Construction Industry Leaders Featured on Activating Curiosity™

Robb is the Managing Director for Overcast Innovations, a manufacturer of technology-integrated ceiling assemblies. His history includes being the General Manager of the Seattle-area branches of Johnson Controls and Siemens Smart Infrastructure, and a global role with Siemens for Technology Migration. In his Seattle-based roles, he oversaw the sales, engineering, installation and services for Fire and Life Safety systems, Security Systems, HVAC Building Automation systems, Digital Services, Mechanical Equipment and IoT Solutions for Smart Buildings. Robb began his technology career with the US Navy specializing in Electronic Warfare. He also globalized a Swiss-German start-up in the FinTech industry and co-founded a green building start-up in Washington and Oregon. Robb is President of the Board of the Smart Building Center Education Program, the Industry Lead for Washington’s West Sound STEM Network, Chairman of the Washington State Controls Apprenticeship Committee and is invested…

As a female founder, I am several years into building a business that is literally building.  We are purpose driven and environmentally mindful.  The mission is to build sustainable, quality constructed housing and commercial spaces that people can afford. Nothing could be more aligned with my beginings as a clinical social worker. My desire to build healthy buildings and community stem from my exposure to building a healthy mindset.

Ryan E. Smith is a Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Arizona. Professor Smith has been teaching, researching and consulting with respect to offsite construction, industrialized building, prefab and volumetric modular product R&D, factory setup and layout, design assist, and market analysis and focus group, for 18 years. Smith is author of numerous offsite construction reports, papers and books including the seminal text, Prefab Architecture (Wiley, 2010). He is the founding past chair and current board member of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Offsite Construction Council, a fellow of the Modular Building Institute and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structures at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. He currently serves on the board of Ivory Innovation Housing Affordability Foundation. His doctoral work focused on creating frameworks for international knowledge management and exchan…

Scott Reynolds is the CEO and co-founder of UpCodes, the developer of a comprehensive compliance and product research platform that makes code libraries more accessible. Scott’s background in architecture and extensive experience working in some of the largest cities in the world, including New York City and Hong Kong at world-class architecture firms, provides him with a unique perspective into the challenges AEC professionals face when accessing building codes and ensuring compliance.

Timber Barker is the CEO and founder of Boom Interactive, a multinational AI company developing advanced image recognition and generative AI to transform how the world designs and understands physical spaces. With over 25 years in design, technology, and cybersecurity, Timber began experimenting with programming and AI in the late 1990s and has since become a published inventor with 10 patents in machine learning and generative AI. His work focuses on 2D-to-3D spatial intelligence and layered AI models that democratize complex technologies for architects, builders, and creators worldwide. A proud member of the Pembina Ojibway First Nations and a father of four, Timber is passionate about mentoring innovators and shaping the future of applied AI in construction, FM and design.

Tom Raftery is an international keynote speaker, sustainability strategist, and host of the Resilient Supply Chain and Climate Confident podcasts. His work focuses on climate innovation, digital transformation, supply chain resilience, energy systems, and the technologies shaping a more sustainable future.

Vikas Murali is the CEO and Co-Founder of Offsight, a software platform built specifically for prefab, modular, and offsite construction. With a background in enterprise technology and DfMA-driven manufacturing systems, he’s focused on helping the industry move beyond manual systems and processes and scale offsite production through modern, data-driven factory operations.

Wayne Larsen is a senior executive with more than twenty years of leadership experience in the technology and building product sectors of the construction industry. During this time, he has gained extensive experience directing platform development, manufacturing and complex supply chains end to end. Wayne’s ethos is to challenge existing paradigms by applying systems thinking, technology and process automation solutions to achieve continuous organisational improvement, industry disruption and transformational change. As a passionate business professional, Wayne is driven by the goal of achieving world class innovation and driving change to deliver exceptional operational, customer and shareholder outcomes.