Weaving Technology Strategy into Business Planning

Description

Key Learnings

• Compare challenges/opportunities with technology adoptions and validate ideas to implement.
• Identify the value of integrating the Technology Roadmap with a Business Planning Process.
• Explore leadership and project tactics for technology adoption and change management.
• Understand specific examples of Operations and Technology collaborative projects.

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  Cathy Myers

  Catherine joined SSOE in July 2017 as the SBU Manager for Advanced Technology. She was the first woman to be elected Chair of the Board at SSOE in December 2020. Today, Catherine is President for the firm's global engineering operations. Prior to joining SSOE, she held the position of Senior Vice President for CH2M's Industrial and Advanced Technology Business Group with responsibility for the semiconductor market—overseeing $200 million in annual revenue. More recently, Catherine had been the Director of Industry and Community Partnerships within the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland. Catherine was recently named a Forbes 50 over 50 for Innovation honoree and was selected to the 2023 Executives of the Year slate of the Portland Business Journal. Catherine is a graduate of the University of Portland and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry; she is also a registered professional engineer. In addition to serving on SSOE's Board of Directors, Catherine serves on the Lean Construction Institute Board of Directors in the position of Vice-Chair and on the De La Salle North Catholic High School Advisory Board in Portland, Oregon, where she resides and works. x
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  Jeremy Woodgate

  Jeremy Woodgate serves as Chief Operating Officer at SSOE Group, an internationally ranked A/E firm. In his COO role, Jeremy is responsible for the firm's Advanced Technology & Process Operations, driving incredibly high performing teams to deliver exceptional results in some of the most technically complex markets. Applying his more than 25 years of experience, Jeremy provides oversight for portfolio management of clients and projects within his operations as well as a focus on future leader development and succession planning. Jeremy is also serving his first term as part of SSOE's Board of Directors, responsible for setting the overall priorities and direction for the firm. Under Jeremy's direction, SSOE has been consistently ranked as the #2 provider of design services to the semiconductor industry by ENR magazine. He charted the course for this success by diversifying SSOE's semiconductor client base and by playing a key role in expanding SSOE's largest client account. His guidance has consistently pushed SSOE to become an industry leader in the use of technology for project execution, championing the effort for advanced use of BIM, fabrication-level modeling, and coordination with GC partners for modularization and offsite construction. Recently, to fully leverage SSOE's model management resources, Jeremy took on leadership of a practice group dedicated to this task. His leadership has led to participation on Autodesk's North America Engineering Executive Council where he co-authored a whitepaper "Passing the Baton” to discuss advancements in the hand-off from design to fabrication that SSOE still employs—and has advanced—today.
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  Mathew Bierschbach
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  Lauren Collier

  Lauren has over 18 years of industry experience ranging from healthcare and industrial architectural design, BIM implementation, Innovation Projects, developing Technology Strategy and executing Corporate Initiatives. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Savannah College of Art and Design and a B-Arch from Miami University. Her creative passion lies in Lean, constant improvements and innovative model/data use solutions for design and construction operations. She leads a group of multi-discipline technologists and Model Managers whose focus is implementing these new innovative methods and best practices in our work and for our clients. In addition to her role at SSOE, Lauren is an active amateur photographer/artist as well as a wife and mother of three imaginative and energetic boys.