AU London Opening Keynote 2019 -part (1/2)
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Erin Bradner, Ph.D., is a Director and Research Scientist at Autodesk in the office of the CTO. Erin helped found the Generative Design practice at Autodesk and now manages AutodeskÕs Robotics Lab in San Francisco. Erin has led strategic research partnerships with institutes such as the U.S. National Laboratory in Livermore and NASA JPL to advance manufacturing automation. During her tenure at Autodesk Erin has led hundreds of research projects to identify the sweet spot where technology feasibility, viability and desirability meet. Erin has authored research in Human Computer Interaction with collaborators at IBM, Boeing and AT&T. She is a co-author on patents in advanced design, and holds a PhD in Information & Computer Science.
As Director of Innovation for Mace, Matt is responsible for steering the company in its ambition to be the catalyst for the next evolution of the construction industry. Focused on the disruption of Mace's traditional business model across markets, Matt is leading the company's digital transformation, and how Mace both creates and operates the built environment it is responsible for. He drives the organisation's innovation strategy and the identification and implementation of step-change improvements, helping to embed a culture of innovation and a firm focus on productivity. Matt supported the top line growth of Mace's construction business from ﾣ600m to ﾣ2bn in 2017, and he played an important role in some of the business' biggest wins during that time. His career started in digital, having studied computing as part of his degree, and he is now aligning Mace's interests with the innovation and technology being driven by the digital sector, as part of the transition to Industry 4.0.