Jurors

Our jury of independent experts includes many of the brightest minds and boldest innovators in the world of infrastructure. Learn more about them below.

Bridges and Tunnels

Federico Foria Biography

Federico Foria is the Head of the Geotechnics, Geology and Hydraulics Department and Head of the Research & Development in ETS (Italy). He is experienced in the design, maintenance, and management of infrastructures. In 2022, he was awarded by EFCA as the Best Future Leader in Europe and, in 2024, by RockMass Technologies as Top Innovator. He represents innovation and sustainability for infrastructures in national and international Committees, as well as educational and outreach activities.

Federico Foria

ETS

Federico Foria Biography

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Julianne Fuda Biography

Julianne Fuda is the director of the structures design bureau within the NYSDOT Office of Structures. She oversees the final design of new and replacement bridge projects, as well as rehabilitations, throughout New York State. Julianne has also led many accelerated design and construction bridge projects, including emergency repairs and replacements. She is a member of the AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures and serves on the Steel & Metals Committee, as well as the AASHTO Concrete Committee. Julianne has over 15 years of bridge design experience in both the public and private sector as a designer, squad leader, and project engineer. She graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY with a bachelor of science in civil engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the State of New York. Julianne is also a member of the Department’s Digital Delivery Committee and was the technical lead for the structures portion of the East 138th Bridge Replacement over the Major Deegan Expressway, the Department’s second pilot project for model-based digital delivery and the 2021 recipient of the Going Digital Award in the Bridges category.

Julianne Fuda

New York State Department of Transportation

Julianne Fuda Biography

Robert Schickel Biography

Mr. Schickel is a retired professional engineer with 50 years of experience in planning, design, plan preparation, and construction management of transportation projects. His specialized expertise includes project and quality management and technical and administrative guidance on transportation projects. Currently, Mr. Schickel is an Adjunct Instructor at Valparaiso University guiding senior civil and environmental engineering through their Senior Design Project and is the Editor in Residence for Informed Infrastructure.

Robert Schickel

Informed Infrastructure

Robert Schickel Biography

Construction

Aileen Cho Biography

Aileen Cho is senior editor for transportation and infrastructure at Engineering News-Record. Her coverage of airports, ports, transit, highways, and bridges have won her a number of awards from business publications and engineering societies, including Neal Awards for Best Feature and Best Technical Article. She also co-hosts ENR’s Critical Path podcast.

Aileen Cho

Engineering News-Record

Aileen Cho Biography

Andy Kaiyala Biography

Andy Kaiyala is WSB’s Vice President of Construction Technology & Project Controls and leads the firm’s Digital Construction Management service. Prior to WSB, Andy spent his 25-year career bidding and building complex infrastructure projects across the United States and around the world. Six years ago, Andy became convinced that operationalizing a 3D design model for use during construction was our industry’s future. He is only more convinced today, and now works to bring successful digital adoption to those who build the work.

Andy Kaiyala

WSB

Andy Kaiyala Biography

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Paul Wilkinson is a technology consultant, writer, blogger and freelance journalist with specific expertise in the UK architectural, engineering and construction industry and the ICT sector, particularly Software-as-a-Service collaboration tools and BIM. He is a vice-chair of nima (formerly the UK BIM Alliance), and also chairs its technology group. As part of the UK’s Government and Industry Interoperability Group, he led a working group which produced an Interoperability Code of Practice for Technologies in the Built and Managed Environment, published in April 2023.

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Enterprise Engineering

Andy Barnes Biography

Andy initially came from a hands-on Structural & Marine Engineering background, then transitioned into BIM Management roles across the Water and Rail Industries, which included establishing and deploying a global BIM Component Library solution. Andy is passionate about developing project delivery solutions and promoting the use of digital applications that will help teams deliver their projects in a more standardised and efficient way.

Andy Barnes

Transport for Wales

Andy Barnes Biography

Jonathan Bradley Biography

Jonathan Bradley is deputy editor of create magazine, the journal for Engineers Australia, Australia’s preeminent engineering body. Having previously covered the national water sector for the Australian Water Association’s Water Source, Jonathan’s writing encompasses the construction, robotics, aerospace, biomedical, defense and renewable energy industries, and has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, ABC News, SBS, and Billboard.

Jonathan Bradley

create

Jonathan Bradley Biography

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Facilities, Campuses, and Cities

Pete Evans Biography

Pete Evans AIA IDSA is an architect, industrial designer and educator at Iowa State University with over 25 years of industry experience. He has written for presented at national AIA events including Technology and Practice (TAP), chaired the state AIA professional development work, published numerous articles for Architosh, is the co-jury member for Architosh’s AIA BEST of SHOW awards program traveling regularly to conferences around the world for Architosh as senior associate editor.

