Eldad has been involved in Architecture for the past 11 years (since finishing his Architectural Drafting Course). His work ranges from residential (single and multi-level) to commercial projects and Master Plans.

Currently Eldad is working at Fairweather Proberts Architects as a CAD Manager, setting up Office and Drawing Standards as well as conducting QA and staff Revit training.

He also teaches a Digital Communication course using 3D Studio Max at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) and is involved with the online community (he is a moderator on Revitcity).

Eldad began using Revit with Version 5.

Andrew is a HVAC services engineer and sustainability consultant within GHD's Built Environment Group, specialising in the design of innovative and alternative HVAC systems, ESD consulting services and building energy simulation modeling. Andrew has been with GHD's Newcastle office for 3 years and has been developing the company's capability in using Revit MEP for the past 18 months alongside their architectural and structural service lines to form a completely integrated BIM solution using the Revit suite. Andrew has also spent considerable time mastering the use of Revit with the IES Virtual Environment software package to perform dynamic energy, thermal and daylight modeling analyses.Outside of the office Andrew can usually be found in the surf on one of Newcastle's numerous quality breaks.

Peter is currently employed by Benn Design as a Snr Designer and has been working in the Architectural/Construction Industry for over 10 years. Peter’s experience includes designing, documenting and managing developments ranging from high end residential, commercial, health and retail.

Since, moving to Revit about 5 years ago, Peter has enjoyed the many advantages and opportunities BIM can offer over 2D CAD.

In his time away from work Peter and his wife are usually found either travelling or renovating their home.

Shane originated in the steel construction industry as an Engineering Fabricator (boiler Maker). He then took his skills to multiple construction sites performing on site welding, fabrication and building.

Shane then followed his passion for drafting and achieved a structural drafting position and soon moved up the ranks on diverse projects types and sizes. Soon afterwards graduating with the Diploma of Engineering Technology.

Since then Shane has moved into the CAD/BIM Management roles in multi discipline firms applying customization, implementation and training. Shane is now deeply involved in Revit coordination & collaboration looking to achieve the full Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) work flow.

Danelle Briscoe received a Master of Architecture (2002) Yale University and a Bachelor of Architecture Honors UT Austin(1995).  She has worked as a designer in the office of Frank Gehry (2002-2004) and is currently teaching at Unitec New Zealand and practicing abroad.

Stewart is currently an associate at Russell and Yelland architects in Adelaide. He graduated from the University of Adelaide on 1999 and has been at R&Y for about 8 years. Unlike most CAD users he was initially very hesitant when using 2D CAD systems but found his calling when picking up REVIT about 6 years ago. Stewart has since become the CAD manager of sorts at R&Y as well as being responsible for CAD systems development and training for office staff. When he's not busy performing his architectural duties he spends his time experimenting with the nuances of REVIT, focusing his attention on the integration of other software into REVIT (SketchUP primarily) as well as developing best practice procedures for using REVIT in an architectural office. Stewart is also a member of the RUGSA group.

Glenn had aspirations to be the greatest home-brewer in history, or at least a rock and roll star! However due to some dreadful evil perpetrated in a past life he was condemned to a career in architecture. Since graduating from the University of Queensland more than thirteen years ago, Glenn has held substantial positions with Chetwood Associates (UK), Peddle Thorp (North Queensland), Humphrey & Edwards and Seidler Associates in Sydney. Before, in a moment of complete madness five years ago, establishing his own practice!

Glenn is now involved in projects that range from 15m2 concession fitouts for a well known fashion label to a 50 hectare tourist sub-division in Nadi, Fiji!

At AEC Consulting Steve is dedicated to assisting all types of firms in the AEC Industry to successfully implement Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Navisworks throughout their organizations providing a holistic Building Information Modelling (BIM) solution. Steve has also been exposed to a large amount of firms internationally, on how to use Revit successfully and how not to use Revit, including BIM.

