Taylor Cabot

Taylor Cabot

Project Manager, Timberlab

Taylor Cabot is a project manager with Timberlab. She is trained as an architect and transitioned into construction when a mission to build community-minded and resilient structures led her to embrace mass timber. Her work started with traditional glulam post and beam designs, evolving into prefabricated CLT and glulam buildings. Most notably, her work on […]

Tim Johnson

Director of Product Marketing, Egnyte

Tim Johnson is director of construction marketing at Egnyte, where he has led the construction initiative for the past five years. Prior to that, he held marketing, product management and sales roles at Avaya and Polycom. Johnson has spent the past 25 years in the technology sector and has focused the majority of his time […]

TJ Baggett

General Superintendent, Corna Kokosing

TJ Baggett has been in the construction industry since 1994 and with Corna Kokosing since 1996. He started in CK’s apprenticeship program and worked his way up to his current role as general superintendent. Baggett oversees all field operations and assists with pre-planning, coordination, scheduling, production, quality control and safety across all projects.

Tom Hardiman

Executive Director, Modular Building Institute

Tom Hardiman, CAE has been the Executive Director of the Modular Building Institute since January 2004 and manages the governance of the organization as well as serves as the MBI Government Affairs Director. He has been a registered lobbyist at the federal level with the US Congress as well as at the state level in […]

Ty Holt

Managing Principal, The Holt Group LLC

Ty Holt has over 40 years of experience as a construction and commercial trial lawyer, public finance lawyer, construction transaction attorney, project development and deal structuring attorney, in addition to more than 30 years of experience as a construction mediator and arbitrator. He’s a member of the AAA Construction Arbitration Master Panel, is an International […]

Valerie Jackson

Senior Director, Global Inclusion and Diversity

Valerie Jackson currently serves as Senior Director, Global Inclusion and Diversity at Procore Technologies, where she works to leverage the power of an inclusive culture to increase employee engagement and productivity, unlock value and drive business. A passionate builder of people, projects and opportunities, Valerie has focused on building inclusion and talent initiatives in global […]

Wendy Venoit

Partner, Hinckley Allen & Snyder, LLP

Wendy Venoit is a partner in the construction practice group of Hinckley Allen. Her focus is litigation and arbitration of domestic and international construction disputes, including litigation in state and federal forums, as well as mediation and arbitration. She represents EPC contractors, general contractors and construction managers. She is an experienced trial attorney handling construction […]

Wes Simpson

Executive Director of Operations

Wes Simpson is the Executive Director of Operations for Green Mechanical Construction, Inc., a full-service mechanical contractor with two offices located in Kentucky. The Glasgow location services the Mid-South and Southeast regions, while the Lexington location services the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley regions. A second office in downtown Lexington is home to GMCI’s design-build engineering […]

Yahia Kala

Product Manager, Analytics, CMiC

As the product manager of CMiC Analytics, Yahia Kala is responsible for the performance of the analytics platform— including developing robust dashboards and powerful self-serve analytics tools. Kala spent five years in consulting engineering and operational analytics before joining CMiC in 2021. He loves to connect with customers and software developers of his strategic developments—all […]

Zulqernain Malik

Chief Happiness Officer, SmartBuild

Zulqernain Malik holds a degree in civil engineering and has extensive experience within the ICI and civil construction sector working for developers and general contractors. He owned a general contracting business for over 15 years. In 2018, Malik launched SmartBuild, a construction-management platform. With more than 25 years of construction experience, Malik remains connected to […]