CEO
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Greg Bentley joined his four brothers at Bentley Systems in 1991. Previously, he founded a financial trading software firm, which became part of SunGard Data Systems, Inc., an S&P 500 company, serving on its board from 1991 through 2005. Bentley holds an M.B.A. in finance and decision sciences from Wharton. He is a trustee of Drexel University, where he also serves as chairman of the advisory board for the Pennoni Honors College, and is a trustee of the National Building Museum.

Keith Bentley

Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Keith Bentley is a founder and chief technology officer of Bentley Systems. He is the principal architect of the company’s technology directions, and has served as a director and an executive officer since Bentley’s inception. Bentley served as company’s president until 1995 and CEO until 2000. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida.

Satya Nadella

CEO
Microsoft
Executive Perspectives

Satya Nadella is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. Before being named CEO in February 2014, Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company. Joining Microsoft in 1992, he quickly became known as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and businesses to transform some of Microsoft’s biggest product offerings. Most recently, Nadella was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. In this role he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which outperformed the market and took share from competition. Previously, Nadella led R&D for the Online Services Division and was vice president of the Microsoft Business Division. Before joining Microsoft, Nadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems. Originally from Hyderabad, India, Nadella lives in Bellevue, Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Nadella serves on the board of trustees to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and his alma mater the University of Chicago, as well as the Starbucks board of directors. He is married and has three children.

Chris Barron

Chief Communications Officer
Bentley Systems
YII Awards

Chris Barron joined Bentley as vice president of corporate marketing in 2008 and was appointed to chief communications officer in 2016. A registered architect, he left architectural practice in 1983 to pursue a career in marketing computer-aided-design software to the AEC industry. Prior to joining Bentley, he served as marketing director for the AEC Market Group at Autodesk, corporate marketing manager of Softdesk, and senior marketing manager at Intergraph. Barron holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and geography from Middlebury College and a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University.

Chris Bradshaw

Chief Marketing Officer
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Chris Bradshaw is the chief marketing officer of Bentley Systems. Previously, he was chief marketing and product officer of Blue Prism Group, a London-based software company that specializes in robotic process automation. There, Bradshaw was responsible for vision, strategy, and road maps for the entire software portfolio. Bradshaw served at Autodesk in a variety of leadership roles, including chief marketing officer. He also managed flight software development for the United States Air Force, where he guided the development, testing, and integration of on-board computer systems for two national space programs. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Katriona Lord-Levins

Chief Success Officer
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Kat Lord-Levins is chief success officer and SVP at Bentley. She is responsible for leading the user success team, which strives to meet the business needs of users, build loyalty, and make Bentley their solution of choice. Before joining Bentley, Kat worked for two decades at Autodesk in several roles, including, most recently, focusing on building and leading the construction business unit customer success team. Prior to Autodesk Kat worked at Alias Research in Toronto, a software company that produced high-end 3D graphics software. Kat earned a degree in computer science from the University of Toronto.

Nicholas Cumins

Chief Product Officer
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Nicholas Cumins is chief product officer at Bentley Systems. His team is responsible for the definition, development, and successful adoption of Bentley’s software solutions for advancing infrastructure. He has over 20 years of product leadership experience with established and startup companies in multiple software industries. Prior to joining Bentley, Nicholas served as general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud, a comprehensive marketing automation platform. He also served as chief product officer of Sctyl, a platform for online voting, in Barcelona, and senior vice president of product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising, in Los Angeles. Before OpenX, Nicholas had already served in a variety of senior roles at SAP, including product management, corporate strategy, and business development in the United States, Germany, and France. He earned master’s degrees in law and in business from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.

Alan Kiraly

SVP, Asset and Network Performance
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Alan Kiraly joined Bentley in 2010 following the company’s acquisition of Enterprise Informatics, where he served as CEO. He was named senior vice president, asset performance in 2016. Kiraly leads Bentley’s Asset Performance Advancement team, which is responsible for the development, marketing, service, support, and business development of offerings for improving asset performance. His previous roles with Bentley include senior vice president of server products, asset performance, and vice president of operations, product management. Kiraly holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton.

Dustin Parkman

VP, Project Delivery
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Dustin Parkman is vice president of project delivery at Bentley. He has held several senior product and business development positions throughout his career, and has specialized in developing products and solutions that service the infrastructure industry. Parkman has dedicated his career to creating technology that allows engineers, contractors, and owners to automate the construction and operation of infrastructure. 

Ken Adamson

VP, Design Integration
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Ken Adamson is vice president of design integration at Bentley, responsible for the company’s civil solutions. Prior to this role, he oversaw Bentley’s process industries digital twin initiative, and embarked on a three-year assignment to China to identify new business opportunities. Adamson joined Bentley in 2004 when the company acquired Aspen Technology. He has over 30 years’ experience in infrastructure software development. Adamson earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Liverpool.

Robert Mankowski

SVP, Digital Cities
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Bob Mankowski joined Bentley as part of the company’s acquisition of Haestad Methods, where he served as chief technology officer. Prior to serving as the digital cities business executive, he led the product teams that created AssetWise capabilities for water, wastewater, geospatial, and communications infrastructure. Mankowski earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Drexel University.

Adam Horn

Civil Integrated Solutions | Team Leader, Technology Solutions Center
HNTB
TwinTalks

Adam is the civil integrated solutions team leader within HNTB’s Technology Solutions Center.  He is a Professional Land Surveyor who provides ongoing support of HNTB’s initiative to develop and utilize 3D-5D modeling data to support engineering design projects. His responsibilities include implementing multi-dimensional geometry data on key projects as well as AR/VR/xR.  His team is also researching machine learning and automation technologies to advance the firm’s capabilities.  His team also develops best practices and training materials to disseminate knowledge and critical information to project teams across the firm.

Alexa Mitchell

HDR
Highways and Roads BIM Director
TwinTalks

Alexa Mitchell is the highways and roads BIM director at AEC firm HDR. She has over 20 years of experience in project delivery and technology deployment. Mitchell provides strategic support for BIM-enabled project delivery. Previously, she worked at the Missouri Department of Transportation, leading the implementation of 3D engineered models and other digital project delivery technologies.

Amogh Bhonde

Senior Vice President
Digital Services at Siemens Energy
TwinTalks

As Senior Vice President of Digital Services at Siemens Energy, Amogh Bhonde is responsible for helping customers navigate their digital transformation journeys. He leads a global organization that that is bringing Siemens Energy’s extensive expertise in the form of software products that can help solve pressing issues faced by the energy industry. In his prior role, Amogh had the unique opportunity to serve as the Senior Vice President of Controls & Digitalization for the Asia Pacific region based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He worked across countries and cultures in this region to successfully lead the expansion of plant automation and digitalization business. Previously, he served as Director of Operations responsible for engineering and manufacturing of large steam turbines in the North American market. Amogh has over 20 years’ experience working across four continents in sales, manufacturing, and engineering. He received his Master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and is currently based in Orlando, FL.

