Change Leader: Utility Providers Increasingly Turn to Third-Party Private Contractors
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Keith Oldewurtel leads the municipal and commercial (M&C) business for Veolia North America (VNA). Third-party contracting has been growing among mid-size municipalities for some time, particularly in the complex areas of energy, water and wastewater systems. The COVID-19 pandemic is adding to that trend as many gover...
Future Forward: Data Sharing Determines Project Success
Chris Bell is the vice president of marketing and product management for e-Builder, a Trimble organization. Donna Laquidara-Carr is the industry insights research director at Dodge Data and Analytics. Donna Laquidara-Carr Project-management (PM) software has rapidly become part of most modern infrastructure projects, as they’ve proven to help projects become more efficient and reduce budget overruns. However, many different PM approaches have been tried, and they often come from either...
Future Forward: Simulating Spaces for Social Distancing
This particular webcam interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can view a video of the interview by visiting bit.ly/3blxW4i These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Eduardo Lazzarotto is Bentley Systems’ director of product management for facilities engineering. Lazzarotto has spent most of...
Change Leader: Technical Vendor Representatives Benefit Engineering Projects
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Shelley Finnigan, S.E., is the global technical sales engineer and head of technical sales and marketing for ArcelorMittal. More than Sales As a representative for a major steel-producing company, Finnigan knows she’ll likely be seen by engineers and designers as a “salesperson.” But with her lengthy experience as a structur...
Change Leader: Designing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Requires Coordination
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Justin Merkel, P.E., is a senior distribution engineer in HDR’s Missoula office. Transportation departments worldwide are transitioning (or at least looking into) fleets to all-electric systems. However, this involves a lot more than buying new vehicles and accepting the charge they provide. There are many infrastruct...
Future Forward: Most People Want to Help You
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Erin Rothman is the founder of StormSensor and an environmental consultant. She didn’t invent the technique, but Rothman is finding success launching and building a new infrastructure sensor company, StormSensor, via a commitment to a simple concept: asking for help. An extremely shy person by nature, she has stead...
Change Leader: A Career Spent Improving Transportation Safety and Saving Lives
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Jim Barbaresso is the HNTB national practice leader for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and emerging mobility solutions as well as a senior vice president and HNTB Fellow. Barbaresso was fortunate to find his professional calling almost as soon as he started working. Shortly before his first day on the job in...
Future Forward: BIM’s New Definition: Building an Information Model
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Theo Agelopoulos is the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk. There are several types of automation simultaneously disrupting the AEC and infrastructure industries, but Autodesk’s Agelopoulos is currently focused on design automation and its impact. His definition of design automation i...
Change Leader: Bringing Collaboration to the Cloud
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Israel Sumano is the senior director of infrastructure at Southland, one of the nation’s largest MEP building systems firms. Changing the AEC Industry Cloud-based technology has transformed many areas in the business workplace as well as in daily lives. Word processing, email and music are common examples of data that moved from...
Video: Interview with Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk
In November 2019, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson interviewed Theo Agelopoulos, the senior director of Infrastructure Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk, at the Autodesk University (AU) Conference in Las Vegas.
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