Jason Wheeler

Jason is a passionate Computational Designer within the AEC industry, but also an overall Technology enthusiast. He has 12+ years of experience in the industry working in the US and China with a focus on workflow optimization and data-driven design. He has experience working with offices locally and globally to create, educate, and explore data-driven

Dan Stine

AIA, IES, CSI, CDT, Well AP Dan is the Director of Design Technology and leads the internal research program, Investigations, at the top-ranked architecture firm Lake|Flato, in San Antonio, Texas. He is a registered architect (WI), educator, author, blogger, and international speaker. In addition to teaching graduate architecture students at NDSU, he has written 19

Ram Ramisetti

Ramisetti is a founding member of McCarthy Building’s Emerging Tech team, where he leads the company’s Enterprise AI/ML and Robotics initiatives. The son of a construction tradesman in India, Ramisetti says he’s intent on making construction more innovative, “human-centric,” and environmentally sustainable with the help of cutting-edge technologies like AI. His multiple achievements include developing

Jamie Daudon

Jamie is an Investor at The Westly Group, a Menlo Park-based venture firm founded in 2007. The Westly Group invests in early- to mid-stage startups within AEC and the broader foundational sectors of buildings, energy, industry, and mobility. The firm has had a long history of working across the AEC sector, having backed sector winners

Becker Raab

Becker, RA is an associate at KSS Architects and a registered architect in Pennsylvania. His experience extends across markets including higher education, behavioral health, preK-12, and industrial. He views the field of design with curiosity and desire to explore the day-to-day spaces we inhabit and enjoys the rigor of a collaborative design process to arrive

Al Dram

Al is an innovative architect and entrepreneur with a Ph.D in Architecture Digital Design. After teaching internationally, he founded DRAMS Architects in California, ventured into construction with DRAMS Construction, and developed technology with Blueprints AI, showcasing his forward-thinking approach to integrating architecture and digital advancements. He is active in the design and technology community and

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Mustapha Benosman

Mustapha Benosman is a seasoned sales manager with a decade of experience in finance and tech, now leading go-to-market sales at D5 Render for North America, LATAM, and MENA in the AEC industry. He has a proven track record in strategic sales planning and team leadership, contributing significantly to D5 Render’s position as a leader

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Deb Johnston

Deb Johnston is the CMO and Co-Founder of TonicDM, where she leads the mission to bring simplicity, insight, and organization to complex business communication in the AEC industry. As a strategic entrepreneur, Deb merges her experience in the AEC industry with her background in action sports, fintech, build-tech, marketing, and communications to foster innovation and

Keith Cox

A results-oriented and customer-focused sales leader with over 20+ years of experience recruiting and managing channel sales to resellers in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries. Skilled in developing and executing effective channel sales strategies, building and maintaining strong relationships with key partners and customers, and identifying and launching advanced technologies. Proven track record

Brendan Mullins

Passionate about combining research with project work, Brendan serves as the region’s dedicated technology partner, defining the requirements and uses of software, digital tools, and digital expertise. His role is to empower staff to innovate through technology and stay ahead of the curve. Major areas of Brendan’s focus include computational design, advanced visualization, and artificial

Gabee Cho

Gabee Cho has a rich background in architecture, holding a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She has extensive experience as a designer, project architect, and project manager at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, as well as the founder of her own design studio, Agency 2184.

Ruquia Akter

Ruquia is a dedicated professional specializing in data-driven design and research methodology, computational design, and artificial intelligence. With a strong focus on innovation, she integrates advanced computational techniques and AI to push the boundaries of architecture. Ruquia’s expertise lies in leveraging data and AI to inform and enhance design processes, ensuring that each project is

Nicole Buhles

Nicole Buhles is a Practice Technology Leader at HED, where she co-builds and implements firm-wide digital design-delivery strategies. She specializes in BIM management, coaching project teams to maximize technology and seize innovation opportunities. A change agent for over a decade, Nicole knows what drives “digital-first” in AECO firms—and it’s not troubleshooting Revit. Previously as a