Andrew Burt

Enterprise Architect
HATCH
TwinTalks

Andrew is Hatch’s Enterprise Architect leading the Digital Project Delivery transformation program, with a lead role in Systems Architecture Design and Strategic Direction of our Project Delivery Systems. He has over 25 years’ experience in the engineering industry within Australia, Chile, North America and South Africa with expertise specifically in engineering design and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) systems development and integration.

Andy Kaiyala

Vice President of Bid Development
The Lane Construction Corporation
TwinTalks

Mr. Kaiyala is VP of Bid Development for The Lane Construction Corporation – a subsidiary of Salini-Impregilo and leader in the construction of North American infrastructure. A recognized global leader in water resource, railways and metro systems, bridges, roads and motorways, civil and industrial buildings, and airports, the group has more than 110 years of applied engineering and construction experience on five continents. Having traveled the world and worked in locations from Seattle to London, Dubai to Melbourne, and Doha, Mr. Kaiyala now resides in Windham, CT with his wife and six children. He loves Sunday feasts, reading, woodworking, Football (the international kind), and raising a family to Hope in God.

Ann S. Blanchard

Sr. Project/Construction Manager
Arcadia US, Inc
Digital Twins

Ann Blanchard, CCM, is a Certified Project Manager for Arcadis with over twenty years of construction management experience and a passion to digitally advance the construction industry. She received her master’s in construction management from Arizona State University and has been involved in a number of diverse construction projects globally. Ann’s experience spans both horizontal and vertical, but she has honed and focused her career at multiple Intel Fab plants in Arizona and Israel most recently as a VDC Project Manager. While at Intel, she successfully managed 15 -minute incrementally compressed schedules with zero re-work. At Arcadis she has continued to drive change in the industry. She is managing several medium size projects while advancing Arcadis digitally by developing workflow processes and technologies to advance virtual construction and asset management. In her spare time, she continues her collegiate running on the mountain trails of Arizona and volunteering as manager for her daughters HS Varsity Soccer team.

Antony Oliver

Editorial Consultant
Antony Oliver Consulting
TwinTalks

Antony works with a range of clients across the infrastructure sector to boost communication and marketing strategies and to stimulate discussion and action in the industry. He spent the last two decades working as a journalist and editor with New Civil Engineer magazine, and most recently was creator of the website Infrastructure Intelligence. He is a chartered civil engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and started his career with Owen Williams and Partners and Balfour Beatty. He is a member of the Construction Leadership Council’s communications and strategy groups, assists the Green Construction Board's Infrastructure Working Group and is a Trustee of the Built Environment Trust. 

Ashish Mehrota

Asia Pacific Head, RE&F
Microsoft
TwinTalks

Ashish Mehrotra is an experienced CRE professional who is currently leading Microsoft’s RE&F Portfolio for the APAC region. He is responsible for driving the overall strategy for the region with emphasis on long term growth sustainability aligned to business needs, designing and building intelligent workplaces to foster productivity, collaboration and increasing employee satisfaction. Ashish has more than 20 years of experience in the CRE industry and has delivered complex real estate strategies along with large infrastructure projects through his career. Ashish holds a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from University of Pune in India and a post-graduation in construction management.

Bart Moors

Vice President, Digital Industries
Siemens
TwinTalks

Bart Moors, born in 1969 in Bree in Belgium, currently heads the COMOS Plant Engineering and Operation organization within Siemens. His previous position was Head of Pharma Siemens AG and Vice-President of the Market development board Pharma of Siemens AG headquarters in Karlsruhe. In former years, he was appointed Global Director “Account Development and Strategic Projects” within the Segment PHARM and responsible for the PAT (Process Analytical Technology) consultancy and software development team. In previous functions he supported the Pharma industry of South East Asia for the Competence Center Pharma and acted as a project manager for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical industry. He started his profession in the chemical industry (DSM) and build up experience in the automotive industry before he joined Siemens.

Blaine Buenger

Senior Technology Manager
Foth Infrastructure & Environment
TwinTalks

Mr. Buenger is a Sr. Technology Manager for the Infrastructure Team at The Foth Companies. He’s been involved in the transportation industry for 20 years with experience in roads and highway design, bridges, construction, and geospatial services. Currently, he leads a team of CAD managers, ProjectWise Administrators and new and emerging technologies.

Brian Budzynski

Senior Managing Editor
Roads & Bridges Magazine
TwinTalks

Brian W. Budzynski is the managing editor of Roads and Bridges and its quarterly supplement, Transportation Management & Engineering (TM&E). He has received multiple ASBPE Awards for editorial excellence. Budzynski also serves on the International Bridge Conference committee.

Bruce Irwin

Director Technology Transformation
Parsons Inc.
Digital Twins

Bruce is responsible for advancing technology transformation across our Mobility Solutions Global operation at Parsons. In his current role, he is leading our Advanced Community of Excellence (ACE) for Digital Twins, Data as an Asset Strategy and Digital Engineering initiatives. Bruce prepared a 3-year roadmap to guide the implementation of emerging technologies across our Canadian operation. Bruce has over 32 years of experience managing technology-focused engineering projects for asset management, geographic information systems, transportation and natural gas pipelines. His strategic planning experience includes: Asset Management, Geographic Information Systems, Information Technology and Emergency Response. Bruce brings a unique combination of private sector and government experience that includes the evaluation of a wide range of technology platforms for innovation and business modernization.

Carl Jansson

Project Manager
Port of Gothenburg
TwinTalks

Carl Jansson, IT-systems administrator and Port Officer Graduated in 2007 as bachelor of science with the major subject: Computer science and engineering at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. In my work career I have never worked directly with IT but has always been involved in minor IT projects due to my interest of IT solutions. When I started as an Port Officer in the Energy port of Gothenburg my main work was hot work permits and coordinating hot works in the energy port. This was all done manually with papers and magnet map on a wall. So I had an idea of making it all digital in 2010 but the Energy port was not ready to take the step at that time. Today I work as an IT-system administrator developing and maintain some of the Port of Gothenburg’s IT-systems including Permesso.

Daniel England

Plant Manager
Severn Power
TwinTalks

I have been involved with the power generation industry for over 20 years, my background was in Mechanical Engineering progressing into the Project Management aspects of the business before moving onto focusing on the development of processes and procedures to support with operational and maintenance collaboration focusing on the total asset management solution of the power plant. My current position is Plant Manager for the Siemens Energy Operation and Maintenance organisation at Severn Power Station, Newport, South Wales, UK. Severn is a Siemens technology combined cycle gas fired 800MW power plant. Siemens O&M operate and maintain the power station on behalf of Severn Power Ltd part of the Colon Energy group.

David Kraft

Sr. Director of Enterprise Asset Management Program Delivery
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
TwinTalks

David T. Kraft is the Sr. Director of Enterprise Asset Management Program Delivery for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City. David has 20+ years of experience in process improvement, information management, and financial roles in both private and public organizations including New York MTA's Business Service Center, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and The Linde Group (formerly B.O.C.).  Mr. Kraft holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola University in Chicago, IL. 

