Jeff and Michael join me to talk about Innovation at Burns & McDonnell including;

• Establishing a structured innovation program focused on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Importance of aligning innovation efforts with corporate goals.
• The role of AI in transforming multiple business functions, including construction, finance, and software development.

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Get in touch with our guests:

• Jeff Danley – Director of Innovation at Burns & McDonaldjdanley@burnsmcd.com
• Michael Businger – Assistant Department Manager at Burns & McDonald, Co-Chair for the Civil Committee of the SDS-ICmlbussinger@burnsmcd.com

Special guests including: Michael Bussinger from Burns & McDonnell, Cory Byrnes from Beta Engineering, Anthony Contino from SBS, Ben Ferneau from Black & Veatch, Josue Sanchez from Quanta Technology, and Shawn Weekly from POWER Engineers join me to talk about AI in the electric utility industry.

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Get in touch with our guests:

Anthony Contino anthony.contino@spatialbiz.com

Ben Ferneau ferneaubj@bv.com

Cory Byrnes cory.byrnes@betaengineering.com

Josue Sanchez jsanchez1@quanta-technology.com

Michael Bussinger mlbussinger@burnsmcd.com

Shawn Weekly shawn.weekly@powereng.com

Special guests including: Michael Bussinger from Burns & McDonnell, Cory Byrnes from Beta Engineering, Anthony Contino from SBS, Ben Ferneau from Black & Veatch, Josue Sanchez from Quanta Technology, and Shawn Weekly from POWER Engineers join me to talk about AI in the electric utility industry.

Note that this ended up NOT being our final episode in the series as we needed one more. Look for our bonus episode on this series next.

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Get in touch with our guests:

Anthony Contino anthony.contino@spatialbiz.com

Ben Ferneau ferneaubj@bv.com

Cory Byrnes cory.byrnes@betaengineering.com

Josue Sanchez jsanchez1@quanta-technology.com

Michael Bussinger mlbussinger@burnsmcd.com

Shawn Weekly shawn.weekly@powereng.com

Special guests including: Michael Bussinger from Burns & McDonnell, Cory Byrnes from Beta Engineering, Anthony Contino from SBS, Ben Ferneau from Black & Veatch, Josue Sanchez from Quanta Technology, and Shawn Weekly from POWER Engineers join me to talk about AI in the electric utility industry.

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Get in touch with our guests:

Anthony Contino anthony.contino@spatialbiz.com

Ben Ferneau ferneaubj@bv.com

Cory Byrnes cory.byrnes@betaengineering.com

Josue Sanchez jsanchez1@quanta-technology.com

Michael Bussinger mlbussinger@burnsmcd.com

Shawn Weekly shawn.weekly@powereng.com

Special guests including: Michael Bussinger from Burns & McDonnell, Cory Byrnes from Beta Engineering, Anthony Contino from SBS, Ben Ferneau from Black & Veatch, Josue Sanchez from Quanta Technology, and Shawn Weekly from POWER Engineers join me to talk about AI in the electric utility industry.

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Get in touch with our guests:

Anthony Contino anthony.contino@spatialbiz.com

Ben Ferneau ferneaubj@bv.com

Cory Byrnes cory.byrnes@betaengineering.com

Josue Sanchez jsanchez1@quanta-technology.com

Michael Bussinger mlbussinger@burnsmcd.com

Shawn Weekly shawn.weekly@powereng.com

Katie Muer from Black and Veatch joins Scott Dimpfl, our SDSIC Vice Chair and myself so we can chat about this year's amazing SDSIC live conference in Kansas City that Black & Veatch hosted! We talk about what it takes to host an event, Katie offers some advice and Scott runs the Q&A! Listen in!

Cory Byrnes from Beta Engineering joins me and we chat about his Civil and Structural engineering work at BETA, his newly minted membership in the SDSIC, advice for other SDSIC newbies, why your should get involved, and of course ... we talk technology and AI.

In this episode we close out 2023 by pulling some tidbits of advice on the SDSIC from each conversation through the 2023 year.