Jurors
2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
The Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure jury is comprised of several panels of dedicated industry experts and media professionals who examine every nomination against the category criteria. Together, they choose three finalists in each category. After the presentations, the jury reconvenes to select the winners, who are announced at the 2023 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards event.

Aaron Moniza
SENIOR CLIENT MANAGER | FOTH
Aaron Moniza
Senior Client Manager
Foth
Aaron Moniza is a Senior Client Manager with Foth, where he serves as the National DOT Market Lead. His 20+ year career has been spent building great relationships, always learning, and passionately delivering complex transportation infrastructure projects. Aaron believes that infrastructure is the foundation of a community’s quality of life, and loves the tangibility of his work. Aaron holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Aileen Cho
SENIOR EDITOR | ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD
Aileen Cho
Senior Editor
Engineering News-Record
Aileen Cho is senior editor for transportation and infrastructure at Engineering News-Record. Her coverage of airports, ports, transit, highways, and bridges have won her a number of awards from business publications and engineering societies, including Neal Awards for Best Feature and Best Technical Article. She also co-hosts ENR’s Critical Path podcast.

Alejandro Maceira Rozados
Founder and Director | iAgua and Smart Water Magazine
Alejandro Maceira Rozados
Founder/Director
iAgua and Smart Water Magazine
Alejandro Maceira Rozados is the founder of iAgua, a website and print communication platform for the water sector, and a water economics and hydrological planning consultant. He is also the director of Smart Water magazine. Rozados holds a business administration degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and an MBA from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).

Ana Chiquini
Senior Advisor Resource Estimation | Rio Tinto
Ana Chiquini
Senior Advisor Resource Estimation
Rio Tinto
Ana is an enthusiastic geologist with 12 years of experience in the mining industry in geological modeling, mineral resources evaluation and resources & reserves governance, across multiple countries and mining jurisdictions. Ana holds a Master’s Degree in Geostatistics and Mining Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada. Ana is passionate about collaborating with people and actively contributing to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and safe, with a strong desire for communal success.
Andrew Heaton
Owner And Managing Editor | SOURCEABLE
Andrew Heaton
Owner/Managing Editor
Sourceable
Andrew Heaton is the owner and managing editor of Sourceable, a news website that serves the architecture, engineering, and construction sector in Australia. Heaton covered technical and business-related topics for the architecture, construction, engineering, and property industry for Sourceable in Australia. He is now driving a long-term plan to develop Sourceable into a powerful tool for Australia’s built environment professionals. Heaton earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Deakin University.
Andy Chatha
CEO | ARC Advisory Group
Andy Chatha
CEO
ARC Advisory Group
Andy Chatha provides leadership to the ARC organization and guides its research and client activities. For over 40 years, Andy has provided advice and counsel to many leading energy and manufacturing companies around the world.
Anthony Schmidt
Managing Director and CEO | EPC Media Group
Anthony Schmidt
Managing Director/CEO
EPC Media Group
Anthony (Tony) Schmidt is the Managing Director/CEO of the EPC Media Group, publishers of a number of internationally respected specialist trade publications and media channels, including Construction Engineering Australia (CEA), Highway Engineering Australia (HEA) and Waste, Water and Environmental Management Australia (WWEMA). Anthony also advises a number of major Australian and international companies and organizations across the Engineering, Environment, Infrastructure and Construction sectors, with a particular focus on business development, marketing and sustainability.
Bob Crossen
Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief | Endeavor Business Media Water Group and Wastewater Digest
Bob Crossen
Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief
Endeavor Business Media Water Group and Wastewater Digest
Bob Crossen is the Editorial Director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group and Editor-in-Chief of Wastewater Digest. Under his leadership, Wastewater Digest has earned two Jesse H. Neal Awards for Best Subject-Related Package (2017) and Best Media Brand (2021). Prior to his journalistic work covering the water industry in 2016, he was a reporter and regional editor for weekly newspapers in rural Illinois near St. Louis.
Daniel Mariscal
STRUCTURAL DISCIPLINE SPECIALIST | JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP
Daniel Mariscal
Structural Discipline Specialist
Jacobs Engineering Group
Daniel Mariscal is a senior structural engineer originally from Lima, Peru, based out of Tampa, Florida. His area of expertise is the analysis and design of complex bridges, including box segmental, cable-stayed, arch, or specialty type bridges. In his career he has worked on both national and international projects alongside other teams from across the USA and the world. Mr. Mariscal always appreciates the opportunity to continue learning about bridge design as well as learning about different cultures.
Danielle Kenneally
Deputy Editor | Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors
Danielle Kenneally
Deputy Editor
Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors
Danielle Kenneally is the deputy editor for the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors and is responsible for the members’ monthly journal Civil Engineering Surveyor and the annual Geospatial Engineering and Construction Law Review publications. Danielle is relatively new to the civil engineering industry but has worked as a journalist for a number of publications, most notably for newspapers in Guernsey and Scotland. She has a Masters degree in journalism and holds National Council for the Training of Journalists accreditation.
David Taborda
Reader in Geomechanical Modeling | Imperial College London
David Taborda
Reader in Geomechanical Modeling
Imperial College London
David Taborda graduated in Civil Engineering in 2004 from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, joining Imperial College London in 2006 to pursue his doctoral studies in computational geomechanics. After working with the Geotechnical Consulting Group, he returned to Imperial College in 2012 as Lecturer. He is currently a Reader in Geomechanical Modeling, specialising in the development of models for soil behaviour, applying these to offshore foundations, urban excavations and geothermal structures.
Elizabeth Jordan
Editor | Global Railway Review
Elizabeth Jordan
Editor
Global Railway Review
Elizabeth Jordan is the new editor of international rail magazine Global Railway Review. With over five years’ experience as an editor across infrastructure, building and electronics industries, specialising in highlighting the key topics and trends within those industries in her work, Elizabeth enjoys getting to know the individuals within the industry and understanding how best she can represent and write for them.
Federico Foria
Geotechnics, Geology and Hydraulics Department Manager | ETS Ingineria
Federico Foria
Geotechnics, Geology and Hydraulics Department Manager
ETS Ingineria
Federico Foria is the Head of the Geotechnics, Geology and Hydraulics Department and Head of the Research & Development in ETS (Italy). He is experienced in the design, maintenance, and management of infrastructures. In 2022, he was awarded by EFCA as the best Future Leader in Europe. He represents innovation and sustainability for infrastructures in national and international Committees, as well as educational and outreach activities.
Gavin Jenkins
SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR | ROADS & BRIDGES MEDIA
Gavin Jenkins
Senior Managing Editor
Roads & Bridges Media
Gavin Jenkins is the Senior Managing Editor of Roads & Bridges Media. Before taking on this role in 2021, Gavin was associate editor of Pitt Med magazine. He earned a master’s in nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016 and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Vice.
Gene Roe
Founder | Lidar News and MPN Components, Inc.
Gene Roe
Founder
Lidar News and MPN Components, Inc.
GENE V. ROE, Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), PLS (ret.) is the founder of MPN Components, Inc., a 25-year-old geomatics consulting firm specializing in applied geospatial data acquisition research and technology development. His formal training was in structural and marine geotechnical engineering with research in pavements and earthquake-induced liquefaction. He has been in the engineering survey and mapping business for 50+ years. Dr. Roe is the current Chair of the ASTM E57 Committee for 3D Imaging Systems which developed a widely adopted laser scanning data exchange format. During his career he has focused on the research, development, and introduction of innovative technologies such as CAD/GIS, GPS, 3D laser scanning/lidar, UAS, and autonomous vehicles, primarily for the transportation industry. His website, LiDAR News (www.LiDARnews.com) is one of the leading online 3D lidar and laser scanning websites in the world.
Jonathan Bradley
Deputy Editor | CREATE
Jonathan Bradley
Deputy Editor
CREATE
Jonathan Bradley is deputy editor of create magazine, the journal for Engineers Australia, Australia’s preeminent engineering body. Having previously covered the national water sector for the Australian Water Association’s Water Source, Jonathan’s writing encompasses the construction, robotics, aerospace, biomedical, defense and renewable energy industries, and has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, ABC News, SBS, and Billboard.
Keagan Chee
Founding Partner | NINGResearch
Keagan Chee
Founding Partner
NINGResearch
Dr Keagan Chee is the founding partner of NINGResearch, an engineering consulting firm with specialization in numerical simulation.