Pete Evans

Architosh

Pete Evans Biography

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Paul Wilkinson Biography

Scott Blair Biography

Scott Blair serves as editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record, including all editorial print and digital products, websites, videos, podcasts and events such as Best Projects, Newsmakers and the Award of Excellence, Top Young Professionals, Futuretech and Groundbreaking Women in Construction. Published by BNP Media, ENR was founded nearly 150 years ago . Winner of multiple awards from Jesse H. Neal, Construction Media Alliance, AZBEES and The Telly Awards for his writing, editing, photography and videography, Blair frequently posts in-depth project tour videos and interviews with industry leaders on ENR’s video channel. He is also a frequent speaker and moderator on topics such as diversity and inclusion, design and jobsite technology, construction means and methods and marketing. Blair has spent more than 30 years working in almost every facet of media and publishing, including radio, film, television, digital media, music composition, newspapers, public speaking and music direction.

Scott Blair

Engineering News-Record

Scott Blair Biography

Process and Power Generation

Andy Chatha Biography

Andy Chatha provides leadership to the ARC organization and guides its research and client activities. For over 40 years, Andy has provided advice and counsel to many leading energy and manufacturing companies around the world.

Andy Chatha

ARCwire by ARC Advisory Group

Andy Chatha Biography

Graeme Booth Biography

Graeme Booth is a Chartered Aeronautical Engineer with over 25 years of experience in aerospace, power, and energy. He held previous roles as Chief Engineer (Digital) in both Siemens and Doosan Babcock where he led digital research, development and implementation projects to enable advances in simulation and modelling, IoT applications, cloud-first thinking, and data analytics. He is Head of Digital Technology at Net Zero Technology Centre, leading the strategy and thought leadership for data, digital systems, remote operations, robotics, and autonomous systems for current and future energy systems.

Graeme Booth

Net Zero Technology Centre

Graeme Booth Biography

Monica Schnitger Biography

Monica Schnitger is an industry analyst focusing on the software tools that create the objects around us. She has developed market models and forecasts, and discussed industry trends and statistics for CAD/CAM, CAE, PLM, GIS, infrastructure, AEC, and plant design software since 1999. She tries to explain what these are, how they affect product or asset creation and operations, and how businesses can best implement these tools to technology buyers, investors, and developers. She holds a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from MIT and an honors MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College.

Monica Schnitger

Schnitger Corporation

Monica Schnitger Biography

Rehana Begg Biography

As Machine Design’s editor-in-chief, Rehana Begg is tasked with elevating the voice of the progressively multi-disciplinary engineer in the face of digital transformation and engineering innovation. Her B2B career has taken her from corporate boardrooms to plant floors and underground mining stopes, covering engineering, emergent technologies, automation, IIoT/software, and continuous improvement and strategy. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and an MBA focused on project management.

Rehana Begg

Machine Design

Rehana Begg Biography

Rail and Transit

Danielle Kenneally Biography

Danielle Kenneally is the deputy editor for the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors and is responsible for the members’ monthly journal Civil Engineering Surveyor and the annual Geospatial Engineering and Construction Law Review publications. Danielle is relatively new to the civil engineering industry but has worked as a journalist for a number of publications, most notably for newspapers in Guernsey and Scotland. She has a Masters degree in journalism and holds National Council for the Training of Journalists accreditation.

Danielle Kenneally

Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

Danielle Kenneally Biography

Elizabeth Jordan Biography

Elizabeth Jordan is the new editor of international rail magazine Global Railway Review. With over five years’ experience as an editor across infrastructure, building and electronics industries, specialising in highlighting the key topics and trends within those industries in her work, Elizabeth enjoys getting to know the individuals within the industry and understanding how best she can represent and write for them.

Elizabeth Jordan

Global Railway Review

Elizabeth Jordan Biography

Mischa Wanek-Libman Biography

Mischa Wanek-Libman currently serves as director of communications at Transdev U.S. She is a former journalist who spent more than 20 years covering transportation issues, including policy and regulatory impacts, emerging technology, construction projects, and engineering challenges.

Mischa Wanek-Libman

Transdev U.S

Mischa Wanek-Libman Biography

Roads and Highways

Aaron Moniza Biography

Aaron Moniza is a Senior Client Manager with Foth, where he serves as the National DOT Market Lead. His 20+ year career has been spent building great relationships, always learning, and passionately delivering complex transportation infrastructure projects. Aaron believes that infrastructure is the foundation of a community’s quality of life, and loves the tangibility of his work. Aaron holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Aaron Moniza

Foth

Aaron Moniza Biography

Aileen Cho Biography

Aileen Cho

Engineering News-Record

Aileen Cho Biography

Gavin Jenkins Biography

Gavin Jenkins is the Senior Managing Editor of Roads & Bridges Media. Before taking on this role in 2021, Gavin was associate editor of Pitt Med magazine. He earned a master’s in nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Vice.

