Break
Stretch your legs and get to know your fellow trailblazers during a quick networking break.
Meal
After a thrilling day of sessions, let’s take a moment to reset, relax and recharge. AI Summit attendees can enjoy a private cocktail hour followed by dinner and entertainment. Guests will also have plenty of time to network, enjoy live music and more!
Break
Take this time to relax and get ready for dinner.
Presentation
Join Paul Murphy as he delves into the transformative power of data in the AEC industry. In this engaging session, Paul explores how data can be the modern-day philosopher's stone, turning industry challenges into valuable opportunities. Discover how data-driven innovation is revolutionizing project planning, resource allocation and decision making. Through real-world examples and case studies, learn how prediction, design optimization and innovative business models are reshaping the AEC landscape. Gain insights into the future of the AEC industry and how you can leverage data to drive continuous improvement and success.

Paul Murphy
Chief Information Officer

Paul Murphy
Chief Information Officer
Paul has served as GHD’s Chief Information Officer and Executive Leader since October 2022. He is driven by the possibilities technology creates to shape how people work, how projects are delivered, and the services GHD can provide for its clients. He is a dynamic advocate for innovating through technology and has built strategic relationships with GHD’s key technology vendors.
Paul began his career as an army officer and qualified as a civil engineer before joining GHD as a project director, security advisor, operational manager and technical leader, a purposeful path that led him to information technology. His experience in shaping the transformation of GHD's global technology platforms supports him in driving sustainable change across the enterprise and delivering on the company's strategy.
Paul appreciates the complexity of technology and its impact on design, project delivery, and business operations and is leveraging this to improve client experiences. He has lived and worked in Australia, the USA, and Papua New Guinea and has delivered projects across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UAE and Qatar.
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Ricardo Lorenzo examines the key risks associated with the integration of AI in the AEC industry and explores effective mitigation strategies. He addresses challenges such as cybersecurity vulnerabilities, data quality issues, privacy concerns and the need for comprehensive reskilling initiatives. Ricardo also shares valuable insights into managing these risks to ensure that AI technologies enhance productivity and safety without compromising security or operational integrity.

Ricardo Lorenzo
Chief Technology Officer

Ricardo Lorenzo
Chief Technology Officer
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As Chief Technology Officer at Parsons Corporation, Ricardo is responsible for the development and implementation of the organization’s overall technology strategy with the objective of promoting growth. He accomplishes this by employing a combination of internal research and development (R&D) and external technology resources, such as commercial technology partnerships, contract R&D, and university partnerships. The portfolio includes technologies ranging from digital modernization to integrated systems, and from cyber to artificial intelligence/machine learning, data analytics, advanced sensors, electronic warfare, smart mobility, environment remediation, and space technologies. He is also responsible for the offices of the Chief Information Officer, Chief Security Information Officer, S-WORX and the Parsons Fellows.
Ricardo joined Parsons in 2018 through the acquisition of Polaris Alpha, as Senior Vice President of S-WORX, a corporate-wide innovation and solutions organization. Prior to joining Parsons in 2018, he held a series of leadership roles within the defense and aerospace industry. He led the C4ISR and Intelligence business segment at Polaris Alpha, a high-tech solutions provider developing mission-critical systems for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community with specialized expertise in Space, Cyber and the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Ricardo was a member of the Polaris Alpha management team that collaborated with a private equity partner to increase the size of the company threefold within 24 months. Prior to Polaris Alpha, he served as EVP at EOIR Technologies, an advanced C4ISR solutions provider that became the platform for Polaris Alpha. Ricardo has also led numerous teams of software and systems engineers at Booz Allen Hamilton, focused on mission-critical defense and intelligence programs. He began his career as a software and systems engineer.
Ricardo holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Penn State University. He also proudly served as an officer in the United States Air Force, where he worked in Electronic Warfare, Communications and Civil Engineering before retiring honorably after 21 years of service.
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As generative AI, multimodal models and big data reshape the landscape, AEC firms are introducing innovative digital solutions that challenge the traditional time-and-materials business model. The industry is primed to rethink these conventions, creating new, value-oriented business models that reward implementing AI strategically and encourage sector-wide transformation.
Join a distinguished panel of experts as they discuss how the AEC industry’s business models are being disrupted and the more agile, data-centric approaches of the future.
This session delves into a variety of topics, including:
- Dealing with the tension between traditional business models and emerging alternatives
- Assessing the scale, scope and potential of new business models across proposals, contracting, project delivery and stakeholder experiences
- Preparing for the regulatory and ethical implications of shifting business paradigms
- Taking practical steps to prepare and implement these new concepts within your organization
BST Global’s Javier A. Baldor and Eileen M. Canady will moderate the discussion.

