Ben Morse has over a decade of experience in startup sales, team leadership, and construction technology. Ben has crafted strategic alliances between startups and major industry stakeholders. His tenure at Tread was marked by driving market entries, seed and series A fundraising, and cross-functional work with CS, product, and engineering. Ben's skill in bridging the gap between construction stakeholders and new technologies has led him to consult with built world startups, contractors, and material suppliers.
Ben is a former Vice-Chair of Young Construction Leaders in Toronto and has shown a profound dedication to community development and the promotion of innovative practices within the construction industry. His work not only demonstrates a commitment to innovation but also positions him as a vital contributor to Building Transformations. Ben's experience integrating cutting-edge technologies makes him an ideal moderator for today’s discussion on the future of AI and Robotics in construction technology.
Cynthia Brosque is a Product Manager at SafeAI, responsible for shaping the Product roadmap and requirements based on an intimate knowledge of our users, their needs, and our technology stack. Cynthia has a Ph.D. from Stanford University where she developed a Robot Evaluation Framework through more than 20 industry case studies. Cynthia is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford teaching CEE 327: Construction Robotics.
Scott leads a team responsible for understanding manufacturing and AEC customers' business objectives and aligning IMAGINiT's technology solutions and services to those objectives. His professional career spans nearly 30 years, including 20 years with IMAGINiT. Scott has extensive experience helping utilities, departments of transportation, and other organizations across the United States gather requirements, understand challenges, identify solutions, and implement those solutions. He specializes in developing and implementing Autodesk and Bentley engineering and data management software strategies.
Patrick A. Weber joined Advanced Construction Robotics in January 2017. Patrick leads the mechanical engineering operations and stewardship of ACR’s intellectual property. His technical responsibilities include mechatronic architecture, requirements and CONOPS analysis, and electrical systems development.
Patrick’s technical expertise has been applied to a wide diversity of projects including hardware and software control systems for high voltage power electronics at Siemens Industry, and the concept, prototyping, and field deployment of numerous autonomous robotic technologies at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC). These projects include developing machine vision software and electrical systems for an autonomous agricultural harvest sorting machine, systems architecture and electrical system design for an underground autonomous 3D mapping robot, sensor systems integration for CMU’s entry in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (CHIMP), retrofitting multiple vehicles for safe drive-by-wire autonomous control, and leading the technical development of an autonomous pipeline inspection robot.
Patrick obtained a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Software Engineering from Drexel University.