He is a Professional Simulation Engineer and Chartered Engineer registered in the UK and Japan.
Keagan graduated with B.Eng in Civil Engineering from University College London and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.
He is a member of the Industry Advisory of the Engineering Science Programme, National University of Singapore.
Kevin Carmody
PARTNER AND GROUP PUBLISHER | V1 MEDIA
Kevin Carmody
Partner/Group Publisher
V1 Media
Kevin Carmody has 20 years of experience in engineering industry publications. He serves as the group publisher of Informed Infrastructure, Asian Surveying & Mapping, Earth Imaging Journal, and Geospatial1 for V1 Media.
Carmody was previously director of print and e-media and associate publisher for CE News and Structural Engineer magazines at ZweigWhite, and was account executive for Architectural Record at McGraw-Hill Construction.
Khalifa Bokhammas
Conference Producer | Hemming Group
Khalifa Bokhammas
Conference Producer
Hemming Group
As features editor of Bridge design & engineering magazine, Khalifa wrote and edited feature pieces for the only international print magazine dedicated to the bridge industry. Having worked in that role for almost four years, he now produces content across the parent company’s AEC conferences. During his career, Khalifa has worked across the Middle East and Europe as a teacher and journalist, specialising in economics and major construction projects.
Mahatma Subbaiyan
Founder and Managing Director | IC Singapore
Mahatma Subbaiyan
Founder and Managing Director
IC Singapore
Er. Mahatma is the founder and Managing Director of IC Singapore Pte Ltd (ICsg) an infrastructure consulting firm. He has 30 years of experience in underground MRT, HSR, urban services tunnels, water tunnels, port facilities, buildings and marine works. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Singapore and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers(FICE). He is experienced in Feasibility Study, Project Management, Design Development and Construction Supervision in Singapore, South and South East Asia.
Mark Hansford
Director of Engineering Knowledge | Institution of Civil Engineers
Mark Hansford
Director of Engineering Knowledge
Institution of Civil Engineers
Mark Hansford is Director of Engineering Knowledge at the Institution of Civil Engineers, responsible for identifying and delivering valuable information for civil engineering professionals. He is also a board director of CROSS, an industry safety body, a member of the strategic leadership group of the Get It Right Initiative, which strives to eliminate errors in construction, and a management board member of the Infrastructure Client Group, a body of forward-thinking clients that strive to improve productivity, carbon reduction, digital transformation, and collaborative working. Previously Hansford served at New Civil Engineer for almost 20 years, including as editor. He holds a master of engineering degree from the University of Birmingham.
Mark Tablante
Design Technology Director | Burns & McDonnell
Mark Tablante
Design Technology Director
Burns & McDonnell
Mark Tablante is the Design Technology Director for Burns and McDonnell engineering. He is responsible for the strategic integration of current and emerging technologies, as well as automation, within the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) global practice. Mark is part of a dedicate team that ensures Burns and McDonnell remains at the forefront of T&D innovation, driving the company’s success in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
Matt Collins
Content Specialist | Geo Week News
Matt Collins
Content Specialist
Geo Week News
Matt Collins is a content specialist with Geo Week News, affiliated with the annual Geo Week conference in Denver, Colorado, covering the worlds of surveying, GIS, 3D technology, and innovations in the AEC industry. He has been a journalist working in the digital media space since 2011, and has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Matthew Turvey
Senior Engineer, Zone Substation Design | Essential Energy
Matthew Turvey
Senior Engineer, Zone Substation Design
Essential Energy
Matthew Turvey is a Senior Engineer within Zone Substation Design division at Essential Energy. He has a Bachelor’s degree with honors and a Master’s degree in electrical power engineering. Matthew is currently the initiative lead for the development of Intelligent Substation Design and has over 10 years of experience as a qualified engineer within a vast array of professions including: R&D in developing gyro stabilized camera systems, investigating failure modes of electrical machines, VVVF drives and power transformers and is currently focusing on process development and technology integration to unlock value within intelligent digital substation design.
Mike Woof
Editor | World Highways, Route One Publishing
Mike Woof
Editor
World Highways, Route One Publishing
Working at World Highways, Mike Woof writes about the road construction sector as well as the associated materials supply segments on an international basis. The magazine is recognized globally as the leading publication covering the road construction market, with its readership and presence having grown in the 15 years he has been editor.
