Robert Hartelust is a Project Executive for Skanska USA Building’s Los Angeles office. He is currently overseeing construction of the $188 million Acute Care Center Tower Addition at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Hollywood, where he led the effort to incorporate wearable safety technology to improve jobsite operations for the project team including subcontractors and trade partners. Rob has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry, having worked on projects across the country from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, including the $450 million construction of Reliant Stadium in Houston and the $1.2 billion City Creek Center in Salt Lake City. He graduated from Christina Brothers University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Ankoor Amin, Innovation Leader with DPR Construction, drives the company’s IoT strategy and thrives on inspiring others to find unique solutions to problems. In his role, he focuses on working with company leaders to prioritize the challenges IoT can help solve and driving the firm’s exploration, development and deployment of these solutions. Among some recent initiatives he has led are working on enterprise-wide asset tracking solution and, during the pandemic, evaluating and deploying contact tracing solutions for DPR project sites. Prior to joining DPR, Amin spent 18 years with another large contractor in IT, Construction Management, Six Sigma and Information Management roles. Based in Austin, TX, he holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Cornell University.

As technology leader for Walbridge's enterprise, John's role is to discover, and optimize technology. He has recently led implementation efforts for a variety of projects, used on larger, essential service projects. He has led teams deploying sensor integration used to prove out exposures and more importantly, non-exposures for worker tracking . H has successfully tested and integrated real-time ortho-imagery, overlaid with BIM and scheduling. Tested collaboration methods on large format, interactive walls and leads think tank sessions with clients regarding innovation. His work with artificial intelligence has centered on location based, worker and equipment tracking, social distancing, at large manufacturing and data center facilities. His work has shown proven benefits to the enterprise through reducing risk, increasing productivity and accident prevention. John has presented his work at industry conferences Including Oracle Open World, ENR Futuretech, AECNext, AIA, AGC and TAUC (The Assoc. for Union Constructors) and is a guide for several research projects currently underway.