Gavin Jenkins

Roads & Bridges Media

Gavin Jenkins Biography

Structural Engineering

Doug Lindquist Biography

Doug is Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Haley & Aldrich in Seattle. He is a leader, innovator, published author, frequent speaker, and recognized expert on seismic design for tall buildings and waterfront structures. He has 25+ years of experience with progressively increasing technical, administrative, and business development responsibilities. He has a broad range of consulting experience working on port, county, city, private development, transportation, litigation, and military projects with geotechnical, natural resources, and environmental components. Doug’s projects have won multiple awards with the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Architects, and the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

Doug Lindquist

Haley & Aldrich

Doug Lindquist Biography

Ian McFarlane Biography

Ian is a Senior Principal who has led the design of low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings ranging from residential and office to innovative mixed-use developments. The leader of MKA’s Sustainability Technical Specialist Team, Ian is advancing the industry towards more sustainable construction by lowering the embodied carbon in concrete, steel, and mass timber structures. Ian also leads the firm’s Concrete and Foundations Technical Specialist Teams, which includes leadership roles in developing national codes and standards for Concrete through the American Concrete Institute and for Foundations through the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Ian McFarlane

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Ian McFarlane Biography

Kevin Carmody Biography

Kevin Carmody has 20 years of experience in engineering industry publications. He serves as the group publisher of Informed Infrastructure, Asian Surveying & Mapping, Earth Imaging Journal, and Geospatial1 for V1 Media.

Carmody was previously director of print and e-media and associate publisher for CE News and Structural Engineer magazines at ZweigWhite, and was account executive for Architectural Record at McGraw-Hill Construction.

Kevin Carmody

Informed Infrastructure

Kevin Carmody Biography

Subsurface Modeling and Analysis

Christopher Bennett Biography

Christopher is a Senior Technical Director of Engineering Geology and a GHD Principal with over 20 years of experience. A Registered Professional in Geoscience (RPGeo), he specializes in difficult access investigations, geological mapping, 3D geological modeling, ground model design, dam foundation analysis, dam design and construction, dam foundation mapping, rock slope stability, and tunnel design and construction by TBM or drill and blast techniques. As the Geology Service Line Leader, he provides strategic and technical leadership to over 130 geologists and geoscientists at GHD.

Christopher Bennett

GHD

Christopher Bennett Biography

David Taborda Biography

David M G Taborda is a Reader in Geomechanical Modelling at Imperial College London. He specialises in the development of advanced soil models for practical use in Geotechnical Engineering, with his research interests including urban excavations, offshore foundations and geothermal structures. He actively collaborates with industry in solving emerging challenges in Geotechnical Engineering, currently focusing on establishing data-driven methods for the intelligent design and management of infrastructure.

David Taborda

Imperial College London

David Taborda Biography

Surveying and Monitoring

Carlos Femmer Biography

Carlos leads HDR’s Data Acquisition Cross Sector and has over 20 years of experience managing teams that perform surveys for tens of thousands of miles of transmission lines, pipelines, railways, roadways and bridges, as well as dams and spillways. With HDR, he has conducted the first commercial drone operations permitted at the Golden Gate Bridge, within the Grand Canyon, and at Naval Station Pearl Harbor; and he has led a comprehensive drone program development process for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.

Prior to joining HDR, Carlos served as President of John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. where he oversaw development, innovation, operations and strategic endeavors across the company’s land survey and airborne divisions. Carlos has a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Louisiana State University.

Carlos Femmer

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Carlos Femmer Biography

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Gene Roe Biography

GENE V. ROE, Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), PLS (ret.) is the founder of MPN Components, Inc., a 25-year-old geomatics consulting firm specializing in applied geospatial data acquisition research and technology development.  His formal training was in structural and marine geotechnical engineering with research in pavements and earthquake-induced liquefaction. He has been in the engineering survey and mapping business for 50+ years. Dr. Roe is the current Chair of the ASTM E57 Committee for 3D Imaging Systems which developed a widely adopted laser scanning data exchange format. During his career he has focused on the research, development, and introduction of innovative technologies such as CAD/GIS, GPS, 3D laser scanning/lidar, UAS, and autonomous vehicles, primarily for the transportation industry. His website, LiDAR News (www.LiDARnews.com) is one of the leading online 3D lidar and laser scanning websites in the world.