Tembi Hommes
Global Chief Data Officer

Tembi Hommes
Global Chief Data Officer
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Tembi is a seasoned data and analytics leader and Global Chief Data Officer at Arup. She is responsible for defining and executing Arup’s data strategy to enable the company’s mission of shaping a better and more sustainable world.
Prior to joining Arup, Tembi led the Data Platform, Governance and Operations team at Okta. She is also the former Head of Enterprise Data at Peloton.
Tembi began her career at PwC, supported Fortune 500 clients in executing data strategies as a data and analytics advisor at CrossCountry Consulting, and has dabbled in a few entrepreneurial ventures.
She holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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Joseph Joseph
Partner & Chief Digital Officer

Joseph Joseph
Partner & Chief Digital Officer
Joseph Joseph is the Chief Digital Officer of Gensler, the world’s most influential architecture and design firm. Since 2016, he has spearheaded digital transformation at the global practice known for its bold creativity, incisive research and meaningful positive impact.
With a deep belief in a people-led, digitally powered future, Joseph leads a dynamic and high-performing team that drives cutting-edge advances at the intersection of technology, design and experience. Bringing together artificial intelligence, automation, data-driven design and other creative technologies, his work creates sophisticated, future-focused solutions for Gensler’s clients and team members. Joseph’s passion for empowering people, innovating around process and disrupting traditional business models has had wide-ranging effects across Gensler’s global footprint.
Prior to joining Gensler, Joseph held a senior role with Walt Disney Imagineering, where he developed and implemented a digital transformation strategy for capital projects around the world. His work has spanned diverse industries — entertainment, healthcare, oil and gas, sports, aerospace, federal government — and has always centered on enhancing the capabilities and impact of organizations and their teams.
Aside from his role as CDO, Joseph serves on Gensler’s Leadership Operations Committee and Design Synergy Management Committee. A sought-after thought leader, he is on the board of several industry organizations and stealth companies. Additionally, as both a supporter of the Testicular Cancer Foundation and a survivor, he is a strong advocate for cancer education and awareness.
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Jason B. Miller
Head of Innovation

Jason B. Miller
Head of Innovation
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Jason is the Head of Innovation for Ramboll, a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. With a team of more than 18,000 experts, Ramboll is known for creating sustainable solutions across Buildings, Transport, Energy, Environment & Health, Water, Management Consulting, and Architecture & Landscape.
Jason leads Ramboll’s efforts to identify, validate, deliver, and scale new services and products aimed at resolving clients’ complex challenges, and creating a sustainable future where both people and nature flourish. In 2023, he played a pivotal role in formulating Ramboll’s AI strategy. This work involved assessing AI trends affecting the AEC industry and creating a robust plan to capture the opportunities. Foundational enablers of the strategy include development of the workforce of the future, innovative commercial models, maximizing the value of historical data, AI education and the ethical use of AI, reflecting the firm’s longstanding values.
Jason has more than 15 years of experience developing analytical and generative AI systems. His expertise spans natural language processing models for mining historical, technical data sets; computer vision models for vegetation typing and delineation; and, most recently, the use of OpenAI APIs to improve the efficiency of myriad tasks.
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Shankar Kalyana
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Shankar Kalyana
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
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A strong believer in enabling business transformation through emerging digital technology, Shankar is an outcome-oriented and market-facing thought leader and digital architect. A former IBM fellow, an innovator and a problem-solver at heart, he’s been recognized with five outstanding technical achievement awards, the IBM Corporate Award, and two Best of IBM awards.
One example of his prize-winning work includes a scale method for end-to-end cloud-enabled transformation. He has tremendous expertise in large-scale digital transformations powered by cloud, data, AI and automation. At Stantec, Shankar oversees the commercialization of digital products and services, and the development of tools that drive internal efficiency. He also supports the ideation of digital products that will be incubated and brought to market.
Shankar holds a Master of Information Science degree from Pennsylvania State University.
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Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer

Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer
Eileen is BST Global’s Chief Marketing Officer, and a member of the BST Global Executive Management team. In her role, Eileen is responsible for developing data-driven marketing campaigns to expand brand awareness, generate qualified leads and propel sales growth. She is also committed to leading a high-performing Marketing team with the skills and expertise to thrive in the fast-paced AEC software landscape.
Eileen has more than 25 years of B2B marketing and sales leadership experience. Eileen is responsible for managing the company’s marketing efforts, including product marketing, event management, market research, competitive analysis, customer personas, full-campaign strategies, go-to-market planning, brand management, demand and lead generation, content and creative development, public and analyst relations, association relationships, internal and external communications, and digital presence. Eileen’s strategic initiatives drive sales, resulting in brand awareness, consideration and conversion.
Before BST Global, Eileen served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Sykes Enterprises, Inc., where she overhauled the company’s brand and laid out a strategic roadmap dedicated to brand awareness, retention and new client acquisition. Eileen also served as the Vice President of Strategic Development and Marketing at JHS Capital Advisors, where she played a key role in increasing the company’s brand presence and recognition as a leader in the industry, resulting in overall company growth.
A member of the Forbes Communication Council, Eileen also serves on the Advisory Council for the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa and on the Advisory Board for the University of South Florida Muma College of Business’ Digital Marketing Program. Eileen is also certified in Strategic and Conceptual Selling by Korn Ferry.
Eileen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Business and Technical Writing from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Stretch your legs and get to know your fellow trailblazers during a quick networking break.
Presentation
AI evolves quickly, making it challenging for companies to confidently build an AI product portfolio that improves short-term efficiency and still allows them to capture valuable new opportunities as they arise. Because AI is such a broad topic and creates value in so many ways, it’s often hard to know which projects to prioritize.
In this session, Jason B. Miller explains Ramboll’s frameworks for creating an AI portfolio that aligns with organizational goals and adapts to the rapidly changing AI environment. Drawing on the experience of thought leaders in other industries, he discusses setting a vision, balancing efficiency gains with speculative growth, adopting a build-buy-partner-acquire approach and identifying AI’s benefits. These insights will help companies refine their AI strategies and drive meaningful innovation.

Jason B. Miller
Head of Innovation

Jason B. Miller
Head of Innovation
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Jason is the Head of Innovation for Ramboll, a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. With a team of more than 18,000 experts, Ramboll is known for creating sustainable solutions across Buildings, Transport, Energy, Environment & Health, Water, Management Consulting, and Architecture & Landscape.
Jason leads Ramboll’s efforts to identify, validate, deliver, and scale new services and products aimed at resolving clients’ complex challenges, and creating a sustainable future where both people and nature flourish. In 2023, he played a pivotal role in formulating Ramboll’s AI strategy. This work involved assessing AI trends affecting the AEC industry and creating a robust plan to capture the opportunities. Foundational enablers of the strategy include development of the workforce of the future, innovative commercial models, maximizing the value of historical data, AI education and the ethical use of AI, reflecting the firm’s longstanding values.
Jason has more than 15 years of experience developing analytical and generative AI systems. His expertise spans natural language processing models for mining historical, technical data sets; computer vision models for vegetation typing and delineation; and, most recently, the use of OpenAI APIs to improve the efficiency of myriad tasks.
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Grab a bite at our lunch buffet and get pumped for the afternoon.
Presentation
Discover how Arcadis is transforming the AEC industry by integrating AI, low-code platforms and digital tools, like ArcadisGPT, to drive sustainable innovation and operational excellence. In this session, Freek Matheij shares how Arcadis is empowering 2,000 citizen developers by 2026 to build a future-ready, digitally fluent workforce that can tackle global challenges like climate change and urbanization.