He currently provides implementation services specifically for Revit & Navisworks as company’s transition from 2D CAD into Building Information Modelling, 4D Construction simulation and 5D Facilities Management. He teaches Revit (through AEC Systems) scheduled training courses and specialized on-site tutorials. He provides telephone support for Revit and creates Revit content.
       
Through Steve’s previous employer, Altis Architecture Pty Ltd, he has in depth hands on industry knowledge. He was CAD/IT Manager and implemented Revit as the software of choice and has been working in the Architectural Industry for some 15 years. Steve's experience with Revit ranges from high end residential developments, construction documentation of apartment towers, and with Altis's forte in the hospitality industry multi staged RSL, Leagues and Bowling Club developments with construction costs ranging from $2-$380 million, completely documented in Revit.

When given any opportunity Steve and blue heeler 'Bosco' jump into their 4wd, leave the rat race and explore this huge country of ours.

Mark Flanagan, is a qualified architect, with a Diploma in Architecture from Bolton Street College of Technology and a degree in Architectural Science from trinity College Dublin. Mark’s further studies led to several City and Guilds qualifications in Computer Aided Design, including 3D, which he later taught at the Dublin Institute of Design.

He worked for more than 10 years, both as an architect and visualisation expert, before returning to Ballyfermot College of Further Education, where in 2001 he gained a Higher National Diploma in Computer Animation and Modelling. In addition to his wide experience in architectural work, Mark has spent the last 8 years working as a 3D artist in the video games industry.

He currently lectures in Game Art and Architectural Visualization at the AIE Melbourne.

Chris has been a Revit trainer, educator and author for many years. He produces Autodesk Official Training Courseware for Revit Architecture and Revit Structure, creates video lessons available online for Revit Architecture and Revit Structure, and has written a book on Revit Architecture for Autodesk Press, Introducing and Implementing Revit Architecture. He moved to Australia from the USA in 2005, and provides training and implementation services throughout Australia and New Zealand through KarelCAD.

With a background in architecture, systems, organisation development and management Tom has worked in the design and construction of public buildings many years.

For the past fifteen years he has been involved in the establishment and growth of a commercial business unit within government, responsible for the delivery of professional services to untied clients. Project Services has successfully met the challenges associated with that role and is a commercially viable team of multi-disciplinary and multi-skilled professionals.

More recently, he has led the development and implementation of building information modelling into the business and has overviewed the construction of a growing number of building models across a wide range of disciplines including the adoption of 4D models in the construction stage.

Originally from Switzerland I came to Australia in the early eighties, to work as an Architect in Brisbane. I was first exposed to CAD in 1984 using AutoCAD first commercial version, Autocad 1.2 on a DOS platform with 512kb of RAM and a gigantic 20Mb hard drive.

Later I learned and used a range of software such as APDesign, 3D Studio, Archicad and many others which I used in practice as well as in my teaching. My first involvement with Revit was in 2006 when I joined Architectus Brisbane.
Since then, I have been Architectus CAD and BIM manager, responsible for the on-going training of staff as well as developing and implementing the office standards.

I am committed in making Architectus a leading BIM firm through our holistic approach of Revit.

Bruce is a registered architect with extensive practice experience.  His architectural background includes work on a wide range of project types including High Rise,  Hospitality, Health Care and Residential/ Commercial developments  He is a Revit Implementation Architect / Applications Engineer with KarelCAD working in Australia / New Zealand demonstrating Autodesk products, training and implementing Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP, and supporting other Autodesk products.  Bruce is active in the Revit community in the RUGB user group. He is an AU presenter and a moderator for the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Community, a presenter at Revit Conferences in Australia and writes a blog on Revit topics called Revitalise. 

As a structural engineer, John has notched up many years of struggle trying to get previous releases of Revit to do what engineers want. With the release of Revit Structure - he's a changed man ! With many successfully completed projects ranging in value up to $500m he has no fear of using Revit for any project he comes across.
As a Virtual Construction Coordinator with Arup, he has unhealthy interest in the use of Revit (and other competing packages) within the consultancy environment - especially for ifc translation, analysis integration, contractor/design team co-ordination, supply chain co-ordination, construction sequencing, as well as 4d & 5d planning.