David Throssell

Skanska UK
Head of Digital Construction
TwinTalks

David Throssell is the Head of Digital Construction for Skanska UK with responsibility for the implementation of BIM across all new projects and the Digitalisation of the company. David is a Chartered Civil Engineer with broad experience of civil and structural permanent works design. He has managed single and multiple discipline design teams and Government funded R&D data management projects. He has particular expertise in BIM standards, methods and procedures and was co author of the revised CPIC Code of Practice 'Production Information: a code of procedure for the construction industry'. He is a member of the BSI Drafting Committees for BS 1192:2017, PAS 1192-2 and ISO 19650. David is a pioneer of the use of 3D CAD to deliver real benefits. David previously worked on early BIM implementations for John Laing and later Laing O’Rourke.

Dianne DePuy

Strategic Accounts Executive
Cohesive Solutions
TwinTalks

Dianne DePuy has been providing work and asset management services and software to many of the world’s largest utility companies for more than 20 years. As a strong client advocate, Dianne has collaborated with regional, national and global utility companies across the energy value chain to align software and services solutions with utility company asset management strategies and best practices. In her prior role as the Worldwide Utilities Industry Leader for IBM Maximo, Dianne worked closely with key clients and development partners to align Maximo processes and product direction with the business requirements of nuclear, power generation, electric and gas transmission and distribution providers, as well as with organizations delivering water and wastewater services. The dynamic and changing nature of the electric grid has led Dianne to expand her focus into the GIS and remote sensing space where her understanding of the importance of robust systems and processes continues to deliver for clients of Cohesive Solutions. Dianne continues to work with key clients to deliver comprehensive Maximo solutions across the energy sector.

Dmitry Gurevich

IT Director, Pennsylvania Chemicals Project, Shell Polymers
Royal Dutch Shell
TwinTalks

Dmitry has been with Shell since 2003. He has 22 years of experience driving digital transformation in major capital projects around the world. Dmitry specializes in the value creation via application of digital technology to the engineering and detailed design, supply chain integration, safe and efficient construction and commissioning of complex industrial assets. Dmitry has worked on upstream, downstream, midstream, LNG and FLNG projects in Russia, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, UK and France. Since 2016 he has been based in the USA for the Pennsylvania Chemicals Project, currently the largest single capital investment in the Shell’s global project portfolio.

Dr. Payam Amini

Director Digital Transformation
Siemens Mobility
TwinTalks

Dr. Payam Amini is globally responsible for the Digital Transformation in Siemens Mobility Turnkey Projects and Electrification, aiming to build up new customer offerings enabled by digital solutions as well as boosting internal efficiencies thru innovative technologies.

Eric Bindler

Research Director
Bluefield Research
TwinTalks

Eric Bindler is the Research Director of Digital Water at Bluefield Research. His areas of expertise include smart water hardware and software, water and wastewater network infrastructure, water finance and investment, and the U.S. municipal utility sector. He also leads the SWAN North American Alliance’s Research Group. Eric holds an MA in Global Development Policy from Boston University, as well as an MA in Ethnomusicology from Indiana University, and a BA in Music and Anthropology from Rollins College. During his time at Boston University, Eric worked at the Public Works Department in Needham, Massachusetts, consulted on a project for UN Environment’s Climate Change Sub-programme, and served as an author and contributor to Boston University’s 2017 Climate Action Plan Report. He is also a former adjunct professor of anthropology at Rollins College.

Eve Machol

US Transportation Industry Lead
Microsoft
TwinTalks

Eve Machol is the National Transportation Industry Lead for the US State and Local Government market at Microsoft, with a focus on IoT, Data Analytics and Business Applications. She has engaged with US airports, railways, and State DOTs to showcase innovation through modern technologies and real-time data insights, which will improve operational excellence and enhance the citizen journey experience. Eve’s focus includes driving Microsoft’s strong strategic partnership with Bentley in leveraging Digital Twin and mixed reality capabilities for the public sector transportation market. The breadth and depth of Eve’s experience is focused on integrating services with software solutions, and working with AEC firms and other industry partners. Her deep industry relationships with clients, partners, professional associations and work groups has helped in shaping Microsoft’s focus on the US Transportation market.

George Lukes

State Standards and Design Engineer
Utah DOT
TwinTalks

George manages the process for all changes and publications of specifications and drawings at Utah DOT. For Design, his main responsibility is to manage the Department’s Digital Delivery of Model Based Design and Construction. UDOT is currently moving toward all projects being awarded with the model as the legal document, without cutting sheets and the use of the model in the field with mobile devices and rovers after five projects awarded as such and seven others with the MALD and sheets For Information Only. George graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Over his 30+ years, he has worked in the inorganic mineral processing industry, hazardous waste industry and the transportation industry.

Gerhard Kreß

Vice President Data Services
Siemens Mobility
TwinTalks

Gerhard Kreß is responsible for Data services in Siemens Mobility, building up new customer offerings enabled by data analytics for both rail vehicles and infrastructure. In this function, Gerhard Kreß is responsible globally for the “Mindsphere Application Centers” for rail. Before that he was in Siemens Corporate Technology responsible for implementing the corporate big data initiative “Smart Data to Business” and worked for 3 years in Corporate Strategy in the corporate program on digitalization. Prior to Corporate Strategy he spent 8 years working in Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS), managing systems and technologies for the global service desks and in the project management of major IT outsourcing projects. Gerhard Kreß started his professional career in McKinsey & Company, where he focused on growth initiatives and high tech industries. He holds a German diploma in Theoretical Physics and a Master of Arts in International Relations and European Studies. During his studies, Gerhard Kreß worked for the student NGO “AEGEE-Europe” where he was President and Member of the European board of the organization.

Ghislain Bisson

Reliability Manager
Glencore
TwinTalks

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Jamie Cudden

Smart City Program Manager, Chief Executive’s Office
Dublin City Council
TwinTalks

Jamie leads Dublin City Council’s Smart City program which is transforming Dublin’s reputation as a Smart City leader. He established the 'Smart Dublin’ regional initiative in 2015 and has successfully implemented a large scale challenge based innovation program working with over 40 companies tacking areas such as last mile delivery, smart mobility hubs and flood monitoring. He is extremely passionate about the adoption of emerging tech trends that can be applied to create better outcomes for residents as well as new economic opportunities for cities. One of his flagship projects is the delivery of the ‘Smart Docklands’ district that provides a platform for start-ups, big tech, the city, and academia to come together and fast track innovation. This has led to some significant innovation projects in 5G connectivity and IOT. He has delivered successful collaborations with companies such as Google, Big Belly bins, Dense Air, Softbank, Accenture, Microsoft, Mastercard, IBM and Intel. Jamie has presented at events such as GSMA MWC, Dubai IOTx, Barcelona Smart City Expo and IOT world and is also involved in a number of advisory roles relating to Smart City developments. He represents Dublin on Smart City alliances including the Harvard TECH Innovators Forum, Wireless Broadband Alliance, Cities Today Institute and Mastercard's City Possible initiative. He also teaches on the Harvard civic innovation certificate program http://tech.seas.harvard.edu/foundations-city-innovation Jamie holds a science degree from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Geographic Information Science (GIS) from University College London. He previously worked in roles with the Home Office, Met Police and Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science.