Freek Matheij
Global Citizen Development & AI Director

Freek Matheij
Global Citizen Development & AI Director
Based in New York, Freek is the Global Citizen Development & AI Director at Arcadis, a global leader in sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy. With over 36,000 professionals across 70+ countries, Arcadis tackles critical challenges like climate change, urbanization, and digital transformation.
As a thought leader in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, Freek plays a pivotal role in advancing Arcadis’s vision to reshape the future of work through emerging technologies. With over 13 years of experience, he leads the integration of low-code platforms, AI and digital tools, like ArcadisGPT, driving operational transformation across the company. He is also spearheading an ambitious corporate objective to upskill 2,000 Arcadis citizen developers by 2026, ensuring they are more digitally and AI literate and making them a more productive and future-ready workforce while minimizing risk for the company.
Freek holds an MBA focused on citizen development, low code and AI with his research featured in All Hands on Tech, a book by Thomas Davenport and Ian Barkin.
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As the AEC industry undergoes rapid transformation, leaders are faced with the dual challenge of addressing immediate business needs while also anticipating the future landscape of work and then preparing their organizations for what lies ahead.
Join a distinguished panel of experts as they explain how they balance pressing priorities with the need to innovate and adapt, all while positioning their businesses for long-term success in a dynamic world.
This session delves into various key topics, including:
- Identifying the AI, big data and large language model (LLM) technologies set to redefine the industry and the timeline for their impact
- Understanding AI’s increasing accessibility thanks to citizen development and the democratization of data
- Rethinking strategies for talent acquisition, retention and development
- Supplying teams with the skills they’ll need in a rapidly changing environment
- Transforming employee and client experiences in a tech-driven world
BST Global’s Javier A. Baldor and Eileen M. Canady will moderate the discussion.

Tim Wark
Global AI Lead
As AECOM's Global AI Lead, Tim is responsible for leading the firm’s enterprise AI strategy, which is a key enabler for both transforming the organization’s operating model and driving forward how it delivers value to clients now and into the future.
Prior to this, Tim was the Regional Digital Director for AECOM Australia New Zealand and part of the regional executive team. He has more than 25 years of experience in technology research, development and commercialization in both the public and private sectors, focusing on a range of domains such as environment, transportation and health.
Tim holds a PhD in Computer Science from Queensland University of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program.
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Darren Martin
Chief Digital Officer

Darren Martin
Chief Digital Officer
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Darren is an industry-recognized thought leader on the power of connecting people, data and technology to deliver stronger outcomes and help us engineer a better future for our planet and its people. He thrives on shaping and delivering digital transformation that enables large, complex organizations to leverage innovative new technologies and deliver extraordinary results.
As Chief Digital Officer, Darren leads the global digital strategy for AtkinsRéalis, a world-leading design engineering and project management company that works to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Darren is responsible for developing and scaling the organization’s digital capabilities to help deliver solutions that support strong client outcomes, maximize efficiency and commercial performance, and reduce our environmental impact.
Darren joined AtkinsRéalis from McKinsey & Company, where he was the global CTO for McKinsey’s Operations Practice and Capital Excellence Program, leading innovation on generative AI, software development and data science. He has also served as global CTO at two other energy and built environment consultancies. In these roles, Darren helped deliver digital transformation policies that added $100M to the bottom line and developed practical expertise in everything from identifying client challenges to determining how large organizations can best integrate powerful AI and data analytics into their products and services.
Darren began his career in a startup as a cofounding developer before rising through the ranks to hold a global leadership position at one the world’s largest digital technology organizations.
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Paul Murphy
Chief Information Officer

Paul Murphy
Chief Information Officer
Paul has served as GHD’s Chief Information Officer and Executive Leader since October 2022. He is driven by the possibilities technology creates to shape how people work, how projects are delivered, and the services GHD can provide for its clients. He is a dynamic advocate for innovating through technology and has built strategic relationships with GHD’s key technology vendors.
Paul began his career as an army officer and qualified as a civil engineer before joining GHD as a project director, security advisor, operational manager and technical leader, a purposeful path that led him to information technology. His experience in shaping the transformation of GHD's global technology platforms supports him in driving sustainable change across the enterprise and delivering on the company's strategy.
Paul appreciates the complexity of technology and its impact on design, project delivery, and business operations and is leveraging this to improve client experiences. He has lived and worked in Australia, the USA, and Papua New Guinea and has delivered projects across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UAE and Qatar.
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Nasrine Tomasi
Head of AI

