Don’t miss our Advance Steel Academy being held in St. Louis, Missouri from April 1-3, 2019!
It’s that time of year again – the annual Graitec Advance Steel Academy is happening the same week as The Steel Conference: NASCC in St. Louis, Missouri.
Join us for this three-day intense training as we delve into the latest features of the Autodesk® Advance Steel 2019/2020 versions and explore BIM workflows within the AEC Collection. We invite both experienced and new users to join us and learn how Advance Steel along with Autodesk, and Graitec products can bring added value to your steel detailing and engineering process. This is also a great opportunity to network with other industry experts.
On Monday April 1st, after a full day of training, we invite all our guests to let loose at the Top-Notch Axe throwing venue, located only 5 minutes away from the hotel. For those of you unfamiliar with this activity – think of darts …. but with an axe! No previous experience required! Food and beverages will be served.
Stephanie Martel
stephanie.martel@graitec.com
514-935-1155 #300
1-800-724-5678 #300
April 1 - 3, 2018
*EARLY BIRD PRICE US $895.00 + tax
REGULAR PRICE US $995.00 + tax
Enjoy Special Rates for 219 USD!
We are proud to host this year’s event at the sophisticated Magnolia Hotel St. Louis, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel. This classic boutique hotel was built during the roaring 20s and is located downtown St. Louis near all amenities. Graitec was able to secure the grand spacious Magnolia ballroom for our sessions, and guests will be able to enjoy the elegant foyer area during breaks.
Special Rate ends March 12, 2019
David Naylor
Advance Steel Technical Manager,
Local Product Manager for Advance Steel & PowerPack,
Senior Technical Specialist
GRAITEC Inc.
David is the LPM and Technical Manager for Advance Steel supporting North American customers. He brings over a wealth of industry experience in structural engineering, from traditional steel, concrete, and timber design, to seismic design and spectral analysis working for over 13 years in California and 3 years in Canada. He has worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, Parsons, PCL, and Autodesk on projects worldwide.
BIM integration has been one of his focuses since working on Disney’s Expedition Everest in 2004. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering (BS ArcE) from Cal Poly State University - San Luis Obispo.
Frank Lemus
Applications trainer for Revit Architecture
GRAITEC Inc.
Frank is a support specialist and applications trainer for Revit Architecture and has been with Graitec since 2017. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and earned the Autodesk Certified Professional certificate for Revit Architecture. He has presented topics for the Revit User Group in Houston, TX and is an active member. Recently, Frank has begun to work with the structural toolsets in Revit, and has been applying BIM workflows with BIM 360 Docs and Design.
Gernot Jeromin
Structural Steel Product Manager
Autodesk
Gernot Jeromin, a civil engineer, joined Autodesk in spring 2018 as Product Manager for Advance Steel and Revit Structural Steel, located in Germany.
In 2005 Gernot started working for Bentley Systems, as an application engineer for Plant. In his role, he provided consulting for companies in EMEA in AEC, photogrammetry, point-cloud technology, visualization, plant, structural steel, concrete and rebar applications. In 2015 he moved back from the USA to Germany where he worked for over 7 years as a product manager for ProStructures, a 3D structural steel, concrete and rebar modeling and detailing application.
Gernot has extensive experience in multiple industries like; mechanical engineering, electrical, EDM, HVAC, surveying and AEC, serving customers, users and business partners on a global scale. Along with providing consulting and training, he has also established multiple branches for CAD system houses in Germany and in the USA.
Irene Radcliffe
Sales Engineer
FARO
With many years of experience in the oil and gas sector, Irene Radcliffe is well versed in the challenges faced by engineering companies to adapt and stay current in a fast-changing world of technology. Irene has held many roles in the AEC industry, including Senior Piping Designer, Pipeline Construction Coordinator, Cad Manager, Technical consultant and trainer. As an author with both LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com, Irene has written and produced a series of Autodesk-based plant design courses.
In April 2017, Irene joined FARO in the role of Sales Engineer where she finally has a chance to use her engineering, technical and uber-nerd skills to support both the FARO sales team and FARO customers with their field to finish workflows.
Juraj Sabatka
IDEA StatiCA CSO & CFO
IDEA StatiCA
Being one of the managers and owners and IDEA StatiCa, Juraj is in charge of sales, support and research initiatives at IDEA StatiCa. In his work, he aims to bring together the best researchers and IT experts in the field to create tools that allow structural engineers all over the world to calculate yesterday’s estimates.
Douglas Morton
Advance Steel Specialist
GRAITEC Inc.
Doug is an applications specialist for Advance Steel, supporting North American customers. He has an extensive background working with steel and concrete 3D modeling and documentation systems where he has worked to enhance participants understanding of the software and its tools in a classroom environment, both live and online.
Additionally, he has acted as success-factors advocate where he initiated and maintained user advancement programs, provided software support and participated in focused multi-discipline coordination projects.
Doug demonstrates a deep and ongoing commitment to understanding a user’s needs, as he works to help educate and empower people, so they can work as a team in their 3D related work projects.
Olivier Gervais
Local Product Manager for Graitec Advance Workshop
GRAITEC Inc.
Olivier is now the Local Product Manager for Graitec Advance Workshop. He’s cumulated implementation success and customization around our customer base in North America, on the Autodesk Advance Steel technology. This software has no secrets for him, he’s also overseeing support for North American customers.
For the past 10 years, Olivier has been working with GRAITEC providing Autodesk Advance Steel support, consultation, training, product development, presales demos and implementation. Well experimented with Autodesk Advance Steel implementation for many of our customers, he establishes new methodology & processes and helps for a smooth transition of technology.
He is also focused on helping R&D for future release. He is the Drawing Styles Guru and expert in advance configuration of user settings and content.
Ian Coats
Technical Specialist Structural BIM
Autodesk
Ian currently serves as a Technical Specialist on Structural BIM at Autodesk. As part of his current role, he provides demonstrations, training and industry liaison. He started in the construction industry as a Draftsman, Layout Engineer and Site Manager for a large General Contractor in Scotland working commercial developments, industrial plants and bridges. Subsequently, he focused towards the steel industry gaining experience as a Project Manager for a fabrication shop, before moving into the early BIM era creating structural models of major retail developments for the largest fabricator in the country.
After coming to the USA, he has become more involved in construction software, leading a Technical Support Team and then as a Product Manager. Ian is an entertaining and renowned speaker in the community. He delivers thought leadership talks and technical demonstrations regularly to prominent industry groups. Ian also hosts the popular ‘BIMing With Confidence’ blog site
Jana Kaderova
Product Engineer
IDEA StatiCA
Jana’s main role is to support structural engineers in their projects from start to finish. She provides technical support, creates product documentation, software testing, writes articles and transforms customer feedback into propositions for the IDEA StatiCa development team.
Mike Vance
Innovation Leader
Steelway Building Systems
Mike Vance is a structural engineer for Steelway Building Systems in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. He has always had a passion and aptitude for software, seeking more efficient ways to complete increasingly complex projects. In fact, continuous improvement is now his full-time job as ‘innovation leader’. Part of this role involves researching, testing, creating, and implementing new technologies that improve project outcomes. He enjoys sharing his experience and knowledge with coworkers and with the broader steel construction industry community.