Jarmo Suomisto

Project Manager, Architect
Helsinki 3D+
Digital Twins

Jarmo Suomisto is the manager of Helsinki 3D+ and responsible of creating, maintaining and delivering virtual models over the whole city. 3D+ also integrates new technology and workflows to processes and city services. 3D+ is 2016 Be Inspired Award Winner and 2019 London Tech Fest Main Award Winner. Working over 25 years with 3D and GIS in building design and city planning Jarmo has practical understanding of the great potential in 3D. Jarmo is Architect and M.Sc (Civ.Eng) from Helsinki University of Technology.

Jennifer Wells, P.E.

State Bridge Inspection Engineer
MnDOT
TwinTalks

Jennifer Wells, State Bridge Inspection Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation – Bridge Office has been an engineer with MnDOT for the past 19 years, the last 14 in fracture critical bridge inspection and 5 years in bridge design and bridge standards.   Jennifer has a BSCE from Michigan Tech University and an MSCE from the University of Minnesota.   She is a licensed civil engineer, NBIS Team Leader, FAA Certified Small Unmanned Aircraft System pilot, and lead investigator on MnDOT drone research for bridges.  The MnDOT Bridge Office Inspection Unit is responsible for managing the Minnesota bridge inspection program and conducting fracture critical inspections statewide on both the state and local system. 

Jim Chelius

Director of Asset Planning
American Water
TwinTalks

Mr. Chelius is Director of Engineering Asset Planning for American Water, the largest investor-owned water/wastewater utility in the U.S. Mr. Chelius provides direction, governance, engineering services and training on short and long-term water system planning. He directs American Water’s comprehensive planning program that performs engineering risk assessments and comprehensive master plans for over 400 water and wastewater systems that serve the 1600 communities across 16 states that comprise American Water’s Regulated Operations. These studies assess water supply, treatment and pipeline network infrastructure needs and improvement projects which provide the foundation of the Company’s $1.5 billion per year capital investment program. He also is responsible for the development of the company’s asset investment strategy which provides direction on prioritizing annual capital investment. He leads several initiatives in the development of asset management practices and risk assessment, with the overall objectives of optimizing asset lifecycle and investment, assessing vulnerability and adaptation solutions for system reliability/resiliency, and implementing strategies for optimizing asset performance. He is also responsible for the advancement of hydraulic modeling tools and methods, and for the development of risk-based resiliency plans for the protection of critical utility assets and system infrastructure that identify capital and operational solutions in providing long-term resiliency and sustainability of water and wastewater system infrastructure.

Jim Taylor

Vice President, Digital Grid Business Solutions
Siemens Industry, Inc.
TwinTalks

Jim Taylor is a nationally recognized electric industry leader and innovator of high character and credibility. He is an Executive Grid Expert with a diverse background and knowledge of utility operations. This allows him to partner with Utilities and to translate business and technical needs into OT/IT solutions to maximize value for utilities. Jim is an optimistic thought leader and business transformation prognostic for the utility of the future. He is an active change agent developing and executing utility strategic planning and technology modernization. His professional experience includes 15 years of operations experience at Tucson Electric Power, 10 years of power substation and distribution operations and maintenance experience with Barrick Goldstrike Mine in Elko Nevada and 2 years substation commissioning and electrical maintenance with Power Engineers. The experience has provided a unique understanding and need for management of reliability, environmental sustainability and fiscal responsibility within the utility environment.

John Villali

Research Director
IDC Energy Insights
TwinTalks

John Villali is a Research Director for IDC Energy Insights, primarily responsible for thought leadership in the areas of digital transformation and smart operations in the energy and utilities sector. Villali's research helps utility and energy IT and business management understand the disruptions that are transforming the energy and utility value chains and develop the strategies and programs to capitalize on the evolving opportunities. 

John Wilkerson

Engineering Support Manager
Michigan Department of Transportation
TwinTalks

John Wilkerson is a transportation engineer with the Michigan Department of Transportation. In his capacity as Engineering Manager of the Engineering Support Unit of MDOT, John leads a select team of engineer specialists and a road design squad working through the Michigan Digital Delivery Work Group (an industry partnership) toward statewide delivery of contractual digital model data. John earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Josh Etkind

Digital Transformation Manager
Shell Deepwater
Digital Twins & TwinTalks

Leading Shell’s Deepwater GOM digital transformation across the full life-cycle and all disciplines, inclusive of strategy setting, standing up effective initiative and data governance, operationalization, value tracking, transformation of culture and ways of working, and staff upskilling programs. Additionally, serving as Shell Global Value from Data Community of Practice lead, bringing staff from diverse projects and assets together to innovate, share and replicate successes, and support each other in solving intractable problems.

Kevin Cornish

Senior Vice President, DCS Americas Surface Transportation Market Segment Leader
AECOM
Digital Twins & TwinTalks

Kevin Cornish currently oversees AECOM’s Surface Transportation Market Segment in North America for their Design and Consulting Services group, DCS Americas. This market segment has sales revenue that exceeds USD 1 billion annually with diversified services, including planning, design, program management, construction management, inspection, operations, and technology for transportation infrastructure. Cornish is a professional engineer and 30-year industry veteran, having spent 23 years with Parsons and the last seven years with AECOM. He has diverse transportation experience, with a focus on complex large projects, including design-build and alternative delivery. Cornish is a graduate of Drexel University and lives in Florida.

Kevin Reeves

Director of IoT and Digital Twin
Costain Group PLC
Digital Twins & TwinTalks

Kevin Reeves is Director for Internet of Things & Digital Twin at Costain Group, sponsored by Costain to help shape the digital transformation of UK infrastructure. Kevin is an Honorary Research Fellow with Warwick Manufacturing Group, exploring trusted data sharing in support of the National Digital Twin where Kevin is an ambassador for the Centre for Digital Built Britain. Kevin forms part of the Construction Leadership Council’s digital team, helping industry ‘join the digital dots’ as part of the sector recovery plans. Kevin has a background in control system engineering, designing, developing and implementing complex control systems across a broad range of industries. This includes lead roles in several award-winning schemes in aerospace, manufacturing and water sectors.

Kevin Stovkis

Partner
McKinsey & Company
Digital Twins & TwinTalks

Kevin is a leader in Operations and Capital Projects & Infrastructure Practices focusing on transformations of natural-resource companies. Since joining McKinsey, he has been involved in a range of high-impact capital productivity and operational transformation projects. Before joining McKinsey, Kevin worked as a project engineer at an engineering-design company.

Kirsten Walker

Principal Program Manager, Azure IoT Engineering
Microsoft
TwinTalks

Kirsten Walker is a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft’s Azure IoT Engineering group. With deep expertise in customer and partner engagement in the field of IoT, Kirsten leverages that experience to help accelerate digital transformation in the areas of Smart Buildings and Smart Cities. As part of the Azure IoT Business Acceleration team, she works alongside Azure IoT Engineering to ensure that our strategic customers and partners have direct access to the Azure IoT experts and technology to enable innovative and impactful IoT deployments and offerings across the Smart Building and Smart City industry markets. During Kirsten’s 10 year tenure at Microsoft, she has managed the Azure IoT and Azure AI solution development and Go To Market approach for several large Global Systems Integrators, establishing strategic partnerships and leading iconic customer wins. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Kirsten resides just outside of Washington DC with her family and her French Bulldog, and can be found cycling on most weekends.