Nasrine Tomasi
Head of AI
Nasrine is the Head of AI at Mott MacDonald, where she is responsible for defining and driving the adoption of the company's AI strategy. With a background in water engineering and a passion for leveraging technology for better outcomes, Nasrine transitioned to the digital domain to inspire Mott MacDonald's engineers to embrace smarter and more innovative approaches.
As Head of AI, Nasrine focuses on harnessing the transformative power of AI while navigating its inherent complexities. She is committed to responsible AI principles, ensuring fairness, transparency and accountability are central to every AI implementation. Nasrine balances the immense opportunities AI presents with a robust risk management approach, prioritizing cross-functional collaboration and global engagement to ensure responsible and impactful AI deployments.
Throughout her career, Nasrine has led various innovative projects, including the deployment of Mott MacDonald’s virtual assistant, EMMA, which supports knowledge sharing across the company. She also managed projects involving real-time decision support systems, such as the Safeswim water quality prediction tool in New Zealand and a flood forecasting platform for Bangkok.
Nasrine's dedication to innovation and commitment to smarter solutions have established her as a key leader in AI and digital transformation at Mott MacDonald. She believes AI offers a real opportunity to think differently and develop solutions for tomorrow's world.
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Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer

Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer
Eileen is BST Global’s Chief Marketing Officer, and a member of the BST Global Executive Management team. In her role, Eileen is responsible for developing data-driven marketing campaigns to expand brand awareness, generate qualified leads and propel sales growth. She is also committed to leading a high-performing Marketing team with the skills and expertise to thrive in the fast-paced AEC software landscape.
Eileen has more than 25 years of B2B marketing and sales leadership experience. Eileen is responsible for managing the company’s marketing efforts, including product marketing, event management, market research, competitive analysis, customer personas, full-campaign strategies, go-to-market planning, brand management, demand and lead generation, content and creative development, public and analyst relations, association relationships, internal and external communications, and digital presence. Eileen’s strategic initiatives drive sales, resulting in brand awareness, consideration and conversion.
Before BST Global, Eileen served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Sykes Enterprises, Inc., where she overhauled the company’s brand and laid out a strategic roadmap dedicated to brand awareness, retention and new client acquisition. Eileen also served as the Vice President of Strategic Development and Marketing at JHS Capital Advisors, where she played a key role in increasing the company’s brand presence and recognition as a leader in the industry, resulting in overall company growth.
A member of the Forbes Communication Council, Eileen also serves on the Advisory Council for the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa and on the Advisory Board for the University of South Florida Muma College of Business’ Digital Marketing Program. Eileen is also certified in Strategic and Conceptual Selling by Korn Ferry.
Eileen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Business and Technical Writing from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Joseph Joseph
Partner & Chief Digital Officer

Joseph Joseph
Partner & Chief Digital Officer
Joseph Joseph is the Chief Digital Officer of Gensler, the world’s most influential architecture and design firm. Since 2016, he has spearheaded digital transformation at the global practice known for its bold creativity, incisive research and meaningful positive impact.
With a deep belief in a people-led, digitally powered future, Joseph leads a dynamic and high-performing team that drives cutting-edge advances at the intersection of technology, design and experience. Bringing together artificial intelligence, automation, data-driven design and other creative technologies, his work creates sophisticated, future-focused solutions for Gensler’s clients and team members. Joseph’s passion for empowering people, innovating around process and disrupting traditional business models has had wide-ranging effects across Gensler’s global footprint.
Prior to joining Gensler, Joseph held a senior role with Walt Disney Imagineering, where he developed and implemented a digital transformation strategy for capital projects around the world. His work has spanned diverse industries — entertainment, healthcare, oil and gas, sports, aerospace, federal government — and has always centered on enhancing the capabilities and impact of organizations and their teams.
Aside from his role as CDO, Joseph serves on Gensler’s Leadership Operations Committee and Design Synergy Management Committee. A sought-after thought leader, he is on the board of several industry organizations and stealth companies. Additionally, as both a supporter of the Testicular Cancer Foundation and a survivor, he is a strong advocate for cancer education and awareness.
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In this session, Tim Wark explores how the current AI wave is likely to accelerate the shift in the design and construction model from one currently based on time and materials to one focused on value and outcomes. Global infrastructure spending is expected to exceed $9 trillion in 2025, and with large and complex projects now dominating the landscape, traditional project management approaches are becoming increasingly challenging. The latest advances in generative AI now provide the ability to reason and extract insights over vast data sets underpinning the entire infrastructure lifecycle, enabling the shift to a future of data-centric asset models.