Gautam Shenoy

As the Director of Technology at KTGY, a renowned national architecture, branding, interiors, and planning firm, Gautam leads the Technology team. He excels in leveraging design technology to enhance project delivery systems and develop comprehensive workflows, specializing in strategic planning and overseeing firmwide infrastructure technology, cybersecurity, and digital transformation initiatives. With over two decades of

Erin Khan

Erin Khan is an established AEC technology leader, with over a decade of combined experience in construction operations, data and process analysis, and software implementation. Founding Erin Khan Consulting in 2023, she currently provides technology and innovation services to both contractors and construction technology startups. Prior to founding EKC, Erin served as the National Director

Mihir Somalwar

Mihir Somalwar started his career in the automotive industry with Involute Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a gearbox manufacturing company started in India by his family. Mihir helped set up processes to automate gearbox assembly and improve manufacturing processes.After moving to the United States to pursue his master’s degree in robotics engineering at Santa Clara University, Mihir

Shirin Abbaszadeh

Shirin has over 20 years of experience in solving technology challenges for her clients. She has a keen understanding of the entire building process and partners with AEC organizations to provide expert guidance and strategic solutions that drive efficiencies and maximize ROI. Shirin’s dedication to understanding and addressing her clients’ unique business challenges ensures they

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Stjepan Mikulić

Stjepan Mikulic is the Founder & CEO at AI in AEC. Stjepan’s mission is to empower every AEC professional to solve challenges through learning, implementing, and developing AI and cutting-edge tech.

Erik Narhi

Erik Narhi is the Computational Design Lead in Buro Happold’s Los Angeles office with educational experience in architecture as well as engineering. Erik has experience with advanced computational techniques (Grasshopper, Dynamo, Digital Project, Processing), studio design projects at a wide range of scales, realization of a design from concept to CD’s using Revit, and construction

Colin Mangham

Colin has guided dozens of global brands (generating over $500 million in revenues) and hundreds of entrepreneurs (securing over $80 million in capital) through birth, growth, and rebirth. With the Net Zero Accelerator and USGBC-California, he guides startups in speeding commercialization of cleantech innovation to move us all toward net zero energy, carbon, water, and

Gregg Wallace

Gregg is a Partner with Nirman Ventures, a San Francisco based venture capital firm. Nirman invests globally into startups focused on AEC-related. Previously, Gregg was a Partner at Building Ventures, and the Founding Director of Hilti Group’s Silicon Valley Ventures office. He spent nearly a decade with Hilti Group, starting in global strategy at headquarters in Liechtenstein, and continuing on with the leadership team in Spain. His early career was at Bain & Co. He

Ali Nasiri

Ali Nasiri is the Director of Computational Design at Flad Architects on the West Coast, where he merges over 15 years of experience in the AEC industry with his expertise in parametric and computational design. Ali is passionate about innovative approaches to integrating advanced technologies into sustainable architectural solutions. His responsibilities include researching and integrating

Sam Keville

Sam connects architecture and technology through meaningful and progressive practice. His focus remains fixed on cutting edge modes of representation and realization leadership. This translates to hard skills in design and production software, computational design, rendering, and design fabrication. Alongside soft skills involved with personal development programs, training, and standards. His work experience includes all

Argelia Bárcena

Argelia Bárcena is an architecture graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, with an executive education certificate from Harvard Graduate School of Design. With a diverse career in the field of architecture, she has been affiliated with renowned firms, from small to global-sized companies. Currently she is a Regional Manager of Design Technology at Gensler,

Randall Stevens

A software entrepreneur, Randall Stevens is passionate about creating solutions for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Architecture and shortly after founded the Rich Photorealistic Content (RPC)-focused company ArchVision. Leveraging his industry expertise further in 2016, Stevens started content management system (CMS) AVAIL that now boasts

Peter Johann

Pirros was started by two structural engineers turned entrepreneurs. Peter and his Co-Founder, Ari, spent time at a handful of different structural engineering firms and kept experiencing the same problems when it came to detail management and production. The technology industry has overlooked the AE design space and the importance of details to a firm’s