Making Data an Asset for Collaboration between Federal Agencies and their Design and Construction Partners

Lauren E. Frank is a certified Interior Designer working for the U.S. Department of State, Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO).  She has over 15 years of federal and commercial interior and architectural design experience.  She has overseen a large range of award-winning projects varying in scale, budget, and complexity, including entrepreneurial high growth companies, law firms, non-profits, government agencies and overseas US Diplomatic facilities.  In addition to being a certified designer, Lauren is a LEED AP and holds a Greenbelt certification in LeanSixSigma.  Utilizing a unique combination of design thinking, lean principles, and agile methodologies, Lauren manages continuous improvement efforts and drives innovation efforts across OBO's building program.

Roger J. Grant, Executive Director Building Information Management at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), has focused on developing and delivering information products and services to support design, construction and management of the built environment for more than 30 years. Roger has experience in whole building performance; building and civil infrastructure information modeling; safety and security assessment; cost planning and estimating; national and international standards development: and technology, project and business management. Roger holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and a Masters of Business Administration both from Bradley University and is a Fellow of buildingSMART International.

Kimon Onuma, FAIA,  builds architecturally informed environments for the digital and physical world. Having used BIM for over two decades in his architectural practice, Kimon guides architects and owners into information-driven design. In 1994, years before it was mainstream, he demonstrated BIM benefits on numerous large-scale U.S. government projects. Kimon leads a unique team of architects and computer scientists at the 1988 company he founded, Onuma, Inc. His ONUMA System, a web-based tool that allows both tech and non-tech savvy users to cloud collaborate in real-time, creates data output that generates BIM.  

As the creator of over 35 BIMStorms, the BIM charrette that became a "Woodstock" for the building industry was a 24-hour event, bringing together 133 design professionals and industry specialists from 11 countries to plan, design, and collaborate on 420 buildings totaling over 55 million square feet. BIMStorm LAX garnered a 2008 AIA TAP Award. In addition to presenting domestically and internationally at over 400 industry events, Kimon authored numerous industry journals, like the 2006 AIA Report on Integrated Practice titled "The 21st Century Practitioner." 

Thom is president of TDK Consulting, LLC, A VA Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, specializing in health systems design, organizational performance, business and operational planning, and infrastructure strategies for both the public and private sector.  

While on Active Duty, Thom served from May 2004 to June of 2009 as the Senior Military Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.  From May 2002 he led planning, budgeting, and acquisition of all DoD medical facilities as Director, Facility Life Cycle Management Operations, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.