Hear from a wide range of construction technology startup founders on the challenges facing our industry, the journey of a founder and thoughts on how to get the most out of your collaboration with startups.
Prior to Skillit, Daniel was Director of Strategy at a healthcare startup, COO of a real estate firm and COO of Marine Operations at Bridgewater Associates where he managed a fleet of oceanographic research vessels. Daniel started his career at TSG Reporting and helped scale the company before taking client-facing roles with Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
Hear from a wide range of construction technology startup founders on the challenges facing our industry, the journey of a founder and thoughts on how to get the most out of your collaboration with startups.
Francesco Iorio, Co-Founder and CEO of Augmenta, is a leading figure in Generative Design. He heads a team specializing in AI, computational science, and user-centered design, aiming to revolutionize human-computer collaboration in design. Today, Augmenta is focused on disrupting the traditional way that buildings are designed and built by removing waste and increasing productivity within the $13 trillion dollar construction industry.
Augmenta is leveraging generative AI in the Augmenta Construction Platform and is working with some of the foremost forward-thinking AEC companies including Interstates, Lighthouse Electric and Miller Electric Company.
Previously, Iorio led Computational Science Research at Autodesk Research, pioneering generative design projects. He also worked at IBM High-Performance Computing Group, focusing on accelerating financial, engineering, and digital media workloads using hybrid high-performance computing platforms.
Iorio holds a Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool and a Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
Cameron Page spent 10 years at Devcon, one of the nation's largest design-build General Contractors (GCs), before starting Clearstory with the mission to help the entire construction industry get extra work processed and closed faster to reduce risk for all stakeholders. Page holds a degree in construction management from Cal Poly SLO and is LEED AP Certified.
Steve Dell’Orto is the founder and CEO of ConCntric, a preconstruction platform that is transforming the fractured preconstruction environment by unifying data, people and processes. ConCntric acts as a single source of truth for all preconstruction stakeholders by providing a dynamic view of the project that ensures a certainty of outcome. As a 26-year construction industry veteran who has lived and breathed the world of delivering preconstruction projects, Steve is uniquely positioned to bring digital transformation to the industry. Steve is the former Executive Officer of one of the largest privately-owned, domestic general contractors in the U.S. with revenues averaging $5-6 billion annually. As the Executive Officer, Steve led the major expansion of his former company’s Western Region including the Northern California and Pacific Northwest division achieving 10x growth and increasing margins by over 40% through a committed focus on selective work acquisition and a more comprehensive preconstruction process. Some of the notable projects completed under Steve’s leadership include the: Golden State Warriors Arena and Development, Salesforce Tower, Facebook’s San Francisco Park Tower, Seattle Convention Center Expansion, Manchester Grand Hyatt, LA County Museum of Art Expansion and the LA Live Development among many others. Steve is committed to leveraging his 30 years in the industry to advance the level of innovation and technological advancement in the real estate and construction sector. In addition to the change he is driving through ConCntric, Steve is an investor and venture partner in several construction-tech focused venture capital funds including Builders VC and Argonautic Ventures. Steve is also an Advisor to eight emerging construction-tech focused startups bringing a wide range of solutions in areas such as autonomy, fintech, work acquisition, change order communication, project communication, marketplaces and artificial intelligence. Since launching ConCntric in 2021, Steve has built a dynamic global team and secured support from strategic and notable investors. Steve and his team are on a mission to make the built world more affordable, predictable and sustainable, and are uniquely positioned to transform the future for the construction and real estate industry.
Gabe Guetta Bio - CEO & Founder
Gabe had been working as a principal operator in high-rise window installation for nearly nine years when a harrowing near-miss incident sent him searching for better ways to manage safety. In 2018, he ended up building a software company from the ground up, with the vision of answering that need. SALUS now powers over 5,000 companies and over 100,000 field workers and counting across North America.
