Wednesday, November 11
Stop Talking About AI & Start Building It
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Wednesday, November 11
Speaker
David Felker
Chief Information Officer
Trilon
David is Chief Information Officer at Trilon Group, one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry. Under David’s leadership, Trilon is advancing a connected digital ecosystem that brings together common systems, shared cybersecurity, modern data and analytics capabilities, and AI-powered workflows and insights. His work focuses on creating scalable platforms that improve operational performance and enhance how engineers, designers, and clients work together to deliver better projects.
Before joining Trilon, David served as the global leader for the Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate industry vertical at Amazon Web Services (AWS), helping some of the world’s largest firms modernize their digital delivery and cloud strategies. He also served as CIO at AECOM, where he led global technology transformation initiatives.
David is passionate about harnessing technology to create lasting value by bridging innovation, human collaboration, and the built environment to shape the future of infrastructure.
David Felker
Chief Information Officer
ABOUT THE SESSION
Everyone agrees that AI will transform the AEC industry. The real challenge is turning that vision into real business value. In this session, David Felker shares the playbook behind Trilon’s AI transformation. Beyond discussing high-level AI trends, David dives into the practical frameworks, operating model, process mapping methodology, team structure, governance and implementation approach Trilon is using to transform client-facing project delivery with AI. He shows how Trilon identifies high-value opportunities, prioritizes investments, organizes multidisciplinary teams and delivers production-ready solutions across three strategic initiatives: design automation, QA/QC and field intelligence. David also shares real examples, demonstrations, lessons learned and the decisions that shaped the journey.
This session provides a practical, behind-the-scenes look at how one engineering firm is operationalizing AI across project delivery, moving beyond strategy to the organizational, technical, and process changes required to achieve real business outcomes.