Tim Wark
Global AI Lead
As AECOM's Global AI Lead, Tim is responsible for leading the firm’s enterprise AI strategy, which is a key enabler for both transforming the organization’s operating model and driving forward how it delivers value to clients now and into the future.
Prior to this, Tim was the Regional Digital Director for AECOM Australia New Zealand and part of the regional executive team. He has more than 25 years of experience in technology research, development and commercialization in both the public and private sectors, focusing on a range of domains such as environment, transportation and health.
Tim holds a PhD in Computer Science from Queensland University of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program.
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In a time of unprecedented technological advancement and environmental change, we must take full advantage of the data at our disposal to create sustainable solutions for the environment and beyond.
In this session, Tembi Hommes discusses using data to track ecological changes and the impact of human activity and to inform environmental policy. She also highlights the various ways of harnessing AI to mitigate climate change, preserve biodiversity and help us achieve net-zero emissions, with real-world examples that show how companies are already using AI to ensure a more sustainable future for our planet.

Tembi Hommes
Global Chief Data Officer

Tembi Hommes
Global Chief Data Officer
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Tembi is a seasoned data and analytics leader and Global Chief Data Officer at Arup. She is responsible for defining and executing Arup’s data strategy to enable the company’s mission of shaping a better and more sustainable world.
Prior to joining Arup, Tembi led the Data Platform, Governance and Operations team at Okta. She is also the former Head of Enterprise Data at Peloton.
Tembi began her career at PwC, supported Fortune 500 clients in executing data strategies as a data and analytics advisor at CrossCountry Consulting, and has dabbled in a few entrepreneurial ventures.
She holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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In this session, Lalitha Krishnamoorthy explores the transformative potential and challenges of integrating data and AI in the AEC industry. She covers data privacy and security, generative AI, and equity, offering insights into ethical considerations and bias mitigation. The presentation also discusses measuring AI project success and ROI as well as debunking common AI myths and highlights the importance of strategic partnerships and innovation.

Lalitha Krishnamoorthy
Vice President, Data & Artificial Intelligence

Lalitha Krishnamoorthy
Vice President, Data & Artificial Intelligence
Lalitha co-founded and served as CEO of OpenTeams Global, an organization that helps clients and business partners integrate open-source data and AI methodologies to improve their business results. Prior to that, she served as the director of IBM Digital Commerce, SaaS and Data Platforms. Lalitha focuses on business transformation, global market expansion and artificial intelligence neural networks.
As Stantec’s artificial intelligence and digital lead, Lalitha shapes and leads AI and digital maturity. She partners with Stantec's internal teams to lead AI strategy, infuse AI into the company's technology, and standardize its digital platform and operating model across the entire business.
Lalitha holds a doctorate in neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence and several invention patents. She is a regular speaker at industry conferences, serves on the board of directors for many startups, and is a strong advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion in technology.
When she isn’t fostering collaboration within the global tech community or facilitating sustainable funding, recognition and inclusivity, Lalitha puts her energy toward motivating and supporting women and girls to pursue and thrive in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). She serves on the Champions Board for the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, a statewide network of advocates and educators.
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Following Darren Martin’s 2024 AI Summit keynote, he looks again at digital transformation in the AEC industry — from new opportunities offered by emerging technologies and disruptive new industry entrants through to lessons learned from a year of innovation and adoption in the AEC industry.

