Daniel Hebert, LEED AP, Vice President – U.S. CAD
Mr. Hebert has 20 years experience working with Autodesk solutions and 15 years as an educator and implementation specialist. He regularly presents at thought leadership conferences educating the design market on the connections between Building Information Modeling (BIM), sustainable design, design-build, and integrated project delivery. He also provides implementation process analysis, customization, training, and support for Autodesk’s Revit products.  As an educator and consultant, he has taught thousands of students on various Autodesk products. A Revit Implementation Certified Expert, Daniel works to help educate companies how to effectively implement Autodesk building design products in production.

John Kizior, Corporate Director, Delivery SolutionsAECOM
With AECOM since 1998, John Kizior has over twenty-three years of experience in the IT and CAD related fields and has spent the majority of his career on development and implementation of technology products, support systems and associated training.

As Corporate Director for Delivery Solutions, John is responsible for the coordination of technologies used to deliver projects to clients worldwide. In this role, John is responsible for the strategic and tactical planning, evaluation, implementation and maintenance of AECOM technology products that are used in the delivery of projects globally.

Brian Frank, Industry Solutions Manager,
Autodesk
Mr. Frank brings a multi-disciplinary background to the Autodesk Building Products and Fabrication industry.   In addition to working as an architect in the Baltimore and NY markets for over seven years,  prior to joining Autodesk he served as a Senior Project Engineer and Manger with a leading northeast exterior envelope design, fabrication, and installation firm. 

Marc Howell, Design Manager,
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Marc Howell has a diverse background with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry.  He holds the position of Design Manager and is responsible for managing the design and coordination of major healthcare projects for the Southern California Division.  He is also instrumental in the evaluation and implementation of current technology and its processes. His undergraduate education is in Architecture and Computer Technology.

Prior to joining McCarthy, Mr. Howell has held various positions, from Draftsman, Designer, Detailer, Coordinator to Project Manager for a couple of Orange County based Mechanical Contractors.  He was responsible for the overall project development and management of various projects and specializes in Laboratories, Cleanrooms and Healthcare work.

Stephen A Jones, Senior Director
McGraw-Hill Construction
McGraw-Hill Construction is the world’s leading source of information and analysis specifically relating to the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) industry. Steve Jones focuses on studying the impact of economic, technological, business process and environmental changes on the future of the AEC industry, and is highly regarded internationally as a researcher, writer and speaker on these topics. In addition Steve leads McGraw-Hill Construction’s initiatives in developing alliance relationships with major companies and organizations for technology and content.

Steve is active in numerous industry initiatives in the construction industry.

• BuildingSMART Alliance - Member of the Board of Direction
• Construction Users Roundtable - Member of the Process Transformation Committee
• Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) – Member of the BIM Forum
• TC Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies – Member Board of Advisors

Before joining McGraw-Hill, Steve was a Vice President with Primavera Systems (a division of Oracle Corporation), a leading global provider of project management software in the construction industry. Prior to that, Steve spent 19 years in creative and management roles with design firms. Most recently he was a Principal and Board of Directors member with Burt Hill, a 1,400-person global Architecture & Engineering firm with offices in North America, India and the Middle East.

Steve holds a MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from The Johns Hopkins University.

Mark Cornelis, Engineering Dept
Zurn / Wilkins
Mr. Cornelis has over 23 years experience in water related industries. He has spent the last 15 years at Zurn / Wilkins working in the engineering department where he oversees engineering standards, software and hardware planning, as well as finite element analysis and design elements. Over the last two years he has been tracking BIM implementations and is now heading up the Wilkins Content development effort.