Martin Johannesson

Head of Information Technology
Port of Gothenburg
Digital Twins & TwinTalks

20 years in the IT industry. With a wide experience of business (segments and) needs in general, and translating these into IT solutions helping out business, in particular. Today my focus, together with my team, is to provide Port of Gothenburg with the best IT services possible and doing it while being compliant with laws and regulations. Port of Gothenburg is facing an exciting near future moving the port into the digital era.

Martin Runge

Head of Innovation, Portfolio and Partnerships
Siemens Digital Grid
TwinTalks

Martin is responsible for the IT and software business as well as the global IT and software strategy at Siemens Smart Grid Center of Competence for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). He has also successfully driven a number of key strategic alliances, including those with Teradata and Accenture. Earlier, as COO of OMNETRIC Group, Martin was responsible for the group’s global operations. Martin has over 15 years’ experience in the software and IT domain, mainly in the energy industry, and has held numerous senior management positions in sales and IT operations in Central and Eastern Europe.

Matt Taylor

Visualization Engineer
Alabama Department of Transportation
TwinTalks

Matt Taylor leads the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Visualization Section, which produces interactive 3D engineered models for project development and key stakeholder meetings.  Mr. Taylor specializes in 3D CADD modeling, drone/UAV photo reality models, and traffic simulation models. Mr. Taylor has over thirteen years of experience in the transportation industry, with six of those years developing and leading ALDOT’s visualization efforts. 

Michal Wojtak

Director of Integrated Construction
Mortenson Construction
TwinTalks

Michal Wojtak has 24 years of experience in the architectural and construction industries. Originally from Poland, Michal earned his master's degree in architecture and city planning from the Silesian Institute of Technology, and he began working as an architect in 1997. In 2003 Michal moved to Chicago where he worked for a high-end residential architect primarily focused on implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) Solutions. In 2006 Michal joined Mortenson and quickly became a leader in the development of new processes and fostering collaboration through virtual design and construction (VDC). He has led the VDC efforts on several high-profile projects for Mortenson, including the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri; U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis; Chase Center in San Francisco; and the Las Vegas Stadium in Las Vegas, among many others. Michal has been instrumental in driving Mortenson’s use of advanced VDC technologies. He serves as a technical resource to the construction teams fostering the integration of VDC processes into our everyday business operations. Michal works with our internal experts, industry leaders, academia, and technical vendors to support our continued VDC leadership. His work helps Mortenson to deliver significant added-value to our customers. Day-to-day Michal provides input and leadership to the design VDC processes. He coordinates 3D constructability, 4D scheduling, 5D estimating, project planning, and site utilization plans. He also manages the VDC team’s resources and oversees the preparation of models. Applying his industry-leading expertise, Michal leverages BIM and VDC on sports projects to achieve lower costs, higher quality and schedule certainty.

Mischa Wanek-Libman

Executive Editor
Mass Transit Magazine
TwinTalks

Mischa Wanek-Libman has spent more than 19 years covering transportation issues including construction projects and engineering challenges for various freight and commuter railroads and transit agencies. She serves as executive editor of Mass Transit magazine, which is dedicated to covering the people, innovations and best practices of North America’s mobility providers. 

Monica Schnitger

Independent Analyst
Schnitger Corp
TwinTalks

Monica Schnitger is an industry analyst covering infrastructure software applications. She develops industry forecasts, market models, and market statistics for various infrastructure technology and design software markets. Schnitger also writes and speaks on these topics. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College.

Pedro Vieira

IT and Innovation Director
Águas do Porto
TwinTalks

Pedro Vieira is a civil engineer who specializes in transport infrastructures with over 19 years of experience. He has also been assistant professor in project management at ISEP Polytechnic of Porto School of Engineering for four years. Vieira is a co-founder and chief strategist of a startup. Vieira started in the design and construction industry as a project manager at Águas do Porto, a municipal water utility that manages the full urban water cycle of Porto, Portugal. In 2015, he became director of the newly created IT and innovation department. Today, he is responsible for implementing H2PORTO, a technological platform that allows an overview on the company’s entire operation to assist in decision making. Vieira is a senior member of the Portuguese Order of the Engineer, a regulatory and licensing body for engineer professionals. He is a certified project management professional by the Project Management Institute and has a Master of Science.

Peggy Smedley

Editorial Director Constructech and President
Specialty Publishing
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Pedro Vieira is a civil engineer who specializes in transport infrastructures with over 19 years of experience. He has also been assistant professor in project management at ISEP Polytechnic of Porto School of Engineering for four years. Vieira is a co-founder and chief strategist of a startup. Vieira started in the design and construction industry as a project manager at Águas do Porto, a municipal water utility that manages the full urban water cycle of Porto, Portugal. In 2015, he became director of the newly created IT and innovation department. Today, he is responsible for implementing H2PORTO, a technological platform that allows an overview on the company’s entire operation to assist in decision making. Vieira is a senior member of the Portuguese Order of the Engineer, a regulatory and licensing body for engineer professionals. He is a certified project management professional by the Project Management Institute and has a Master of Science.

Peter Loeffler

Vice President of Innovation and Industry Affairst
Siemens Switzerland
TwinTalks

Peter Löffler is a senior executive and technology thought leader who is currently serving as vice president and global head of trends and industry affairs at Siemens. Based at the headquarters of Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Zug, Switzerland, Löffler provides strategic direction and leadership for technological initiatives, focusing on grid-integrated efficient buildings, building information modeling, and digital building twins. He also oversees advancements in standardization bodies and fosters dialogue with governmental and institutional decision makers, building awareness and shaping the company’s public positions on building infrastructure technologies. Prior to joining Siemens, Löffler held consulting, entrepreneurial, and continuity of operations positions within the IT industry. In 1986, he occupied various management positions in Siemens’ Information Technology and the Metals-, Mining- and Paper-business before joining Siemens Building Technologies in 2003. Later, he was appointed chief technology officer and head of global research and development, as well as head of the security lifecycle solutions segment. Löffler studied computer science at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, and is a well-respected speaker in his fields of expertise.

Pierre DeWet

Vice President and General Manager
Cohesive Asset Performance
TwinTalks

Pierre has over 25 years’ experience and passion in delivering business outcomes for organizations using Bentley’s software solutions. Since 2015 he has had executive management responsibility for Owner Operators in Oil&Gas, Process and Mining industries, as well as AssetWise Reliability and ALIM products. Earlier this year Bentley formed The Cohesive Companies, a wholly owned subsidiary, to support the digital transformation of owners and operators of complex infrastructure assets. Pierre is part of the leadership team of this exciting new venture, his role is to lead the Asset Performance group as we help our customers transform their businesses.

