Over the last few years, we've seen a growth of new startups in the AEC industry. These startups range from point solutions to new 'platform plays' aiming to increase productivity for our industry -- the second least digitized industry according to McKinsey. Many of the best performing startups have been acquired by some of the biggest players in AEC tech. Join us for a panel discussion with some of the players from the investing and M&A side of the largest AEC technologies to learn about how they see the overall AEC tech landscape and where we are headed when it comes to the incumbents and startups in the tech space.
(DBEI) organizing committee whilst in Asia and is now part of the DBEI North America Committee since her relocation back to San Francisco. After realizing the slow pace of digitization in the construction industry, Alice joined the Brick & Mortar Ventures team to work with startups that want to disrupt the way we design, construct and maintain the built world.
Alice holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University where she was on the Formula SAE racecar team and worked in a materials science lab researching lead-free piezoelectrics.
Over the last few years, we've seen a growth of new startups in the AEC industry. These startups range from point solutions to new 'platform plays' aiming to increase productivity for our industry -- the second least digitized industry according to McKinsey. Many of the best performing startups have been acquired by some of the biggest players in AEC tech. Join us for a panel discussion with some of the players from the investing and M&A side of the largest AEC technologies to learn about how they see the overall AEC tech landscape and where we are headed when it comes to the incumbents and startups in the tech space.
Kris Lengieza is the VP of Global Partnerships & Alliances at Procore Technologies, overseeing an ecosystem that spans across channel, ISV, public, and association partnerships. Considered a Top 40 Construction Professionals Under 40 by ENR and BD&C, Kris joined Procore after 15 years in construction as an early technology adopter, ready to integrate the data across all of the construction solutions available as a way to push the industry forward.
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Aviad Almagor is the Vice President of Technology Innovation at Trimble. Aviad specializes in a deeply frustrating though highly rewarding domain - introducing and implementing emerging technologies in enterprise markets - not a job for the faint-hearted. His role requires flexible stubbornosity, knowledgeable ignorancy, acrobatics, and mental agility. Aviad holds a Master's degree from Cambridge University, an MBA degree from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, and a B.Arch degree from the Israeli Institute of Technology.
Construction project manager turned entrepreneur. Passionate about automating construction processes using AI and Machine Learning. Having lived the life of a Project Manager for more than a decade, have tremendous insights into problems project teams face with lack of digitization in the trillion dollar construction industry. Pype.io is transforming the industry using machine learning to automate processes from Project Planning through Closeout.
