Danielle Dy Buncio

Email: drausch@stanford.edu

Danielle is the Co-Founder and CEO of VIATechnik, a construction and real estate consulting firm focused on digital transformation of buildings and infrastructure. Under Danielle's leadership, VIATechnik has become a leader in digital twins, Virtual Design & Construction (VDC), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Virtual and Augmented Reality, and AI. Danielle currently serves on the Board of Directors for Ryan Companies US, a $4B+ Integrated Real Estate Development, Construction, and Design firm. She is also on the Board of Directors at J.F. Brennan, a 100-year-old firm specializing in marine and heavy civil construction. Before launching VIATechnik, Danielle worked for general contractors in Silicon Valley, Sydney, Australia, and Chicago. As a Civil Engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional, she has extensive commercial building, heavy civil, and marine construction experience. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is an active member Stanford Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering (CIFE) and the Stanford Real Estate Council (SREC), an organization comprised of the “Top 100” senior industry leaders in the Stanford alumni community, which serves as a forum to expand meaningful industry impact. Feel free to reach out to Danielle for any help you may need for this class, but especially regarding the impact you hope to receive from the class and how it can support your academic and career goals. She'd also love to talk about life after Stanford, and innovation across the AECO industry.

Jayant Tanwar

Email: jayant47@stanford.edu

Jayant is a 2nd-year master’s student in the Sustainable Design & Construction program. With a background in Civil Engineering, he has a keen interest in the latest technologies and their applications in our field. Experienced in Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, and various building performance tools, Jayant is particularly passionate about BIM and VR. He aims to be a driving force in innovation and sustainability within the industry.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need help related to the course, the program, or life in general.

Sahil Dhakla

Email: sahildh@stanford.edu

Sahil is a construction domain professional, now a Masters student at Stanford in Civil & Environmental Engineering department, pursuing Sustainable Design and Construction (SDC) program. Previously he has worked as a VDC engineer and helped construction teams solve problems on site using technology.

Sahil is keen on technology venture creation and has experience of intra-organization as well as independent venture in the field for AECO (Architect/Engineer/Contractor/Owner). He has lead more than 100 BIM projects, trained teams of sizes 15-20 people for various BIM services. He believes in building a people driven culture.

In the long run, Sahil wants to ace in the field of AECO by creating technology for construction which is field accessible. He believes that building modeling and digitization is an important step for such technologies to flourish. Feel free to talk to him about any such ideas or seek help in building modeling & digitization for construction & design.