Ben Townsend is Senior Engineer with WDP Consulting Engineers, where he manages the New York division of the company. Mr. Townsend specializes in the improvement of new and existing building envelopes and structures through forensic investigation, building enclosure commissioning (BECx), design review, construction observation, field performance verification testing, and design of repairs for failed enclosures and structural systems. Mr. Townsend is a licensed PE in New York and Virginia.

After having worked as an IT executive for large corporations for 25 years, Müge decided to venture back to her first love of engineering and provided IT consultancy to Design to Production sectors such as automative, defense and appliances. For the last 8 year, with the expansion of software solutions in AEC sector and introduction of cloud based solutions, her tools for trade expanded greatly and she has worked as head IT consultant for capital projects involving multiple stakeholders with different nationalities and requirements.

Deniz is a mechanical engineer with heavy involvement in design, technical office, and construction management utilizing BIM tools and practices on his daily works since early stages of his career. He worked for multibillion dollar projects (Airport, Metro, Convention Centre, Museum, High rise building, multi-purpose facilities) in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Kuwait City for a variety of project stages (tender, design, construction, handover).

Michael has been an industry tech advocate for many years. Starting in a project management role at a trade contractor, he learned how to marry technology and real-world applications for both project management teams and their field employees. After joining the "Dark Side," and crossing over into the tech side of construction, Michael has worked tirelessly to integrate technology across many different trades and verticals with one goal in mind; to make data safer, more accessible, and more actionable

With more than 15 years of experience in the electrical industry, Mrs. Dauphinais' unique talents allowed her to recognize an evolving need in the industry. Information control and dissemination to the field as well as the project management teams in a rapid and cohesive manner. Developing systems that utilize both standard and mobile platforms, she was able to improve productivity and reduce turnaround time for customer invoices, all while improving cash flow.

Hugh Seaton is General Manager of Crosswalk by CSI, where he interfaces with contractors, software companies and other members of the AEC industry about standards, technology and processes. Hugh is author of The Construction Technology Handbook, and host of the Data in Construction, and Constructed Futures podcasts. Hugh brings decades of technology and management experience working at or for Google, Sony, AOL, Philips and more to his roles.

Marti Smith is aa Senior IT director at Brasfield & Gorrie. She joined the company in 2001 as a project accountant after graduating from Kennesaw State University with a degree in accounting. Since that time, she has held a variety of progressively responsible positions within the company’s accounting, business process improvement, and IT departments. In each role, Marti has exceled in identifying the changes, challenges, and benefits that new technology brings to the company’s end users.

Rob has been working in the South Florida Construction industry since 2001, starting out as a field engineer, APM, and then Project Manager before moving into a BIM, Technology and Operational Excellence role in 2009. After transitioning back to a PM role for a few years, Rob began working at KAST in 2015 as the Director of Technical Services. The KAST Technical Services Department believes in Putting the Project First through training, technology implementation, BIM tools, trade Coordination, Procore, and other services.

Nathan C. Wood is an innovation influencer across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Nathan’s experience with Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Lean process improvement, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) has led him to realize how even proven technology solutions can often result in adoption failure and lost ROI.