Contributors

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Aarni Heiskanen

Aarni Heiskanen is a Construction Innovation Agent at AE Partners and the founder of AEC Business. He has a master's degree in architecture and has worked as a Certified Management Consultant and software developer. Aarni is hailed as a global top-100 construction influencer.
Aarni has been an avid blogger and podcaster since 2012 at aec-business.com.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarniheiskanen/

Guests

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Antti Ainamo

Antti Ainamo is Associate Professor at Sandbox (part of Design Factory Global Network), Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu. Also: Adjunct prof., Aalto University Sch. of Business (BIZ) and Sch. of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS), and Managing dir., Senior consultant at Antti Ainamo Consulting

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Charlie Cheridan

Charlie serves as the Chief AI and Data Officer at Nemetschek Group, leading the newly established AI Hub globally. In this role, he is tasked with driving the seamless integration of AI technologies across our diverse software portfolio.

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Sam Zolfagharian, Ph.D.

Dr. Sam Zolfagharian is the Co-Founder and President of YegaTech (www.yegatech.com)_ a tech consulting company whose mission is to help AEC leaders and executives with their AI strategy, governance, and AI execution plan. Sam is an AI keynote speaker, author, and co-creator of YegaTech’s AI innovation framework, which is now being used to develop AI strategies and AI governance across the AEC industry. Her expertise and visionary approach are focused on the future of work in the AI era, guiding organizations toward sustainable and strategic business models.

You can learn more about Dr.Sam Zolfagharian through their blog posts or LinkedIn.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanehzolfagharian/