Tim is a 25-year veteran of the construction industry who became a data scientist after a serious injury on one of his projects created a desire to predict and prevent future safety incidents.  Tim graduated with honors from the University of Pittsburgh and began his career developing engineered construction methods for complex bridge structures like the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria, VA for American Bridge Company.  As he climbed the ranks, Tim moved west to work on the SR-125 South PPP Project in San Diego for URS where he became a Registered Professional Engineer and PMI Project Management Professional.  This is also where he found a passion for safety becoming OSHA 40 and STS C-CHEST Certified.  From there it was on to Seattle, Washington to work for PCL on several projects including the South 200^th Link Light Rail Extension Project where he started to apply his interest in the newly burgeoning construction technology revolution to solving job site challenges by adopting mobile devices to collect safety data and manage the project quality program.  The more he dug into these new field technologies, the more he realized that the collection of data was only the start, and the real value was in using that data to improve performance on future projects. Tim then moved to Phoenix, Arizona to work as a Project Executive for Sundt Construction where, drawing upon inspiration from “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” the 2003 book by Michael Lewis, he built a predictive analytics system to predict safety incidents using data collected across projects.  By collaborating closely with Sundt’s safety leadership, the predictive system had an immediate and profound impact on performance across the organization reducing safety incident rates by 60% in the first 12 months.  He then joined Newmetrix, a software startup specializing in the application of AI and advanced analytics on construction data, in 2018 to continue to build on the concept of predictive safety across the industry.  Tim now serves as the Sr. Director of Customer Strategy for Analytics and AI on the Oracle Construction Intelligence Cloud (CIC) Team that is actively building out a suite of tools that leverage advanced analytics and AI to improve capital project delivery performance for contractors and owners.

Karyn is a Senior Executive with more than 20 years of strategy and transformation leadership experience across government and industry. She joined KPMG in early 2023 to lead Energy sector transformation enabled by Data and Cloud.

Over the past decade, Karyn has worked with the energy industry to drive digital transformation, including energy transition to renewables and net zero goals. She has engaged with Mining, Transport and Industrial sectors on their electrification and decarbonisation initiatives, advising and implementing new digital capabilities and business model innovation for new revenue streams.

Karyn has an extensive background with global technology firms working at the interface of industry and technology enabled disruption. Her immersion in technology, innovation, strategy and transformation means she can understand the big picture shifts, translate to strategy and apply to transformational programs.  She brings a wealth of experience collaborating with industry to deliver large, complex, multi-year programs, including de-risk strategies, capability uplift and overcoming the challenges of change.