Cliff Brewis, AIACC
Senior Director Editorial Operations, Dodge International
McGraw Hill Construction

Cliff Brewis is part of the management team responsible for the newsgathering operations in the Dodge Division of McGraw Hill.  In addition, Cliff is involved in customer support functions, and is a frequent speaker on the construction forecast.  

He has over 35 years experience in construction, including over 30 years with McGraw Hill in sales, planning and operations.   

He has worked in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Washington D.C. and San Francisco.   

Cliff is a graduate in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He has an MBA from American University in Washington D.C.

McGraw Hill Construction is the leading provider of construction information in the industry.  McGraw Hill Construction connects people, projects and products through Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News Record, Regional Publications, Document Management and Economic Forecasting services.

Kathy Canaan
Director, Logistics & Export Compliance
Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

Kathy Canaan serves Fluor as its director of Logistics and Export Compliance.  Her responsibilities include functional leadership of Fluor’s logistics organization as well as managing the company’s export and import compliance programs.  With Fluor since 2001, Canaan has also served in project logistics leadership and strategic sourcing roles.

Fluor Corporation designs, builds and maintains many of the world's most challenging and complex projects. Through its global network of offices on six continents, the company provides comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and project management. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Fluor is a FORTUNE 200 company.

Stephen P. Darnell
Managing Director, Investment Banking
FMI Capital Advisors, Inc.

Steve Darnell joined FMI in 1979 and was a founding member of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group, now FMI Capital Advisors, Inc., which has completed more than 700 engineering and construction industry acquisitions since inception. He has served in various management and corporate governance capacities through the years. Darnell’s major consulting activities include growth strategy development, valuation and transition planning, and merger/acquisition advisory. He has written numerous articles and spoken on international involvement in the U.S construction industry, acquisition integration, and industry trends.

Darnell has been instrumental in developing the North American business platforms for major international E&C organizations. He has also worked with the internationalists in acquisitions and divestitures in Europe, Asia and South America and represented a number of landmark industry transactions.

Darnell received a bachelor of arts and master of business administration degrees from Wake Forest University. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vietnam and is a member of The Moles.

Ronald M. DeFeo
Executive Chairman & CEO
Terex Corporation

Biography Coming Soon.

Paul Doherty
President & CEO
the digit group, inc.

Paul is the President and CEO of the digit group, inc., a global leader of cloud based solutions for the built environment.  He is one of the global Real Estate Industry’s most sought after thought leaders, strategists and integrators of process, technology and business.  He is a licensed architect and is a prominent and highly rated speaker at numerous industry events around the world each year and has been appointed as a guest lecturer at leading universities throughout the world.  He is currently writing his third book, called “From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities”.

Andy Ewens
Engineering Director - Group Operations
AMEC

Mr. Ewens joined AMEC in 2009.   In January 2012, he was appointed Group Engineering Director for AMEC having previously been Engineering Director for Natural Resources Europe and West Africa. Following the AMEC restructuring in October 2012, in addition to his Group role, Andy has taken direct responsibility for Engineering in the Americas. 

Mr. Ewens has 30 years experience in the energy industry with operating companies and contractors, and has worked in a wide range of areas including major capital projects as well as supporting operating facilities across the world. His experience covers engineering and project management, general management and business development.  He has worked on offshore and onshore projects in the UK, Middle East, North America and the CIS.

As Group Engineering Director and Head of Engineering for the Americas, his focus is on contributing to sustainable growth at AMEC by:

• delivering engineering excellence to our customers through the development of our people, equipping them with the skills and competencies the business needs;
• ensuring we maintain engineering and professional integrity, emphasising safety and flawless delivery;
• ensuring processes and procedures are value adding and that we are always improving;  and
• enabling collaboration across the globe and the markets in which we operate;

Mr. Ewens is a Chartered Engineer with an MSc (Engineering) from Imperial College London in Control Systems and an MBA from the University of Hertfordshire. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Measurement and Control.

Keith Fox
President
McGraw-Hill Construction

Keith Fox was named president of McGraw-Hill Construction in March of 2010. Keith leads an organization dedicated to serving design and construction professionals, government agencies, industry associations and adjacent market professionals, through its unique portfolio of business data and intelligence, and media offerings.
Under Keith’s leadership, McGraw-Hill Construction’s portfolio including Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, and Engineering News-Record, has shown improved performance and has broken new ground by transitioning from a data provider to business intelligence powerhouse. Over the past 12 months, the organization has launched business intelligence platforms, such as Dodge SpecShare and Dodge BuildShare, to help customers analyze and size their markets, target and build relationships, gain competitive insights and win more business. The organization has also accelerated its digital footprint across its media portfolio, releasing a series of digital innovations, and establishing its already robust audience in print with an even greater audience on its websites and on social media platforms.