Darren Martin
Chief Digital Officer

Darren Martin
Chief Digital Officer
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Darren is an industry-recognized thought leader on the power of connecting people, data and technology to deliver stronger outcomes and help us engineer a better future for our planet and its people. He thrives on shaping and delivering digital transformation that enables large, complex organizations to leverage innovative new technologies and deliver extraordinary results.
As Chief Digital Officer, Darren leads the global digital strategy for AtkinsRéalis, a world-leading design engineering and project management company that works to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Darren is responsible for developing and scaling the organization’s digital capabilities to help deliver solutions that support strong client outcomes, maximize efficiency and commercial performance, and reduce our environmental impact.
Darren joined AtkinsRéalis from McKinsey & Company, where he was the global CTO for McKinsey’s Operations Practice and Capital Excellence Program, leading innovation on generative AI, software development and data science. He has also served as global CTO at two other energy and built environment consultancies. In these roles, Darren helped deliver digital transformation policies that added $100M to the bottom line and developed practical expertise in everything from identifying client challenges to determining how large organizations can best integrate powerful AI and data analytics into their products and services.
Darren began his career in a startup as a cofounding developer before rising through the ranks to hold a global leadership position at one the world’s largest digital technology organizations.
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Javier A. Baldor officially kicks off the event’s first full day of sessions by presenting his perspective on the driving technological forces impacting the AEC industry and the world at large. He shares three key ways AI and big data will transform nearly every aspect of our industry, along with exclusive new research to support his findings.

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Fuel up for the day at our breakfast buffet.
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Grab a bite at our lunch buffet before the conference comes to a close.
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Thank you for attending BST Global’s AI Summit! To wrap up our second annual event, Javier revisits some key themes we discussed during our time together, reflects on all we learned and recognizes the work still ahead as we blaze a trail toward the AI-powered and data-driven consultancy of the future.

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Shannon Miller
President - Strategy, Growth & Digital

Shannon Miller
President - Strategy, Growth & Digital
Shannon is Jacobs’ President of Strategy, Growth & Digital. She helps set the strategic direction of the company, ensures we’re accelerating growth by driving meaningful value for our current and prospective clients and partners, and is responsible for delivering our next-generation cloud, cyber, data and digital solutions, empowering our own teams as well as those we work with around the world.
Shannon joined Jacobs more than 25 years ago as a process engineer and has since worked across project delivery and management, operations, business development, human resources, enterprise risk management, growth and sales and led a profitable operating unit, Divergent Solutions. Her efforts have spanned multiple industries, including technology, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals and consumer products, with assignments in the United States, Europe, Australia and Canada. She is now based out of our company headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Shannon holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
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In the second part of this panel discussion, a new group of prominent AEC client leaders will share their firsthand experiences integrating AI and big data into their operations. Panelists will delve into their expectations for the firms they collaborate with: how they anticipate technology will evolve in the AEC sector and the critical role AI and big data will play in meeting future challenges.
This session offers additional insights into the practical uses of advanced technologies and what it takes to remain competitive in the ever-evolving AEC landscape.
BST Global’s Javier A. Baldor and Eileen M. Canady will moderate the discussion.

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer

Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer
Eileen is BST Global’s Chief Marketing Officer, and a member of the BST Global Executive Management team. In her role, Eileen is responsible for developing data-driven marketing campaigns to expand brand awareness, generate qualified leads and propel sales growth. She is also committed to leading a high-performing Marketing team with the skills and expertise to thrive in the fast-paced AEC software landscape.
Eileen has more than 25 years of B2B marketing and sales leadership experience. Eileen is responsible for managing the company’s marketing efforts, including product marketing, event management, market research, competitive analysis, customer personas, full-campaign strategies, go-to-market planning, brand management, demand and lead generation, content and creative development, public and analyst relations, association relationships, internal and external communications, and digital presence. Eileen’s strategic initiatives drive sales, resulting in brand awareness, consideration and conversion.
Before BST Global, Eileen served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Sykes Enterprises, Inc., where she overhauled the company’s brand and laid out a strategic roadmap dedicated to brand awareness, retention and new client acquisition. Eileen also served as the Vice President of Strategic Development and Marketing at JHS Capital Advisors, where she played a key role in increasing the company’s brand presence and recognition as a leader in the industry, resulting in overall company growth.
A member of the Forbes Communication Council, Eileen also serves on the Advisory Council for the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa and on the Advisory Board for the University of South Florida Muma College of Business’ Digital Marketing Program. Eileen is also certified in Strategic and Conceptual Selling by Korn Ferry.
Eileen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Business and Technical Writing from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Stretch your legs and get to know your fellow trailblazers during a quick networking break.
Panel
For this engaging panel discussion, prominent AEC client leaders share their firsthand experiences integrating AI and big data into their operations. Panelists will also discuss their expectations for the firms they collaborate with: how they anticipate technology will evolve in the AEC sector and the critical role AI and big data will play in overcoming future challenges.
This session offers invaluable insights into the practical uses of advanced technologies and what it takes to remain competitive in the ever-evolving AEC landscape.
BST Global’s Javier A. Baldor and Eileen M. Canady will moderate the discussion.

