We have all seen robots conducting various tasks on the job site. More and more companies are deploying robotic solutions, whether it be due to labour shortages, health and safety or productivity gains, robots have tremendous ability to increase productivity and safety while also delivering consistent quality and efficiency. How are robots impacting the labour situation or the economics of the building and infrastructure industry? Join us for this panel discussion to learn about three innovative robotics companies and hear about their latest developments and their thoughts on the future of robotics on the job site.
(DBEI) organizing committee whilst in Asia and is now part of the DBEI North America Committee since her relocation back to San Francisco. After realizing the slow pace of digitization in the construction industry, Alice joined the Brick & Mortar Ventures team to work with startups that want to disrupt the way we design, construct and maintain the built world.
Alice holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University where she was on the Formula SAE racecar team and worked in a materials science lab researching lead-free piezoelectrics.
We have all seen robots conducting various tasks on the job site. More and more companies are deploying robotic solutions, whether it be due to labour shortages, health and safety or productivity gains, robots have tremendous ability to increase productivity and safety while also delivering consistent quality and efficiency. How are robots impacting the labour situation or the economics of the building and infrastructure industry? Join us for this panel discussion to learn about three innovative robotics companies and hear about their latest developments and their thoughts on the future of robotics on the job site.
Danielle A. Proctor joined the Advanced Construction Robotics, Inc. (ACR) team in 2020 as Director of Business Development and was named Chief Executive Officer in 2021, bringing over 25 years of technology, construction, new product development, and operational leadership experience. Danielle directs business strategy and operations, making ACR’s robots a commercial reality in the field.
Danielle got her start at the beginning of the software boom, working in product management and business development for business intelligence and analytical software firms, including Management Science Associates and FreeMarkets (later acquired by Ariba). Her entrepreneurial spirit quickly took over and, at the age of 28, she founded Amelie Construction & Supply, a certified Woman/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (W/DBE) construction firm providing structural rehabilitation, erection, and foundation services where she served as President & CEO until selling her ownership in 2015. Danielle continued to pursue her passion of being involved with start-ups by forming several smaller ventures as well as providing consulting and private funding to companies during their critical formation stages until finding the perfect fit of launching new products into the construction industry with ACR.
Danielle obtained a B.S. in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Derrick is a professional engineer turned management consultant and entrepreneur. He has 18 years of experience in engineering, construction and B2B services and is the founder and CEO of Rugged Robotics, a venture-backed startup developing intelligent automation for commercial construction. Rugged's first product tackles the challenge of field layout, and replaces slow, error-prone, manual layout, with an autonomous rover that marks fully coordinated designs directly onto unfinished concrete floors.
Before Rugged, Derrick spent four years at Samsung Group headquarters in Seoul, S. Korea, where he served as an internal strategy consultant, leading multinational teams tackling some of the Samsung’s largest challenges. He started his career in construction, as a fire protection engineer and building code consultant, specializing in large-scale commercial and institutional development. He holds an MBA from MIT and a BS/MS from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
