Jeff Scarano is a licensed engineer with nearly 25 years of experience in municipal wastewater and stormwater design and management. He is currently the Chief of Design & Construction for Special Projects at HRSD. During his career, he has worked as a regulator, owner, and consultant. He has a BS in Civil Engineering from Duke University, an MS in Environmental Engineering from UC California Davis, and is currently pursuing his MBA from William & Mary.

Ivan Thorne has more than 30 years of combined professional design experience with emphases in BIM modeling and implementation including visualization using AR/VR for BIM and VDC integration. Ivan’s focus is working with BIM groups, project managers and IT groups across the company footprint on a wide range of design, pursuits and BIM focused projects and client initiatives.

Brian is Director of Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) at the Design-build Institute of America. Brian is responsible for shaping how VDC brings optimal benefits to design-build’s “whole team” approach to project delivery. Brian is a Digital Construction innovator with nearly 20 years of leadership defining how people, processes and technology come together to transform collaborative project delivery. In addition, he leads the creation and advancement of best practices related to the integration of BIM-enabled technologies and other innovative digital tools to enhance design-build team performance and while generating significant lifecycle benefits for projects across the built environment

Josh is the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Manager for the Ulliman Schutte Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Department. As the industry has transitioned from CAD to BIM, Josh has led Ulliman Schutte’s corresponding transition, including software selection and development and refinement of BIM protocol. Josh also assists with Ulliman Schutte’s next-level BIM utilization, including Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality (XR) development. Josh has a Master’s Degree in Ministerial Leadership from Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Wright State University.