Ray Howard Email & Phone Number

Westminster, Co, Us

Vendor and Brand-agnostic AECO-focused Digital Transformation Specialist that empowers engineering leaders through human-centric engagements to provide better insights into current technology usage and waste for an optimized alignment of people, processes, technology, and budgets which provides and enables a strategic and sustainable technology roadmap for civil infrastructure focused organizations.

Exton, Pa, Us

Assist strategic AECO Industry C-Suite and executive leaders in achieving goals and aspirations by converting critical business challenges into positive ROI. I assist leaders in unlocking the unknowns that prevent them from achieving those goals today and enable us to build a plan for your success moving forward.Employing Covey's win-win philosophy and methodology ensures maximum outcomes for all stakeholders. This approach leverages outcome-based collaborative planning to enable your leaders to transition their "vision of success" from the conceptual stage into a reality.This is achieved with onsite joint ideation discovery whiteboard sessions where conversations around business goals, initiatives, engineering project collaboration workflows, and challenges relevant to your company are evaluated. I create a safe environment where your leaders can focus and break free from tunnel vision, complacency, demand overload, and the fear of the unknown.

Exton, Pa, Us

Assist strategic AECO Industry C-Suite and executive leaders in achieving goals and aspirations by converting critical business challenges into positive ROI. I assist leaders in unlocking the unknowns that prevent them from achieving those goals today and enable us to build a plan for your success moving forward.Employing Covey's win-win philosophy and methodology ensures maximum outcomes for all stakeholders. This approach leverages outcome-based collaborative planning to enable your leaders to transition their "vision of success" from the conceptual stage into a reality.This is achieved with onsite joint ideation discovery whiteboard sessions where conversations around business goals, initiatives, engineering project collaboration workflows, and challenges relevant to your company are evaluated. I create a safe environment where your leaders can focus and break free from tunnel vision, complacency, demand overload, and the fear of the unknown.I only win if you win.

Assisted strategic AECO Industry C-Suite and executive leaders by bridging the gap between the executive's goals and engineering software limitations. Leveraged the best-in-class software technologies, resources, and methodologies available to maximize our client's software investment for better ROI and project outcomes.Utilized software technologies and methodologies that picked up where other traditional solutions fell short. We leveraged strategic point solutions to maximize the efficiency of engineering resources and software investments. Blueridge Analytics SITEOPS, Eagle Point Pinnacle Software Solutions, Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, LISP, and VBA were among the vendors, products, and solutions leveraged from our vast toolbox.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Assisted strategic federal, state & local government agency Executive Leaders in overcoming the daunting challenge of new technology knowledge transfer and adoption methodologies including messaging to their stakeholder ecosystem. The goal was to help Government Leaders prepare for the technology that will be leveraged in the future of managing their capital improvements projects and assets.Developed an award-winning inside sales team focused on the SMB AEC, Civil, Manufacturing, and Government Agency businesses. Developed and mentored new sales account managers from the ground up in preparation for future outside sales. Customer loyalty along with proven methodologies was instilled for ongoing success.Managed the associated vendor partnerships including Autodesk and DLT Solutions to further advance and align business strategies, objectives, and outcomes for the entirety of the ecosystem.

Smyrna, Ga, Us

Autodesk Software Division Director overseeing 15 Employees in the areas of CAD and BIM related Outside and Inside Sales, Technical Support, Customer Service, Professional Training and Implementation Services. Achieved 40% of this large Reprographic based firm's revenue by focusing on growth in the area of high level Implementation Services.Additionally invested time with our staff to develop and lead the way toward this new revenue potential. Developed and maintained all Autodesk Channel Relationships and brought Repro Products into the spotlight as a pioneer in delivering high-end CAD and BIM Implementation Services.

