My role in Digital Design at Thornton Tomasetti is split into 3 parts, BIM management, corporate research and development, and traditional IT management. The IT management part of the job includes several goals related to creating and maintaining the “foundation” for the BIM integration work and included the following: Owning[…]
Strategy and Leadership
Bellevue College Tombolo Institute Advisory Board
In 2021, I joined the Advisory board for the Design Thinking Program at the Tomobolo Institute of Bellevue College. This program is not focused on the AEC industry but does help develop skills that I have found invaluable in driving change and innovation in my career. The program is an[…]
Rowan University Industry Advisory Board
In 2021, at the invitation of my friend Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez, the interim program director, I joined the Rowan University Industry Advisory Board for the Construction Management degree program. Having benefited from degree programs that are designed to accommodate working professionals, I am pleased to support this program.
Engineering Executive Council
Since 2019, I’ve been a member of the Engineering Executive Council. The AEC Council is an independent group that Autodesk facilitates. The AEC council is made up of groups in both North America and in Europe and includes both architects and engineers. My group includes some very high-profile people from[…]
International Standards Contribution
Since 2019, I have served as the United Kingdom’s Technical Expert to the European Committee for Standardization Technical Committee 442 / Work Group 3 (CEN/TC 442 WG3). My group has been charged with completing Work Item (WI) 023 “Guideline on how to understand & utilize EN ISO 29481 Building information[…]
SEI Digital Design Committee
Since 2018, I have been a member of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Digital Design Committee. This committee was formerly known as the SEI BIM Committee and is made up of Digital Design leaders from structural engineering firms of various sizes across the United States. The committee is focused on[…]
BIM Process & Team Development
PROBLEM The transition to 3D Building Information Modeling platforms for drawing production was rocky. The firm had a robust custom toolset and practices to support document production in Microstation including robust templates, a VBA Toolbar application that adjusted all settings for layering and annotation. The transition to Revit was rocky[…]
Alliance for Education Data Process
DESCRIPTION As part of my graduate program at the University of Washington, I participated in a group project to assist the non-profit Alliance for Education (A4E) with data gathering in support of their mission. …to ensure every child in Seattle Public Schools is prepared for success in college, career and[…]
City of Bothell eCityGov Analysis
DESCRIPTION As part of my graduate program at the University of Washington, I participated in a group project to assist the City of Bothell Information Technology Manager with an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the eCityGov alliance. eCityGov is an “Inter-local agency” founded by 9 Puget Sound cities in 2001.[…]