsible for the development of Ayers Saint Gross’ nationally recognized Comparing Campuses Poster, a statistical database of more than 170 college and university campuses. He has written and lectured extensively on trends in higher education planning and co-authored the chapter on campus planning for the APPA/NACUBO publication Planning and Managing the Campus Facilities Portfolio. In 2009 he presented a paper to the Confederation of India Industry’s National Committee on Education, which outlined the physical facility requirements for the proposed development of 1,500 new universities in India. In 2010, Mr. Wheeler received an International Leadership Award from the World Trade Center Institute.
 
Whitelock, Carmen
HEAD OF ONLINE STRATEGY, ARUP
 
Whitelock, Carmen
HEAD OF ONLINE STRATEGY, ARUP
 
Carmen Whitelock is Head of Online Strategy at Arup, the global design engineering firm. Based in London, she has been driving Arup’s online communications strategy since 2008, having joined from Save the Children UK where she held a similar role. Since taking over at Arup, Carmen has been responsible for the full redesign of the global website (arup.com), as well as introducing a new governance framework and editorial policies. Last year, Carmen boosted progress further with the launch of ‘Thoughts’ (thoughts.arup.com), a thought leadership blog for experts, practitioners and enthusiasts to discuss a host of issues affecting the built environment. Originally from New Zealand, Carmen has amassed extensive international experience in online PR, marketing and communications.
 
Wolff, Howard
MOST SENIOR PERSON, FULL-HEIGHT ADVICE
 
Wolff, Howard
MOST SENIOR PERSON, FULL-HEIGHT ADVICE
 
Howard J. Wolff is the founder of Full-Height Advice, a strategic marketing
consulting practice. Previously, he was senior vice president and worldwide
director of marketing for WATG, the world’s number one destination design
firm.

Howard was the first to conduct research on the correlation between design
and the bottom line. He is credited with coining such phrases as “Return on
WOW” and “RevPAD: Revenue Per Amazing Design.”

With both a Masters in Communication and Bachelor of Architecture degree
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- coupled with 30 years of industry
expertise -- Howard has guided firms through a strategic process of
building their brands to compete successfully on a global scale.
 
Young, Ken
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, HOK
 
Young, Ken
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, HOK
 
Ken Young, AIA is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for HOK, the global architectural design and services firm. He is a member of HOK’s Board of Directors. He received his degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience. His primary focus as CIO is strategic leadership in evolving the practice to integrate and leverage knowledge and technology. He leads HOK’s Advanced Technology Group, a 45-person team delivering Practice Services (BIM and CAD management), Knowledge Services (business intelligence and corporate knowledge), and IT Services (infrastructure and support).
 
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