COFFEE AND CONTRACTORS

Breakfast Event Series

Keynote invite 7

You are invited!

Join us for our kick-off event in our series, "Coffee & Contractors." We will meet throughout the year across several cities to discuss topics impacting the construction industry. We are excited to launch with this timely topic, "Tips for succeeding with public projects," with Benjamin Rand, Assistant Commissioner at NYC Department of Design and Construction.

  • Minimizing risk in public & municipal projects
  • Tips for succeeding with public projects
  • How to run a public project successfully

If you are in the community of AEC COO, Directors, PMs, Superintendents, etc., please join us.

Tech companies are welcome to apply to participate in a future event. Please email info@thecommunity.vip

Date and time:

October 5, 2022

7:30 AM to 10:00 AM, Breakfast

 

Location:

190 South LaSalle

Chicago, IL 60603

Venue hosted by AXA XL Insurance

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Keynote Speaker

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Benjamin Rand, Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Design and Construction

A seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading business improvement, analytics, risk, operations, budget management and accustomed to multiple concurrent site management. Experience includes design and construction operations, budgeting, cost control, schedules, value engineering, risk management, design management and change order valuation.

Presenters

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Adrian Hatch, CEO, IMAJION

Adrian is CEO and founder at IMAJION, and supports product development, team growth, and sales. He has been working in the commercial construction technology space for over five years.
His core expertise is learning how project teams can apply the latest emerging technologies in practical ways to improve their projects, and helping those teams to succeed as best as possible at improving efficiency, safety, and productivity on site.

The IMAJION Collaboration Platform connects workers on a live job site with team members around the world using patented site markup technology invented for the AEC industry. IMAJION increases job site productivity, prevents costly rework and delays, and makes job sites safer through secure live and recorded remote video conferences and smart documentation. IMAJION is built for project teams to connect "the right people at the right time with the right information" and reclaims time and productivity for every stakeholder on the project.

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Hugh Seaton, CEO, The Link

Hugh is CEO of The Link, a construction specifications management platform, host of the Constructed Futures, and Coffee & Contractors Podcasts, as well as author of The Construction Technology Handbook.

Prior to The Link, Hugh was general manager of Crosswalk by CSI. Hugh brings decades of product management and leadership experience to his roles and is passionate about the building industry and its potential. Hugh lives in Austin, TX.

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Jonathan Alvarado, Chief Growth Officer, Soil Connect Marketplace

Jonathan is responsible for overseeing Soil Connect’s growth, revenue generation, business development, and customer acquisition and retention strategies. He is the lead thought partner to the CEO and plays a key fundraising role on the Leadership Team.

Most recently, Jonathan served as the National Vice President of Sales at TRUX. During his tenure, he built and managed hyper-growth sales engines that grew sales by over 6,000 percent, helping to achieve profitability in less than three years. Prior to TRUX, Jonathan worked in sales and business development at StoneMakers Corporation, as interim Director of Sales and Business Development, followed by being named Assistant Director, leading a team that sold internationally.

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Tim Gollogly, VP of Business Development, IMAJION

Tim Gollogly is the VP of Business Development at IMAJION and a Partner at Blue Collar Capital, an early-stage construction tech investment firm where he sees a wide range of technologies. Tim is also a member of AXA XL’s Collaboratory, whose goal is to find ways to adopt technologies that reduce risks on job sites, leading to lower customer premiums. He has over 15 years of experience in the Private Financial Markets with investments ranging from Industrial Equipment Finance, Structured Credit, and early-stage tech investing.

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Ron Leon, Director of Sales, Cupix

With Cupix's Unified Platform you will have a single source of truth across the built-world lifecycle

  • Cupix has industry's most advanced 3D digital twin platform based on data captured from any source, anywhere, any time.
  • Import any form of point cloud data into our unified 3D digital twin platform -including terrestrial and hand-held LiDAR scanners, drone photogrammetry, robots, and custom-built reality capture systems.

Advantages-Quickly capture your site in a 3D digital twin. Manage remotely via 3D spatial contexts with life-like 3D navigation that feels like you're on-site. Take yourself to levels, areas, and rooms using the same context in your architectural design.

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Tom Deane, Co Founder & CEO, ProjectMark

Highly motivated construction professional that thrives on building strong relationships in the industry. I’ve worked on both the contracting and consultancy side to date, on a multitude of incredible projects totaling over $5 billion in construction cost. Especially love to work with like minded people with the same  goals in delivering a successful project

ProjectMark is a sales and marketing solution for the construction industry that allows companies to smartly manage their data online and completely streamline their business development workflows.

Construction companies on ProjectMark are saving up to 75% in time responding to bid proposal requests, using ProjectMarks smart content management solution (CMS) & intuitive proposal tools linked to the CMS. Companies can also increase their visibility by posting their content on the platform's project-driven network.

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The Agenda

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30 minutes registration and breakfast

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90 minutes of keynote and other presenters

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30 minutes of networking

"Be at the forefront of construction innovation and network with like-minded AEC professionals looking for sharp tools, not just shiny objects.”

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