Ravi Koka

President
Reveron Consulting, Malaysia
TwinTalks

Ravi Koka is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reveron Consulting. With a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ravi has a track record of over 28 years, with a blend of experience in IT & Engineering Consulting. Prior to Reveron, Ravi held key positions at Stone Apple Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Saipem Triune. Ravi has extensive experience in Project Information Management Systems, BIM (Building Information Model) Consulting, Enterprise Applications, Asset Lifecycle Management Systems and Cyber Security Solutions. 

Richard Shennan

Group Digital Business Development Director
Mott MacDonald
TwinTalks

Richard has been focused on bringing improvements in social, economic and environmental outcomes in a resource constrained word for over 35 years, firstly as a consulting engineer in the built environment sector and more recently in leading digital transformation across the infrastructure sector. He led the global BIM initiative within Mott MacDonald from 2011 to 2017, driving forward the understanding of the value of information across the whole life-cycle. As Chair of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering Digital Transformation Group he leads the Innovation stream as part of the Future of Consultancy board. He is also Chair of the FIDIC committee bringing BIM integration to their suite of contracts. He had led industry events and presented at many conferences around the world, bringing a business-led approach that focuses on added-value and enhanced outcomes. His current role as Global Digital Delivery Director brings the value of digital transformation to Mott MacDonald clients across all infrastructure sectors through a network of digital leaders, focused on our Augmented Delivery and Smart Infrastructure propositions. His objective is optimising the performance of assets and systems, both new and existing, in pursuit of the twin objectives of improved social outcomes and reduced carbon emissions.

Scott Alford

Predictive Maintenance Supervisor and CRL Trainer
Arizona Public Service
TwinTalks

Scott Alford has extensive career within the utility maintenance industry. Scott is a CRL, CMRP and CMM and is currently the Predictive Maintenance Supervisor and the Reliability Leadership champion and CRL trainer at Arizona Public Service Company. Scott started at APS twenty-four years ago in the land department. For the last decade, his award-winning team has been recognized twice for their PDM and reliability strategy and asset management. Scott’s vision of using technology to deliver solutions to problems encountered by their internal and external customers. He has a dedicated focus to a practical approach to maintenance optimization. Within APS Scott has held several positions, Reliability Coordinator, Construction and Maintenance Planner, Predictive Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Support Supervisor, Protection & Control Engineering Supervisor and Corporate Functional Area Leader-CFAL an enterprise maintenance consultant position. Prior to working at APS, he worked as the international Drilling and Exploration Superintendent for Newmont Gold and Santa Fe Pacific Gold Company. That was a global position where he traveled worldwide to such countries as Mexico, South America and Central Asia, Canada, Germany, Turkey and Russia managing field operations for mineral exploration. He began his career at Layne Christensen International in exportation field services operations and maintenance Scott is a maintenance Supervisor with a demonstrated history of working in the utilities & mining industry. Skilled in Coaching, Executive Coaching, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, and Teacher Training.

Søren Husted

Vice President Railways and Metros
COWI
TwinTalks

Søren Husted is Vice President for COWI's Railways and Metro Department. The department consists of 140 railway engineers, who are highly specialised in railway design and Linear Asset Management of Railway, Metro and Light Rail infrastructure. Mr. Husted has significant experience within the railway sector. He has been in charge of several multi-disciplinary track renewal projects, which includes renewal of tracks, signalling system, catenary lines and Linear Asset Management through digital twin solutions. As project manager Mr Husted has extensive experience within managing complex and large-scale light rail and railway projects in Denmark and infrastructure projects overseas. Mr Husted was COWI's project director for the large-scale Aarhus Light Rail project in Denmark with a total construction cost of approximately 450 Million USD. The multi-disciplinary project consists of 12 km new rail infrastructure in the city of Aarhus with a central corridor with extensive urban development, which includes integration of two local railway lines. Within the field of transport planning, Mr. Husted has specific experience from working at various stages on rural roads projects in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ghana. Mr. Husted has carried out traffic surveys, road network mapping, road maintenance planning and rural access planning. Mr. Husted has worked with various routine maintenance management tools in Ghana, Uganda and Kenya. Mr. Husted has worked in the road sector in Ghana for the Delegation to the European Commission as Technical Advisor. His work has ranged from preparation, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of road programmes to contract management of supply, works and services contracts.

Stephen Cooper

EAM Advisor
Gainesville Regional Utilities
TwinTalks

With an experience of 42 years in the Electric Power Industry, Stephen has been involved in several key projects and initiatives, including his current assignment for managing and implementation of an ISO 55001-compliant Asset Management system at Gainesville Regional Utilities Energy Delivery group (Gas and Electric Transmission and Distribution). Earlier, he was the project director for implementation of Oracle eAM, replacing IBM Maximo as JEA's CMMS for around 1,000 Maintenance, Planning and Operations users. Stephen has also been facilitating implementation of Enterprise Asset Management plans in Electric T&D and Generation areas, basing the plans on the PAS 55 standard. He has been managing a diverse group of engineers, planners, predictive technicians, construction and project managers. Stephen has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Technology and six Sigma Black Belt.

Terrence O’Hanlon

CEO & Publisher
Reliabilityweb, Uptime Magazine
TwinTalks

Terrence O‘Hanlon, CMRP, is publisher of Reliabilityweb.com®, RELIABILITY® magazine, and Uptime® magazine. He is certified in asset management by the Institute of Asset Management and as a certified maintenance and reliability professional by SMRP. O’Hanlon is the acting executive director of the Association for Maintenance Professionals (AMP). He is a member of the Institute of Asset Management, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Association of Facilities Engineers, Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.

Torsten Beste

Senior Director, Digital Industries
Siemens
TwinTalks

Torsten Beste is Senior Director in the Engineering & Consulting Services group at Siemens Digital Industries Software. In his role, he is responsible for driving strategic businesses and technologies programs as well directing business activities across Siemens. Torsten served in a number of business leadership and R&D management roles, driving the development and introduction of new innovative in PLM, IoT and AI solutions for product engineering, digital manufacturing and asset management. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering.

Travis Long

Surveying and Mapping Section Head, Engineering Division
West Virginia Department of Transportation
TwinTalks

After serving in the US Army, Travis began his career with the West Virginia Division of Highways in 1994. He joined a Statewide Survey Crew with the Design Division and shortly after was instrumental in the implementation of the first GPS equipment to be used with the DivisionMr. Long is responsible for daily operations of nineteen survey crews including a fulltime terrestrial scanning crew and a statewide UAS mapping program. Travis represents the Department of Transportation as the Chief of Surveys on FHA and NGS committees as well as administration of all mapping and surveying on-call contracts.

Utkarsh Vijayvargia

Senior Petroleum Engineer
Cairn Vedanta
TwinTalks

Utkarsh is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with planning, designing and operational experience in rigless well intervention, completion/work-over, stimulation, well integrity, production surveillance & hydrofracturing. Experienced in unconventional tight gas and onshore exploration fields. Involved in all stages of field development including exploration, appraisal and development. Utkarsh graduated from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, in with a MSc in Petroleum Engineering.