Keith served as president of BusinessWeek from May 2007 until December 2009, when it was sold to Bloomberg. Through his work in several businesses within The McGraw-Hill Companies, he has a proven track record in driving innovation. BusinessWeek expanded its global audience and accelerated its digital footprint through product launches and offerings under his leadership. He also spearheaded the integration of the sales and editorial functions to evolve the organization from its print heritage to a strong digital future. Prior to leading BusinessWeek, Keith was president of McGraw-Hill Professional Books. He joined the company in 2000 as senior vice president of marketing and business development for BusinessWeek. Prior to this, Keith was vice president of new media at Reader’s Digest. He has also held senior positions at Unilever and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Keith holds a bachelor’s degree in American History from Brown University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Columbia Business School.

Jeffrey Heller, FAIA
President
Heller Manus

Jeffrey Heller, FAIA, is president of Heller Manus Architects, leaders in sustainable practice, based in the U.S
and China. Jeffrey has directed green urban planning and major mixed use development in a dozen cities in China, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, and others. He was partner-in-charge of the first LEED Gold high-rise office buildings in both San Francisco and Shanghai.

He is an Urban Advisor to the China National Mayors Association, and the Yangpu District of Shanghai.
He serves on the boards of the Green Growth Leaders Council in Copenhagen, the Asia Society, the Bay Area Council, the Bay Bridge Design Advisory Panel, and the ChinaSF Advisory Board. Jeffrey is an AIA Fellow. He holds both Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in Architecture and Urban Design from MIT.

Irv D. Kieback
Corporate Engineering, Director
Procter & Gamble

Irv Kieback is a Director of Corporate Engineering for Procter & Gamble.  P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world and has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands.  His responsibilities include the Health, Safety and Environment Global Program, Capital Management Global Capability, Global Facilities Engineering, Global Distribution & Customization Engineering, Engineering Training, and Project Management for Offices & Technical Centers Worldwide and Manufacturing Facilities in the Americas.  Irv has over 34 years of experience with P&G holding various positions in Business and Corporate Engineering, Manufacturing, Human Resources and Information Technology.  His previous assignments have been throughout the United States and Europe. 

Irv holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and is a registered Professional Engineer. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife, Gale, and their two sons.

Uwe Krueger
Chief Executive Officer
Atkins

Professor Dr. Uwe Krueger is CEO of Atkins. He has served as President of Cleantech Switzerland, a group providing sustainability advice to companies on behalf of the Swiss Federal Government. In addition he served as Senior Advisor for TPG Capital. Until September 2009 he was CEO of Oerlikon Group, a CHF4bn Swiss industrial conglomerate.

He began his career at international strategy consulting firm A.T. Kearney, followed by several senior executive positions at Hochtief AG, including CEO of Central/Eastern Europe, and Chairman of Turner International.

He currently serves on the board of several high-tech companies, including STR Holdings Inc. in Enfield/CT, San Diego-based Zementis, Inc., SUSI Partners AG in Zurich and Ontex SA, Zele/Belgium. He lectures as an honorary professor of physics at the University of Frankfurt.

David A. McAlister, PE
Director of Corporate Development
Parsons Brinckerhoff

David McAlister holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in several states.  He is an Executive Vice President of Parsons Brinckerhoff Group Inc. and Chairman of Parsons Brinckerhoff International, Inc.  In his role as Director of Corporate Development for Parsons Brinckerhoff, he is responsible for global strategic planning, marketing and mergers/acquisitions throughout the Parsons Brinckerhoff organization of approximately 14,000 employees in 150 offices worldwide.

David returned to Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2009 after a 3-year assignment with CH2M HILL to resume his 25-year career with the firm.  While with Parsons Brinckerhoff, he has served in various capacities, including the Managing Director of the Europe/Africa/Middle East Region, headquartered in the UK; Mid-Atlantic Regional Manger and Area Manager in Baltimore, Maryland and began his career with Parsons Brinckerhoff in the Herndon, Virginia office as a Track Design Engineer and Project Manager. 

Lee A. McIntire
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
CH2M Hill

Mr. McIntire has more than 35 years of international engineering and construction experience. He has leadership responsibility for the CH2M HILL enterprise. The firm is a recognized global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations and program management for private and public clients. Mr. McIntire’s priorities for the firm are the highest standards of ethical behavior, safety, quality, and a positive client experience. The firm is frequently recognized for its focus on sustainability and work-place satisfaction.

CH2M HILL’s global operations serve clients on six continents, delivering projects, such as, 2012 London Olympics, Panama Canal Expansion, the Mumbai airport and Emirates Nuclear Energy Program. Prior to joining CH2M HILL, he was a partner and Board Director of Bechtel Group.

