AI@Work Showcase

As the Chief Digital Information Officer and with more than 20 years of progressive cross-functional experience as a seasoned technology executive, Sujan has a proven track record of spearheading large-scale technology initiatives and integrations and is pivotal in driving Verdantas’ digital and information continuity function forward to ensure the organization remains at the forefront of innovation. His role seamlessly integrates with the Digital Solutions team, bridging internal digital advancements like AI and the overall digital ecosystem, enhancing Verdantas’ digital client solutions.

As a visionary leader and strategic thinker, Sujan's primary focus is on harnessing emerging technologies to enhance business operations, improve customer experiences, and drive revenue growth. His strategic vision includes co-creating a business strategy with a customer-centric mindset for internal and external stakeholders by outlining a comprehensive enterprise roadmap, which features a modern data platform to provide predictive analytics, and establishing a digital ecosystem for partners, vendors, and customers. He also emphasizes harnessing the power of GenAI for advanced environmental modeling and analysis, project planning, and resource allocation optimization, underscoring Verdantas’ leadership in digital innovation within the broader environmental services sector.

Anthony is the General Manager of Technology & Transformation at Spiire, an Australian multidisciplinary property and infrastructure consultancy with around 400 people across ten offices. He leads technology and business transformation across the firm, working across enterprise systems, data, process improvement and the practical adoption of artificial intelligence. More recently, Anthony has been leading Spiire’s approach to bringing AI into everyday professional practice. This has included the rollout of enterprise AI, an AI-assisted contract review process, and a range of experiments applying AI to engineering and consulting workflows.

Anthony holds an MBA and is an Executive Director of Spiire.

Manal is AI Lead at Ardurra, where she applies data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, GIS, and digital tools to help infrastructure and utility clients make more informed decisions.

With 10 years of experience, Manal has led innovative data-driven solutions across water, wastewater, transportation, electrical distribution and asset management. Her work includes predictive modeling, infrastructure risk assessment, computer vision, automated data collection, and interactive dashboards that help clients improve system performance, prioritize investments and reduce operational risk.

Manal earned her Ph.D. in Technology from Purdue University and holds a Master of Science in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies. She is also a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Envision Sustainability Professional.

Will leads Utility Management Solutions at Ardurra, where he combines environmental engineering, data analytics, automation, and applied artificial intelligence to help water and wastewater utilities make better infrastructure decisions.

His work includes advanced infrastructure analytics, hydraulic planning, machine learning, data centralization and automated workflows. He has played a key role in developing the City of Houston’s Advanced Infrastructure Analytics Platform and Living Infrastructure Plan, helping integrate complex datasets and automate planning processes to support long-term wastewater system decisions.

Will holds an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from Quantic School of Business and Technology and dual bachelor’s degrees from Lehigh University. He is also an active industry presenter and volunteers with local water quality and community organizations in Houston.

Xavier is the Technical Director for the Buildings Service Line at Egis, a leading international engineering, consulting, and infrastructure group. A structural engineer by background, he spent the early part of his career designing and delivering complex building projects, with special expertise in timber structures and multidisciplinary building engineering.

His work has expanded beyond structural design into environmental performance, embodied carbon reduction, and energy efficiency. Today, Xavier leads technical excellence and innovation across Egis' global Buildings business, working with multidisciplinary teams in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, helping them adopt and scale rapidly evolving technologies.

Xavier is closely involved in the group's adoption of artificial intelligence, prototyping and testing tools himself. His interests lie at the intersection of engineering, sustainability and artificial intelligence. As the sponsor of several AI-driven innovation initiatives, Xavier supports the development of approaches combining engineering knowledge, machine learning, and generative technologies. He believes the real value of AI in the AEC industry is to augment judgment, helping engineers make better technical decisions, explore more design alternatives, and optimize projects.

James is the AI Development Lead at Knight Piésold and a practicing specialist engineer with 15 years in energy and water infrastructure. He works on major hydropower projects internationally while leading the team that built and operates the firm's global AI platform for approximately 1,400 staff. He writes about computational engineering and AI tooling for professional engineers through the "Flocode" newsletter.

James earned a Master of Science in Advanced Structural Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the United States and Canada.