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As BST Global's Director of AI & Analytics, Hank leads a team in evolving BST Global’s current solution set and creating new innovative solutions through artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data capabilities.

Hank joined BST Global in early 2019 and has 30+ years of extensive experience in building large-scale distributed systems and analytics solutions, IT consulting, SaaS software delivery, systems merger and acquisition, modeling and simulation, business process improvement, and client management spanning multiple industries including Healthcare, Financial Services, Department of Defense, Transportation and Telecommunications.

Prior to joining BST Global, Hank successfully led a $3.9B system merger and acquisition, delivered $100M in consulting and software development engagements, implemented process and data governance for a U.S. interdealer broker and provider of $2.3T in daily trading services, and secured $250M in investment by delivering real-time predictive analytic software.

Hank has held various leadership roles such as Chief Architect, Trusted Advisor and Managing Director at IBM, Motorola, Unisys, AT&T, Perot Systems and Dell.

Carlos Jr. serves as the President, Chief Technology Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. In addition to helping drive the company’s business strategy execution, Carlos Jr. also focuses on mentoring and coaching the next level of BST Global’s future leadership. Carlos Jr. also works closely with the Operations and Product Delivery teams as a continuation of his responsibilities as Vice President.

Carlos Jr. joined BST Global in 1988 as part of the Documentation team, and in 1990, he became a member of the Design team for BST RDBMIS. In 1993, he was named Manager of the Training and Support teams. From 1997 to 2005, Carlos Jr. was the Manager of the Product Development team — when BST Enterprise was designed, developed and brought to market. In 2005, he was named the Director of Design and was involved in new product development. In 2016, Carlos Jr. was appointed Vice President, overseeing the Operations and Product Delivery teams to ensure they were supported to achieve their goals, and produce the most meaningful products possible. Carlos Jr. was appointed to President in 2020, and Chief Technology Officer in 2021.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.

Sara Ganster is a Product Manager on the AI & Analytics (AIA) team at BST Global, helping to deliver innovative AI solutions that drive efficiency and value for clients in the AEC industry. With two decades of experience as a Product Owner and eight years building AI- and ML-powered software solutions, Sara is dedicated to enhancing the user experience and advancing BST Global’s AIA platform. She is passionate about empowering teams and clients to unlock operational excellence through predictive analytics and process improvement.

In nearly 20 years with BST Global, Nick has worked his way from Application Technical Support, through various roles in Product Development, utilizing T-SQL, SSIS and SSRS, and ultimately into his current role as a key member of the Artificial Intelligence and Analytics (AI+A) team.

As a Data Product Engineer, Nick enjoys digesting business requirements, deep diving into the data, and working with data scientists and product owners to deliver data-driven business analytics solutions through AI, Big Data, and machine learning. Providing the end user with first-class predictive business intelligence (BI) and analytical insights is what motivates this data nerd on a daily basis.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he also played basketball.

Chris has been a key member of the teams who designed, built and delivered three generations of the BST Global product suite. She began her BST Global career in 1995 as part of Product Support for the MIS product. Her skills were soon leveraged to provide design, QA and support expertise for BST Global’s first relational database product. Her experience and knowledge naturally advanced her to the core teams responsible for evolving both BST8 and BST10.

In 2001, Chris was named Product Manager of Billing & Reporting, and was heavily involved in converting clients to BST8. Her specialties are report writing, billing, ETL and dashboards, and she is known as a subject matter expert for the overall data and data integrity within BST Global. For the past 13 years, Chris' focus has been on the Business Intelligence product line, maturing the BST8 management- and performance-portals platforms, overseeing the products, converting our clients to BST10 and bringing to life BST10 Information Delivery featuring inquiry, dashboard and reporting functionality. The past few years Chris' data knowledge has led her to focus on the new and exciting Machine Learning aspects of BST Global's business.

Prior to joining BST Global, Chris worked for Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc. and Tower Environmental (both BST Global clients) in various roles spanning accounting and billing as well as systems administration.