Smyrna, Ga, Us

Focused on consulting with Civil Engineers, Surveyors and S&L Agencies to help drive adoption of new Autodesk Software Technologies. Brought hands-on industry experience and a consultative approach to assist clients adopt and streamline antiquated CAD and Design Processes. Successfully implemented Civil BIM Technologies into CAD production environments for positive ROI's.Was one of the first Reseller Sales Rep's in the country to successfully sell high end Autodesk Implementation services into the Civil and AEC industries.Annual Software Sales Rep of the Year Award recipient from Repro Products in 2005 and 2006.

Smyrna, Ga, Us

Performed consultative discoveries, product demonstrations, and technical support of the entire Autodesk Civil Portfolio. Trained and implemented CAD and model-based software to civil engineering and surveying consultants as well as S&L and federal government agencies across the southeast US. Facilitated the technical aspects of our software and the associated services, webinars, events, and shows.

Marietta, Georgia, Us

Active leader on the company's newfound CAD vision steering committee to help drive vision and change in the organization. Was the driving force of a small group of leaders in transitioning the company from a traditional AutoCAD-based 2D workflow into Civil BIM and 3D design. This was accomplished by implementing new software technology, standards, and workflows into the production environment. Near the end of my tenure with the organization, was additionally responsible for IT-related strategies. And always carried a bag with ongoing project participation as a civil engineering technician on active residential, mixed-use, and transportation-related projects.

Developed and delivered IT-related courses to highly diverse groups for college-level accreditation. This school and its mission were focused on helping career changers and underprivileged adults achieve their dreams. Class subjects ranging from CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ and MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer related courses. Developed and delivered course curriculum, while leading and coaching academic students towards a degree program of study and a new career.

Hired gun leveraged as a CAD production manager and project team lead on a high-profile combined storm and sanitary sewer utilities-based design project. Responsible for increasing project performance while reducing friction in the civil design phase of production. Also assisted as a technical liaison between joint venture participants on high-profile projects to streamline collaborative efforts between stakeholders.

Survey Department CAD Production Manager and Technician responsible for developing and optimizing corporate CAD Standards and Workflows. Optimizations were completed to facilitate Survey Collection Uploads & Downloads, Boundary Surveys, ALTA Surveys, As-Builts, Flood Plane Maps, Construction Staking Files, 3D Surfacing, and Publishing leveraging Autodesk AutoCAD, Land Desktop, Civil Design, and Survey as primary COGO and CAD technologies.Custom automations were completed by leveraging several purpose-built LISP Programs, Scripts, and Slide Libraries to increase project delivery to completion performance. Approached foundational and workflow-based CAD Training for new hires as a Mentorship to ensure the adoption of technology, workflows, and corporate standards.Also facilitated duties around our Windows NT Environment inside both the WAN and LAN as well as licensing. Provided Desktop Support, Domain and Server Maintenance, Backups, VPNs, Network Monitoring and Filtering, Software Installations, and Publishing.

Assisted the company in transitioning from the drafting board to a digital workflow by pioneering AutoCAD into the project delivery environment. Assisted with the development of company CAD standards and enforcement. Managed the CAD Department resources and was responsible for production, deadlines, resource utilization, technical support, training, coaching, and more. And always carried a bag with ongoing project participation as a civil engineering technician on active infrastructure-related projects.Municipal Infrastructure Engineering was the focus of Welker and Associates. Water and Wastewater Treatment and Distribution systems including Water Mains, Force Mains, Gas Mains, Electrical Distribution, Sanitary Sewer, Treatment Plants, Pump Stations, Mapping, and Transportation projects.

Cut my civil teeth as a surveyor while learning the foundation of civil best practices and field data capture. Later transitioned into a role as a civil infrastructure drafting technician where I leveraged field data, hand drafting techniques, and civil engineering concepts into production workflows with transportation design and construction deliverables as an end result.

Civil Engineering

Drafting Technologies, It And Drafting Technologies

Computer Science, Information Technology

Certificate, Drafting And Design Technology/Technician, General

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