Gene Roe

LiDAR News

Gene Roe Biography

Matt Collins Biography

Matt Collins is a member of the editorial staff at Geo Week News. In his work, he covers new innovations, interesting case studies, and writes opinion pieces involving the geospatial and AEC industries and where they intersect. He has been covering a variety of industries in the digital media space for over a decade, and has also contributed in recent years to Commercial UAV News and WorkBoat Magazine.

Matt Collins

Geo Week News

Matt Collins Biography

Transmission and Distribution

Mark Reynaert Biography

Mark is a seasoned telecom and construction expert with 20 years of experience in various management roles. Mark’s tenure was spent entirely in operations, repair and installation, engineering and construction, electronics and finally, rights-of-way and easements. Mark has negotiated and helped LDC’s, and ISP’s implement new technical standards and utilize new technology and software to expedite aerial and buried projects throughout Canada.

Mark Reynaert

Infrastructure Ontario/JTS Consulting

Mark Reynaert Biography

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Mark Tablante Biography

Mark Tablante is the Design Technology Director for Burns and McDonnell engineering. He is responsible for the strategic integration of current and emerging technologies, as well as automation, within the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) global practice. Mark is part of a dedicate team that ensures Burns and McDonnell remains at the forefront of T&D innovation, driving the company’s success in an ever-evolving technological landscape.

Mark Tablante

Burns and McDonnell

Mark Tablante Biography

Water and Wastewater

Alejandro Maceira Rozados Biography

Alejandro Maceira Rozados is founder of iAgua, a website and print communication platform for the water sector, and a water economics and hydrological planning consultant. He is also the director of Smart Water magazine.

Rozados holds a business administration degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and an MBA from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Alejandro Maceira

Smart Water Magazine

Alejandro Maceira Rozados Biography

Rozados holds a business administration degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and an MBA from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Christine Ow Biography

Christine Ow is a Digital Water Analyst at Bluefield Research, a market intelligence firm focused on the global water industry. Born and raised in Singapore, water issues have always been close to Christine’s heart. She has led and supported research reports on a variety of topics including the role of financial investors in the market, metering, digital twin, and artificial intelligence. Christine has an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Christine Ow

Bluefield Research

Christine Ow Biography

Tom Freyberg Biography

Tom Freyberg believes that everyone has a story to tell. An award-winning environmental journalist, he has had articles and comments published in The Times, The Guardian, CNN, the Grocer magazine and a Swedish institute publication, WaterFront. Spending nearly a decade traveling the globe and reporting on projects from Latin America to the Middle East and Southeast Asia, this opened his eyes to the water challenges and solutions available around the world.

A graduate of the University of Exeter, Tom founded Atlantean Media in 2018 as a boutique digital content and media company. Born out of a need to bring engineering-based content to life, the organisation now represents and advises public and private-sector clients across the water and climate-tech space. The mission? To connect people to water through creative content.

As well as the content director for Aquatech Global events, Tom is the co-creator and co-host of The Stream with Will and Tom podcast together with Will Sarni, the host of online talk show QTalks by Qatium, as well as co-founder of KnowH2Ow – a marketing and communication training hub for water professionals.

Jurors

Our jury of independent experts includes many of the brightest minds and boldest innovators in the world of infrastructure. Learn more about them below.

Bridges and Tunnels

Federico Foria

ETS

Julianne Fuda

New York State Department of Transportation

Robert Schickel

Informed Infrastructure

Construction

Aileen Cho

Engineering News-Record

Andy Kaiyala

WSB

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Enterprise Engineering

Andy Barnes

Transport for Wales

Jonathan Bradley

create

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Facilities, Campuses, and Cities​

Pete Evans

Architosh

Paul Wilkinson

Extranet Evolution

Scott Blair

Engineering News-Record

Process and Power Generation

Andy Chatha

ARCwire by ARC Advisory Group

Graeme Booth

Net Zero Technology Centre

Monica Schnitger

Schnitger Corporation

Rehana Begg

Machine Design

Rail and Transit

Danielle Kenneally

Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

Elizabeth Jordan

Global Railway Review

Mischa Wanek-Libman

Transdev U.S

Roads and Highways

Aaron Moniza

Foth

Aileen Cho

Engineering News-Record

Gavin Jenkins

Roads & Bridges Media

Structural Engineering

Doug Lindquist

Haley & Aldrich

Ian McFarlane

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Kevin Carmody

Informed Infrastructure

Subsurface Modeling and Analysis

Christopher Bennett

GHD

David Taborda

Imperial College London

Surveying and Monitoring

Carlos Femmer

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Gene Roe

LiDAR News

Matt Collins

Geo Week News

Transmission and Distribution

Mark Reynaert

Infrastructure Ontario/JTS Consulting

Mark Tablante

Burns and McDonnell

Water and Wastewater

Alejandro Maceira

Smart Water Magazine

Facilities, Campuses, and Cities

LiDAR News