John presented at AU08 and with responsibilities for technology trend watching and BIM transition across the global Arup, his views on a successful transition to Revit, return on investment, when to model, what to model, the level of detail, costs, budget, advantages and the subsequent passing of data rich models might even interest some delegates who are not structurally minded too.

Ryan is the BIM Coordinator for Architectus’ – Sydney office, specialising in the development and implementation of Revit for a range of Architectural, Interior and Urban Design projects. He is also at the forefront of BIM Management for a large scale, multi-discipline coordination project utilising the three flavours of Revit, Navisworks Manage and Design Review.

With over 11yrs or experience in the local Architectural industry and having managed hotels in England and northern NSW, the Cellar and BIM management process is a happy marriage.

Paul is the Revit Structure Coordinator for GHD. Paul has worked for 3 years with GHD as Senior Structural Drafter and had experience with Solidworks before moving towards Revit Structure. One of Pauls role is the development of and assistance in the implementation of Revit Structure throughout the GHD Buildings business.

As a graduate from Leederville Tafe in 1991 after completing 3 years full time study, I received my Advanced Certificate of Drafting (Architectural) and a Diploma in Architectural Drafting. Moving straight into the building industry I worked within a small company specialising in the refurbishment and development of character and period homes, developing my skills in domestic design and drafting.

A new opportunity opened for me to develop and manage a design studio. Over a five year period a dominant design consultancy and shopfitting service was created to be the leading company in Perth throughout the late 1990’s.

It was then time for a sea change with a move into the customer service industry, which was used to build skills in customer service, client relations and increasing my management tools. The last five years have been spent in a Perth based drafting office, providing an ideal opportunity for self development and to form a solid foundation within the Architectural community of Perth and interstate. With the growth potential reached it was time for a new beginning and the result is ARCHdoc

Peter Harris joined Bornhorst & Ward in 1996 as structural design draftsperson after working in Sydney with Taylor Thomson Whitting for 5 years. Peter has been involved with structures for a broad range of projects including commercial, retail, residential, industrial, medical and sporting purposes.

Peter has developed and customised AutoCAD and Revit to automate B+W system to provide user friendly and easy to use tools to produce specialised high quality structural and civil engineering documentation. In 2003 Peter was appointed Associate director.

Brandon has worked various architectural practices in Melbourne before relocating to
Sydney in the summer of 2006. Over this period he has had the opportunity to work
extensively with Rhino, Maya, Autocad, 3dsMax , Archicad and Revit.
He is a member of the RAIA and currently works with PTW architects in Sydney.
He can be found in a peloton to Lapa / Bondi every morning for a chat about anything
other than Revit.

Jason Howden, Associate and IT Systems Manager for Archaus Architects, has been responsible for designing new work processes to maximize investment in AEC hardware and software technology in New Zealand and the United Kingdom over the past 15 years.

Jason was a guest speaker at the Revit Technology Conference in Sydney, Australia, July 08 and was invited to present his research and practice in an 11-day speaking tour of Asia as part of the Autodesk Super Users Tour, September 08 and also at Autodesk University, Las Vegas, December 08.

Jason is the co-founder of the Revit Users Group, Wellington [RUGWELL], a non-profit group comprising 100+ members and also a founder and Director of Revit TV Ltd, providing productivity tools for Autodesk Revit now used by 300+ AEC firms worldwide.

Jason is also consulting to Productspec, New Zealand’s National Database of construction products on the adoption and creation of smartBIM content and construction related productivity tools.