Mr. McIntire’s academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska, a Master’s degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, and the Executive Management Program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

Mr. McIntire lends his leadership to a number of organizations around the world: Business Roundtable; World Economic Forum; World Business Council on Sustainable Development; U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum; National Petroleum Council; Council on Competitiveness; Aspen Institute’s Commission on the Arctic, and the National Academy of Construction. He serves as the Chair of the Infrastructure and Urban Industry Partnership of the World Economic Forum. He also serves as a non-executive director on the board of BAE Systems, PLC. In 2011 he was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate citizenship.

Anil Menon
President, Globalisation & Smart+Connected Communities
Cisco

Anil Menon joined Cisco in March 2009 as President, Smart+Connected Communities (S+CC). In this role, Anil is responsible for developing the strategy and leading the global execution of Cisco’s S+CC business. Under his leadership, Cisco has quickly become the industry and thought leader, with hundreds of implementations around the globe, that are using the network as the platform to drive economic, social and environmental sustainability around the world.

Anil also serves as Cisco's Deputy Chief Globalisation Officer, helping Cisco identify and drive the development of new solutions, and business models for its customers worldwide. As the Executive Sponsor of Cisco’s Emerging Countries initiatives, he is responsible for identifying and addressing the next set of transformational opportunities in emerging countries like BRIC-M (Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico) and TIPSS (Turkey, Indonesia, Poland, Saudi Arabia and South Africa). Anil’s charter is to enable the transformation of these emerging countries by aligning Cisco’s technologies, and business architecture capabilities with the nations’ long and medium term developmental goals.

Prior to joining Cisco, Anil was Vice President, Corporate Strategy, IBM Growth Markets. In his seven years with IBM, he held critical global roles at both the corporate and business unit levels. Appointed by IBM’s CEO, Anil also served as a key member of the Strategy Team from 2005-2008.

Prior to this, Anil was a successful academic and business consultant. He was on the graduate faculty and later was the department head, marketing faculty at the Emory University Atlanta, USA. Anil has been a Sony Fellow in Business Strategy, 1994-1996. He has been on the Executive Committee for the Strategy Council at Strategic Planning, an international business think tank originating from Harvard Business School.

Anil was awarded the American Marketing Association’s prestigious Paul Root/MSI Award in 1999 for academic research in marketing and the Distinguished Marketing Practitioner Award in 2007 from Academy of Marketing Science for innovations in marketing practice.

Anil is a member of the Board of Directors for The Center for Customer Insights at Yale University's School of Management and is on the Advisory Board of Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School. Anil currently lives in Bangalore as part of an international assignment.

Ryan J. Orr
Executive Director, Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
Stanford University

Dr. Ryan J. Orr serves as co-founder and co-chairman of Zanbato, Incorporated. He is also the Executive Director of the Center for Global Projects at Stanford University and serves on the faculty there as a professor of Global Project Finance and Infrastructure Development. Dr. Orr finished his PhD in Engineering at Stanford University under the advisement of Nobel laureate in Economics, Douglass North. He is recognized globally as an expert in infrastructure development, finance, and Investment; and regularly advises pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on infrastructure and energy investment strategy.

Philip Ovanessians
Vice President/General Manager of Global Procurement
Samsung Construction & Trading Corp.

Philip Ovanessians is the vice president and general manager of global procurement for Samsung Construction & Trading (C&T) Corp. Based in Seoul, Korea, he leads procurement operations outside South Korea, primarily in the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Ovanessians previously served as manager of procurement services at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Houston and also was director of material management at Fluor Corp. Samsung C&T ranks at no. 41 on ENR's list of the Top 225 Global Contractors, reporting that $1.57 billion of its $6.2 billion in 2011 revenue was outside South Korea. He has 20 years of global project execution EPC&M experience in all facets of supply management. Ovanessians has a passion for supplier prequalification and low cost country sourcing. Ovanessians has worked on long term assignments in the Americas, Asia, Europe (including Eastern), and the Middle East.

Graham D. Robinson
Executive Director
Global Construction Perspectives

Biography Coming Soon.

Paul Sheard
Executive Managing Director;
Chief Global Economist & Head of Global Economics and Research
Standard & Poor’s

Paul Sheard was named Chief Global Economist and Head of Global Economics and Research for Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services in June 2012. Paul leads a team of over 50 economists, researchers and quantitative analysts responsible for the macroeconomic forecasts used by Standard & Poor’s analysts during the ratings process, critical cross-sector research projects and ratings performance reporting. He is a member of the Standard & Poor’s Executive Committee.

