Geek of the Week We Interviewed: Nadeen Qaru Day Job: Project Manager at Turner Construction Joined the Podcast to Geek Out On: When most kids are imagining futures as rockstars or astronauts, Nadeen Qaru was captivated by construction and daydreamed of working at Home Depot. Eventually, Nadeen’s childhood interest turned into career path . Listen toRead more
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Geek of the Week We Interviewed: Matt Lafferty Day Job: Co-Founder & CEO at Curri Joined the Podcast to Geek Out On: The average person doesn’t just move to Laos or start their own construction courier company…but Matt Lafferty isn’t the average person! Learn about the birth of Matt’s company Curri, his career, and adventuresRead more
Geek of the Week We Interviewed: Brian Alves Day Job: Group Product Manager at Milwaukee Tool Joined the Podcast to Geek Out On: Brian Alves graduated from Cornell and began at an entry level position and worked up the ranks to Group Product Manager for MX Fuel at Milwaukee Tool. Learn how Brian’s position atRead more
Geek of the Week We Interviewed: Tessa Lau Day Job: Founder/CEO at Dusty Robotics Joined the Podcast to Geek Out On: Tessa is one of the first waves of true #CompSciGeeks at Cornell before the internet as we now know it even existed! From the University of Washington, Tessa sparked a passion for robotics thus began aRead more
Take a break from the chaos of the world and #GeekOut with a little ConTech news. Have a laugh at an archaic elementary school gag involving a calculator, and learn about Rob’s super secret wrestling alter-ego! The entire crew is on the board this week including The ConTechCrew Chief, James Benham; Bim2theBone, Josh Bone; TheRead more
This week, The ConTechCrew is diving deep into the geekiness with guest Shane Saltzgiver of VEC! Shane joins The Crew to explain how an encounter with Revit and BIM changed the trajectory of his career and #geekout with James on the finer details of BIM (spoiler alert: there are only four dimensions, anything else isRead more
Episode 207 geeks out hard with guest, Dr. Dan Patterson from InEight! Learn about Dr. Dan’s entrance into the construction industry and the gateway-tool uniting construction geeks of a certain age: Commodore 64. In ConTech News this week The ConTechCrew discusses: rising costs, spies, robots and more! Listen to “The ConTechCrew 207: From Practical toRead more
Join The ConTechCrew and Sean McGuire – the “MCAA Geek” at MCAA Tech 2020! The Crew take on three epic guests discussing topics that make them geek out! No ConTech News this week, instead we’ll feature interviews with a young professional who 23 has been in ConTech for almost a decade; a chat with someoneRead more
Notice We’re experiencing difficulties beyond our control with our YouTube channel. If you normally watch our show rather than listen to the audio, you can watch the unedited version of episode 177 on Periscope! (Don’t worry, we’ll update the shownotes as soon as YouTube is back in action!) This week’s show has dimension – weRead more
The ConTechCrew’s episode 172 features PDI’ Drywall’s President and CEO, Mikki Paradis! From starting her own drywall company to technology implementation, Mikki is a force to be reckoned with. Tune in to listen to Mikki’s career details from struggles as a woman in the boys-club of construction, to tech adoption. (Spoiler alert: fax machines areRead more
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