Jason is also a foundering member of BIMcache and winner of a prestigious $50,000 prize in a local business start up competition for their BIMcache Manager, a new software productivity tool for the management of Revit components and families.
Jason is also a member of the Autodesk Developers Network [ADN] and an active technology advocate on several blog sites including www.thebimman.wordpress.com

Glenn is a Structural Engineering Technician for the building structures team in the Opus Hamilton office. Glenn has over 3 years experience in Structural Engineering documentation and detailing in England, before moving to New Zealand in January 2008. Glenn is currently co-ordinating the implementation of Revit Structure throughout Opus offices in New Zealand. This involves training, family development, and support. Working closely with Opus Revit MEP and Revit Architecture users.

Maneck Khanna is the C E O & Cofounder of OBELISK – An Architecture Knowledge Partner business. A degree in Architecture from India and over a decade of experience in practice, he is also an International Associate of the American Institute of Architects. He is actively involved in promoting Revit through his company and feels that it is the future of Architecture production.

Maneck loves to travel around the world and work with people from different cultures. A voracious reader, he holds a brown belt in Shotokan Karate and lives in India with his wife Sonia and 15 month old son Sahaj.

Michelle Louw worked in the Architectural & Design industry for 15 years. She has worked as a designer, an architectural drafter and has held Revit Training and Implementation roles for the past four years. She worked for Benn Design for 3.5 years and has held National Revit Management roles with both Woolworths and Mirvac Design. Since moving to Brisbane Michelle has joined PDT Architects and she continues to be focussed on improving her understanding of how to create streamlined Revit business solutions that are consistent, stable and duplicatable across various disciplines and project types.

Simon Lovegrove is a Quantity Surveyor with 30 years industry experience. He is a Director of Exactal, an Australian software company established in 2003 to develop CAD-based estimating solutions. The flagship product, CostX® is in widespread use across Australia and in 24 other countries as an interoperable CAD based cost modelling and estimating tool. CostX® is one of the few products actively supporting and developing the 5th Dimension of the BIM solution.
www.exactal.com

After almost 35 years in and around the construction industry as an Architect specializing in Contract Documentation and Contract Administration I have accumulated a wide variety of experience and a little learning. Following 18 years in the Public Sector then voluntary redundancy and a few minor excursions (licenced builder, kitchen manufacturer, landscaper and aquaculturalist), the Architecture Faculty of Newcastle University engaged me to prepare course material for the Bachelor of Construction Management by Distance Education. When the 5 year contract expired I returned to the joys of private enterprise, and am now senior partner in a small general architectural practice. Since 1991 I have been a part time architectural drafting teacher at TAFE teaching mainly construction to part time students. I have been using Revit for 3 years.

Toby is driven to manage HASSELL's ongoing implementation of Autodesk Revit globally, as part of their Building Information Modelling (BIM) solution.
He has extensive expertise in overcoming challenges in introducing this technology across organisations. As the Revit Systems Manager for Woolworths Limited, he implemented the BIM standards, methodology and workflow, created content, and trained 20 existing personnel as well as 5 external drafting companies (total 100+ people) in these standards. He then worked for AEC Consulting Services implementing & mentoring the use of Revit into many organisations and differing disciplines. He also taught Revit students (through AEC Systems) scheduled training and on-site.

Toby is the Group BIM Manager for HASSELL. He manages the Revit system nationally, and specifically BIM as a methodology, not just as a drafting tool. He has 3 children under 3 years old - so nothing phases him anymore!!

I work for SKM in the Building Services section of our Sydney office and, for sins committed in a previous life, have been awarded the honour of having the specific responsibility for the implementation of Revit MEP. It’s a new challenge for me, and for the industry, and one which I am enjoying.

David is a director of Quantity Surveying firm Mitchell Brandtman. With over 25 years experience in the industry, David has a reputation for a highly professional results-driven approach and has led project teams on some of the firm’s largest and most challenging construction projects. David possesses developed skills that have been gained through establishing and developing IT projects and networks from initial conception to completion.