Previously, Paul had been Global Chief Economist and Head of Economic Research at Nomura Securities. There, he led a team of 35 economists in seven countries and was responsible for the firm’s global economic forecasts, outlooks and analyses.

Earlier in his career, Paul spent eight years at Lehman Brothers where he held a similar position and also served as Asia Chief Economist. Before that, Paul was Head of Japan Equity Investments at Baring Asset Management. He has held faculty positions at Osaka University and the Australian National University, and visiting positions at Stanford University and the Bank of Japan.

Paul is the author of several books and articles on corporate governance and the Japanese economy. His book, The Crisis of Main Bank Capitalism (Toyo Keizai Shinposha), earned him the Suntory-Gakugei Prize in the Economics–Politics Division. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the International Monetary System.

Paul received his bachelor’s degree from Monash University in Australia, a master’s degree in Economics and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University.

Grant R. Stevens
Senior Managing Director & Co-Country Head
Hines India

Grant Stevens is Senior Managing Director and Co-Country Head responsible for the strategic, leadership, oversight and management of all activities of real estate development projects in India. His primary focus is on the execution of world class projects in commercial, residential and mixed use genres. Since joining Hines in 1982, Grant has actively participated in the management of over 18 million square feet of commercial, residential, township planning, cultural center and public space totaling over $2.5 billion of construction contracts.

John E. Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech

John E. Taylor, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Civil Engineering Network Dynamics Lab in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.  Dr. Taylor’s research combines experimental research and agent-based simulation to examine fundamental change processes in civil engineering networks of industrial and societal importance.  Dr. Taylor received his PhD in 2006 from Stanford University on the topic of innovation in inter-organizational networks and his research continues to explore the network dynamics that follow industrial and societal changes.  To date he has focused on network dynamics associated with information system integration, industry globalization, workforce virtualization, and energy conservation in buildings.  His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Construction Industry Institute, the Earth Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other public and private funding sources.  Dr. Taylor is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Fellowship.  His research has received Best Paper Awards from the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and the Project Management Journal.  Prior to entering academia Dr. Taylor was the founder of two technology startups serving the construction industry and he spent five years as a project manager of heavy civil construction projects.

Janice L. Tuchman
Editor-in-Chief
Engineering News-Record

As editor-in-chief, Janice L. Tuchman directs the editorial operations of the Engineering News-Record enterprise—delivering news and analysis online, in print and at events.  She works on strategic planning and develops new editorial products, projects and issues.

Under Tuchman’s leadership, the ENR team won five prestigious Jesse H. Neal awards in March 2011. The awards include Best Profile, Best Technical Article, Best Use of Social Media, Best Range of Work and Best News Coverage for in-depth reporting on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. The winning entries used mixed media to bring readers video and web components as well as stories in print. For 2012, ENR is a finalist for Neals in five categories.

Tuchman is active both in the construction industry and publishing associations. Last year she was named to the National Research Council’s Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. In 2010, she was inducted into the National Academy of Construction and was appointed to the Industry Leaders Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She is a trustee of the SMPS Foundation and serves on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering at Columbia University. In 2002, she became only the sixth woman to be elected to membership in “The Moles,” a prestigious heavy-construction industry leaders organization. She is a member of the editorial committee of American Business Media.

A number of groups have honored Tuchman. In 2010, she won an award for journalism from the Society of Military Engineers, North Virginia Post. In 2009, she was inducted into the Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame, and the Women Builders Council of New York City selected her as a Champion Award Winner. In 2002, she was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles chapter of the Women’s Transportation Society and won a career achievement award from Professional Women in Construction. She has won McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Awards for Information Technology and for Editorial Excellence. She also co-authored a McGraw-Hill book called Exposed Structure in Building Design.

Tuchman earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder.

William P. Utt
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
KBR, Inc.

William P. "Bill" Utt was named President and Chief Executive Officer of KBR, effective March 15, 2006. He was named Chairman in April 2007. KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, and power and industrial markets.

Previously, Mr. Utt was President and CEO of SUEZ Energy North America with responsibility for the LNG, retail energy, energy marketing and trading, power generation and development businesses. From 1995-2000, he was president and CEO of Tractebel's North American energy businesses. From 1984 to 1995, he held senior management and executive positions with CRSS, Inc. Mr. Utt holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia and has a master's degree in business administration from The Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Mr. Utt serves on the Board of Directors at Cobalt International Energy. He also serves on the National Petroleum Council, which provides advice and analysis to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. He has been chairman of the Electric Power Supply Association, as well as holding other leadership positions with that organization. He has co-authored numerous industry-related publications and has been a panelist at various academic and industry conferences and symposiums on energy-related issues.