Yousef Kimiagar

Vice President Advanced Technologies & US Rail Systems Lead
Hatch
TwinTalks

Yousef Kimiagar is an accomplished management and technology executive with over 35 years of experience at senior levels in organizations, management and technical advisory roles in multi-billion-dollar rail transit projects and technical advisor to agencies.

Adam Klatzkin

VP, Business Development
Bentley Systems
Digital Twins

Adam Klatzkin is vice president, business development for iTwin Services at Bentley. He joined the company in 1998, leading various platform and product development teams and serving as senior director of construction product development. In 2010, Klatzkin co-founded The Engineering Essentials Company (TEEC), which developed SpecWave, an application that helps architectural, engineering, and construction organizations intelligently manage their engineering specifications and related codes and standards. He joined Bentley when it acquired SpecWave in November 2012. Klatzkin holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in electrical and computer engineering, with an additional bachelor’s degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Alistair Stubbs

VP, Asset Information and Reliability
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Alistair Stubbs is vice president, asset information and reliability for Bentley, focusing on the benefits AssetWise can deliver to many industries, including oil and gas. During the majority of his career, Stubbs has developed, implemented, or supported information management solutions primarily in the marine and oil and gas industries. Stubbs, who earned a degree from the University of Southampton, has worked as a marine consultant, and ran his own businesses.

Andre Villemaire

Director, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Andre Villemaire is Director of the Applied AI team at Bentley.  The role of the Applied AI team is to accelerate AI/ML technologies adoption within the Bentley portfolio of products in order to bring value to its users. André Villemaire obtained his Ph.D. in Physics and has close to 30 years experience in R&D in various high-tech companies.  André Villemaire is co-founder and was president of AIworx, a service firm specializing in AI solutions for the industrial and defense markets, when it was acquired by Bentley in 2018.  He is the author of over 40 scientific papers and seven patents.

Andrew Smith

Senior Manager Transportation Product Management
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Andrew Smith is Solutions Architect, rail and transit, with Bentley Systems. He has more than 25 years of civil engineering software experience, with 20 years focused on rail and transit solutions globally. He is an industry expert in management, integration, and analysis of railway related linear data. Smith’s most recent project with Bentley was providing technical leadership for the implementation of a linear asset decision support system for Singapore’s SMRT. Prior to his current position, Smith led Bentley’s professional services team for rail for 6 years, where he successfully delivered numerous projects around the world before joining the solutions architecture team. He also provided technical leadership and rail operations and maintenance to Network Rail during the roll out of a linear asset decision support system based on Bentley Optram.

Brent Jensen

Sales Enablement Director
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Brent Jensen has worked in a variety of industries, starting with computer and software design at IBM. After IBM, Brent joined an Energy Storage company involved in large flow batteries (1MW to 100 MW’s) with a 20-year life span, to help utilities smooth renewable energy generated from Solar and Wind farms. Working with Texas Utilities, Brent helped show how energy storage paired with renewables can be a very cost-effective alternative to other energy generation sources. Now at Bentley Systems, Brent is working with Siemens and Bentley on integrated Transmission and Distribution planning and Design products for Utilities. Brent is working with sales teams from both companies, to help show Utilities the value of digitizing their complex power systems to greatly reduce the work (and automate) DER (Distributed Energy Resource) studies (adding solar and wind to existing power distribution systems).

Dan Vogen

VP, Roadway Asset Management
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Dan Vogen is vice president, roadway asset management at Bentley. He has worked with transportation agencies for the past 25 years, focusing on asset inventory, operation, maintenance, and oversize/overweight permitting automation. Vogen has partnered with global development and implementation teams in the United States, Europe, and Asia, supporting transportation asset management systems. He has a master’s degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Eduardo Lazzarotto

Director, Product Management, Design Integration
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Eduardo Lazzarotto is director, product management, design integration with Bentley Systems. He is responsible for managing the company’s buildings solution, which includes OpenBuildings Designer, OpenBuildings Station Designer, Hevacomp, Speedikon, Facilities Space Planner and LEGION applications. Lazzarotto joined Bentley as a result of the company’s acquisition of LEGION, a leading developer of passenger simulation software. For the past 15 years, he has worked with LEGION in a business development and operations capacity, with senior roles in the rail industry with DEG Signal (Ramboll) on London Underground signaling projects and Latin America’s largest railway operator RUMO (Brazil), before joining company’s senior management team. With a focus on business growth, Lazzarotto works with Bentley’s global users to ensure that OpenBuildings is effectively delivered, supporting projects from the conceptual design stage through to operation and maintenance, enabling safer, cheaper, and sustainable infrastructure for all stakeholders.

Francois Valois

VP, Civil Engineering
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Francois Valois joined Bentley in 2004 and is now vice president of civil engineering. Valois is responsible for the overall operation of the unit including strategy, finance, human resources, software development, business development, and user success. Francois previously served as vice president of portfolio development, and was responsible for mergers and acquisitions as well as Bentley’s Accelerated Development division. His other roles at Bentley included senior director -- software development for reality modeling and director of product management for civil, mining, reality modeling, geospatial, utilities, communications, and geotechnical.

Greg Demchak

Construction Innovation Laboratory Director
Bentley Systems
Digital Twins

Greg Demchak leads Bentley’s iTwin Innovation Lab, which is dedicated to prototyping how digital twin technologies shape how infrastructure is designed, constructed, and operated. He joined Bentley in 2018 when the company acquired SYNCHRO. Demchak has a 20-year career in software development. He studied architecture and design technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gregg Herrin

VP, Water Infrastructurebr /> Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Gregg Herrin is vice president, water infrastructure, where he leads the team responsible for Bentley’s hydraulics and hydrology applications. He joined Bentley Systems in 2004 when Bentley acquired Haestad Methods, a pioneer in the hydraulics and hydrology software industry. He has served in a variety of roles focused on the combination of engineering technologies and data systems. Herrin earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Vermont, and he continues to maintain his professional engineering license. He is the co-inventor of five patented technologies and has been the editor or contributing author for numerous publications.

Ian Rosam

Director Product Management for Rail
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Ian spent 6 years in highway design and construction after graduating as Civil Engineer in 1991. Joining MOSS Systems in 1997 as a support analyst before moving over into software development working on the MX applications and CAD implementations. In 2001 Ian became Product Manager and continued in product management roles since the 2003 Bentley acquisition of Infrasoft. In leading the Bentley Civil Product Management team Ian has been instrumental in the development and launches of OpenSite, OpenRoad and OpenRail Designer products.  

Jeremy Shaffer

VP, Mobility
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Jeremy Shaffer is vice president of mobility at Bentley Systems. Shaffer has been working on software solutions for the transportation industry for the past 18 years. He served on multiple Transportation Research Board committees and has authored over 40 industry papers. Shaffer has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Tulane University.

Joe Rice-Jones

Transportation Program Director
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Currently working as an account manager for Bentley Systems, Joe Rice-Jones has built a depth and breadth of experience during a 25-year career managing international civil engineering projects and multi-million-pound programs of work. He has a PGC in Strategic Leadership from Warwick Business School and a Construction Engineering Masters from Cambridge University. His dissertation subject was understanding collaboration and the links to digitization in the construction industry.