David is the Revit Manager for the Buildings Group at Wood & Grieve Engineers and is responsible for leading the implementation of Revit MEP into the group and has a keen interest in using Revit to encourage collaboration between Architects, Structural and Services Engineers to give our designs more integrity from concept to building hand over.

Brenden has been working with GHD for the past 4 years as a structural drafter / designer.  Brenden has over 5 years experience in the buildings industry and is currently studying a Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Civil) through University of Southern Queensland.

Brenden began using Revit Structure 4 over 3 years ago and is now part of the BIM implementation team at GHD.  He provides training and support for new users and is heavily involved with family and content development.

In his spare time, you will usually find Brenden at one of the numerous music festivals around the country.

For the past few years, Victor Polyik has been involved in the implementation of Revit and the development of custom Revit tools for Arup's global community.
As a contributor to Arup’s BIM taskforce, Victor ensures best practices are executed during all phases of the project.

Prior to Joining Arup, Victor was implementing Revit for a Vancouver based engineering firm.

Currently, Victor is investigating new workflows such as the linking of analysis to documentation and data exchange.

Roy, currently as Auckland CAD Manager of Connell Wagner, has been mainly involved in Building Services CADD and some occasional IT system development projects for the past 14 years. In search of the real value a building services CADD drafter and the true meaning of life, he found Revit MEP, and started to embrace it since early 2008.

Matt is currently the National Technical Manager for Building Information Modeling for AEC Systems, one of Australia's leading Autodesk Resellers. Having worked for Architectural practices both in London, Melbourne and Adelaide, Matt was the lecturer of Digital Design for the School of Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia from 2001 until 2005. In 2007, Matt joined Woodhead International Architects, one of the largest architectural practices in Australia as CAD Coordinator - Building Information Modeling. Currently located in Melbourne, Matt provides product demonstrations, consultancy services, implementation and training services for the Autodesk Revit platform across Australia, New Zealand and China.

Sam is a Technical Manager with KarelCAD and is based in Melbourne. He has trained countless users in the use of Revit from introductory levels through to steering project implementations across Australia and New Zealand. With a background in architectural, building services and structural drafting Sam brings with him a wealth of experience to assist today’s professionals in finding improved solutions and workflows that satisfy their needs.

Steve has been returning presenter at Autodesk University since 2004 as well as presenting at RTC 2006. He started using Revit in 2002. He is a well established Revit consultant and is currently the CEO of his firm AEC Advantage, Inc. Very active in the Revit community at large, he was an early member of the Revit community forum at Zoogdesign and he now serves as the forum manager for the Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) Revit Community as well as wrapping up his term as a member of AUGI's board of directors. He created, writes and manages three Revit blogs www.Revitoped.com, www.revitinside.com and www.revitjobs.com. 

Martin Taurer, born 1964, graduated from as an Architect from Technical University Graz, Austria in 1987.
Practicing Architect 1989 - 1999 in Austria, Brazil and Germany,
2000 - 2001 Product Designer for Autodesk in Munich Germany,
2001 - 2002 Product Manager for Revit Technology Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
2002 - 2007 Product Designer/Product manager for Autodesk Revit in Australia and Japan
2007 to 2008 independent Architect/Consultant
2008 to current consultant for LivingRoomCraftZ Netherlands (www.livingroomcraftz.com)

Brendan is the CAD Manager for the Building & Infrastructure Services (BIT) Group at Hyder Consulting and for the past 3 Years has been responsible for implementing the use of Revit MEP within the group. Working closely with other Revit users throughout Hyder, specifically Revit Structures, he has helped with the creation of company standards for Revit use and has also been involved with the creation of MEP family content for all services (Mechanical, Electrical, Fire & Hydraulic) built to Australian Manufactures Standards.

Marianne is currently a third year student of the four year part time Diploma of Architectural Technology course at Newcastle TAFE.  She used to build and repair computers, then decided to pursue her interest in construction. She works part time with Axiametrix Chartered Architects, and is a proficient Revit user.