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer

Javier A. Baldor
Chief Executive Officer
Javier is Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. Javier leads a global team of professionals responsible for the market introduction of BST Global's business software products and cloud solutions. Javier is also instrumental in crafting and implementing the company’s business strategy, overall vision and mission with the BST Global leadership team. In addition to his role as CEO of BST Global, Javier serves on the ACEC Research Institute Board of Directors.
Javier joined BST Global in 1989 and has served in various capacities during his tenure. In 1999, Javier was the primary catalyst in establishing a global vision for BST Global, and since that time, the company has flourished from its roots as a North American-centric business to a prosperous and vibrant global software organization. Today, with the steadfast support of fellow senior leadership and committed professionals globally, BST Global operates across an international network of offices and has clients leveraging BST Global’s solutions in 65 countries on six continents.
Javier holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer

Eileen M. Canady
Chief Marketing Officer
Eileen is BST Global’s Chief Marketing Officer, and a member of the BST Global Executive Management team. In her role, Eileen is responsible for developing data-driven marketing campaigns to expand brand awareness, generate qualified leads and propel sales growth. She is also committed to leading a high-performing Marketing team with the skills and expertise to thrive in the fast-paced AEC software landscape.
Eileen has more than 25 years of B2B marketing and sales leadership experience. Eileen is responsible for managing the company’s marketing efforts, including product marketing, event management, market research, competitive analysis, customer personas, full-campaign strategies, go-to-market planning, brand management, demand and lead generation, content and creative development, public and analyst relations, association relationships, internal and external communications, and digital presence. Eileen’s strategic initiatives drive sales, resulting in brand awareness, consideration and conversion.
Before BST Global, Eileen served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Sykes Enterprises, Inc., where she overhauled the company’s brand and laid out a strategic roadmap dedicated to brand awareness, retention and new client acquisition. Eileen also served as the Vice President of Strategic Development and Marketing at JHS Capital Advisors, where she played a key role in increasing the company’s brand presence and recognition as a leader in the industry, resulting in overall company growth.
A member of the Forbes Communication Council, Eileen also serves on the Advisory Council for the Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa and on the Advisory Board for the University of South Florida Muma College of Business’ Digital Marketing Program. Eileen is also certified in Strategic and Conceptual Selling by Korn Ferry.
Eileen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Business and Technical Writing from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
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“AI” presents unprecedented opportunities to address some of the most pressing global challenges, from climate change to urbanization. In this session, Chadi Habib explores how engineers and scientists could responsibly design a more efficient, sustainable and resilient future.

Chadi Habib
Chief Technology Officer & Head of Business Solutions

Chadi Habib
Chief Technology Officer & Head of Business Solutions
Chadi was appointed as WSP’s Chief Technology Officer and Head of Business Solutions in July 2022. He has garnered more than 25 years of international experience as a senior technology and business transformation executive through his previous roles at CGI, Desjardins Group, and Rio Tinto Engineered Products.
Chadi holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. In addition to serving on several boards, Chadi shares his expertise in technology as a public speaker and advisor. He is also involved in several initiatives focused on diversity and women in technology.
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Fuel up for the day at our breakfast buffet.
Meal
BST Global's AI Summit kicks off with a Welcome Reception! Meet your colleagues for delicious appetizers, refreshing cocktails, live island music and a perfect view of the Atlantic Ocean.
Check-In
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