John Sanins

Director, Digital Co-Ventures
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

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Lori Hufford

VP, Application Integration
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Lori Hufford is responsible for the strategic direction and management of MicroStation, which forms the foundation of Bentley’s design applications. She also manages CONNECTION Client and associated services. She has had several roles within Bentley Systems, including leading the CONNECT Platform team. Hufford earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio State University, and a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mehreen Javaid

Digital Integrator
Bentley Systems
Digital Twins

Mehreen Javaid is a digital integrator for PlantSight. She joined Bentley in 2002 and has over 18 years of experience designing and developing software applications for the plant domain. Javaid is user focused, future oriented, and dedicated to creating innovative and intelligent solutions that solve challenges faced by industrial organizations. In her current role, she works with users to reimagine their existing workflows and leverage digital twin solutions to implement their going digital strategy.

Nicole Stephano

VP, Product Strategy
Bentley Systems
Executive Perspectives

Nicole Stephano joined Bentley Systems in 2014 as a product marketing manager for Bentley’s project delivery product and services. Today, as vice president of product strategy, Stephano leads a team of product managers and product engineers who are dedicated to ensuring that ProjectWise meets Bentley users’ needs. Driving strategic roadmaps, her focus is on product innovations to help users achieve better outcomes.

Peter Bonne

Senior Director, 3D Mapping
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Currently working as a senior director at Bentley Systems for 3D mapping, Peter Bonne has over 30 years in geospatial software and business development in GIS and photogrammetry. Previously co-owner and CEO of Orbit GT, acquired by Bentley in late 2019, Bonne focuses on international activities, product marketing, and business development within the realm of high-end 3D mapping domains, including mobile, UAS, aerial, and indoor mapping. He also participates as a member of the GSDI board in Belgium and occupies several consultancy functions. 

Phil Christensen

VP, Business Development
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & Twin Talks

Phil Christensen joined Bentley in 2011 after the company’s acquisition of FormSys, where he was founder and CEO. He was named vice president of reality and spatial modeling in 2020 and is responsible for both technical and business aspects of the company’s portfolio of reality modeling and mapping software within the digital cities business group. His prior roles at Bentley include vice president of cloud services, analytical modeling, and offshore engineering. Christensen earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Auckland and a master’s degree in engineering science from the University of Western Australia.

Raoul Karp

VP, Engineering Simulation
Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems

Raoul Karp is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Bentley’s engineering simulation products in structural, offshore, geotechnical, and pipe stress analysis and design. He was previously with RAM International, responsible for product development and product management, and joined Bentley as part of an acquisition. Karp earned a bachelor’s degree from Rice University, and a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Texas. He is a published author with articles in several industry journals and chapter author of the Structural Engineers Handbook 5th Edition, 2020. Karp has made several presentations at various conferences, including the World Earthquake Conference, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the National Conference of Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE). He is also an active industry partner on the Committee of US Resiliency Council, of which Bentley is a founding member.

Richard Cooper 

Strategic Director
Bentley Systems
Digital Twins

Richard Cooper joined Bentley in 2020 as the global strategic director for iTwin Services at Bentley. As the former head of owner-operator clients at GroupBC, now part of Bentley, he has worked with some of the largest owner-operator organizations in the industry and helped them develop compelling business strategies for investment in BIM and digital twin technologies. With over 30 years of experience in construction, manufacturing, distribution, and software, Cooper helps organizations deliver significant value by adopting the latest digital twin and BIM technologies.

Richard Humphrey

VP, Construction
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Richard Humphrey is vice president of construction product management at Bentley, focused on delivering construction solutions. He has more than 20 years of high-tech marketing and product management experience, most recently as the vice president of marketing at B2W Software, where he drove marketing strategy for heavy civil construction products. Humphrey spent 10 years as a senior director at Autodesk, where he led the civil design and construction software business. He started his career in the engineering, architecture, and construction industry as a project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers and Clark Construction. Humphrey is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional and has worked with leaders in the building and infrastructure industries to drive sustainable design, technology innovation, and BIM/VDC. He earned an M.S. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Roger Chandler

Director, Product Management
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Roger Chandler is a geotechnical engineer whose career changed direction in 1998 when he moved from geotechnical numerical modeling and started his career as a specialist in geotechnical data management. At that time, he co-founded Keynetix and has since overseen the production, support and training of several geotechnical data management applications from handheld data capture to local or national archives. Chandler joined Bentley when it acquired Keynetix as director of geotechnical information management, focusing on cloud-based geotechnical data management. He is an active member of the AGS data management group and is the UK representative for DIGGSml in the US.

Sanjeev Shah

Business Development Director, Project and Asset Collaboration
Bentley Systems
Digital Twins

Sanjeev Shah has over 25 years of experience delivering solutions for digital and collaborative work in infrastructure. He was a key member of the UK working party that led to the UK government’s mandate for BIM Level 2. Shah co-founded GroupBC, which Bentley acquired in 2020, and he continues to work with industry leaders to shape the use of innovative technologies that meet the present and future needs of complex projects. As a senior director for project delivery at Bentley, Shah is responsible for the international development of the BC business and for the management of key partnerships with organizations that deliver digital services to their users through the BC platform.

Stephen Crompton

Director, Project and Asset Collaboration
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Stephen Crompton is the CPO of GroupBC. An Oxford mathematics graduate, Steve began his career as a mathematical modeller for an environmental consultancy where he became involved in the development of the information management and collaboration solution that became BC. With nearly twenty years of experience in construction information management, Stephen is now focussed on ensuring that open, linkable data is at the heart of BIM.

Susan Trierscheid

Senior Director, Facilities Engineering
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE

Susanne Trierscheid is senior director of facilities engineering at Bentley Systems, a unit that is responsible for marketing Bentley’s building, plant, and structural applications. Additionally, Trierscheid oversees Bentley’s Southeast Asia Center for Design Integration, which focuses on expanding Bentley’s presence in the region, specifically for organizations that are part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. She is a trained architect with over 20 years of industry experience.

Ton de Vries

Senior Director, Business Development
Bentley Systems
TwinTalks

Ton de Vries has more than 25 years of experience in the utility and government solution sector, including 15 years as sales director for Bentley in the Netherlands, Germany, and Eastern Europe. In 2008, he led Bentley’s 3D City initiative as a solution executive for government and, later, was responsible for the global water and wastewater modeling sales team. In 2016, he became business development director for utilities and currently leads global business development activities for Bentley’s OpenUtilities solutions, in close coordination with Siemens Energy Management. De Vries holds a bachelor’s degree in automotive engineering.

Vonnie Smith

VP, Energy & Communications Infrastructure
Bentley Systems
ACCELERATE & TwinTalks

Vonnie Smith is vice president of energy and communications infrastructure at Bentley. She joined the company in 2005 and has served in leadership capacities related to asset performance, geographic information systems, utilities, and communications. Previously, Smith was president and CEO of Cook-Hurlbert for over 20 years, where she focused on corporate strategy and initiatives supporting the company’s mission of providing software to the electric, gas, and water utilities industry. Smith has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas with a specialization in electric power systems.