Mike graduated in mechanical engineering from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has a strong history of producing incisive articles on construction as well as the extraction industries and is recognized as a leading expert in these fields.
Prior to joining World Highways Mike was editor of World Mining Equipment, part of the Metal Bulletin Group. This job entailed traveling globally and often to remote areas to look at mining operations. Before that he was a reporter on the magazines Construction News, Plant Hire Review and Construction Weekly. Other previous experience includes having been a development worker in Nigeria for two years, a photographer on a local newspaper in Scotland and as a design and development engineer in the aviation sector.
Monica Schnitger
President and Principle Analyst | Schnitger Corporation
Monica Schnitger
President and Principle Analyst
Schnitger Corporation
Monica Schnitger is an industry analyst focusing on the software tools that create the objects around us. She has developed market models and forecasts, and discussed industry trends and statistics for CAD/CAM, CAE, PLM, GIS, infrastructure, AEC, and plant design software since 1999. She tries to explain what these are, how they affect product or asset creation and operations, and how businesses can best implement these tools to technology buyers, investors, and developers. She holds a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from MIT and an honors MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College.
Paul Wilkinson
Consultant and Writer | Extranet Evolution and PWcom
Paul Wilkinson
Consultant and Writer
Extranet Evolution and PWcom
Paul Wilkinson is a technology consultant, writer, blogger and freelance journalist with specific expertise in the UK architectural, engineering and construction industry and the ICT sector, particularly Software-as-a-Service collaboration tools and BIM. He is a vice-chair of nima (formerly the UK BIM Alliance), and also chairs its technology group. As part of the UK’s Government and Industry Interoperability Group, he led a working group which produced an Interoperability Code of Practice for Technologies in the Built and Managed Environment, published in April 2023.
Pete Evans
Senior Associate Editor | Architosh
Pete Evans
Senior Associate Editor
Architosh
Pete Evans AIA IDSA is an architect, industrial designer and educator at Iowa State University with over 25 years of industry experience. He has written for presented at national AIA events including Technology and Practice (TAP), chaired the state AIA professional development work, published numerous articles for Architosh, is the co-jury member for Architosh’s AIA BEST of SHOW awards program traveling regularly to conferences around the world for Architosh as senior associate editor.
Rehana Begg
Editor-in-Chief | MACHINE DESIGN and Endeavor Business Media
Rehana Begg
Editor-in-Chief
MACHINE DESIGN and Endeavor Business Media
As Machine Design’s editor-in-chief, Rehana Begg is tasked with elevating the voice of the progressively multi-disciplinary engineer in the face of digital transformation and engineering innovation. Her B2B career has taken her from corporate boardrooms to plant floors and underground mining stopes, covering engineering, emergent technologies, automation, IIoT/software, and continuous improvement and strategy. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and an MBA focused on project management.
Ross Brown
Technical Director, Civil | Beca
Ross Brown
Technical Director, Civil
Beca
Ross Brown is a highly experienced professional with over 40 years of expertise in planning, designing, and managing road infrastructure projects. He is based in Auckland, New Zealand, where he has been employed by Beca for 28 years. Ross possesses a robust technical background and contributes to Beca’s operations in both Australia and New Zealand, specializing in areas such as geometric road safety and general civil engineering design.
Scott Blair
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD
Scott Blair
Editor-in-chief
Engineering News-Record
Scott Blair serves as editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record, including all editorial print and digital products, websites, videos, podcasts and events such as Best Projects, Newsmakers and the Award of Excellence, Top Young Professionals, Futuretech and Groundbreaking Women in Construction. Published by BNP Media, ENR was founded nearly 150 years ago . Winner of multiple awards from Jesse H. Neal, Construction Media Alliance, AZBEES and The Telly Awards for his writing, editing, photography and videography, Blair frequently posts in-depth project tour videos and interviews with industry leaders on ENR’s video channel. He is also a frequent speaker and moderator on topics such as diversity and inclusion, design and jobsite technology, construction means and methods and marketing. Blair has spent more than 30 years working in almost every facet of media and publishing, including radio, film, television, digital media, music composition, newspapers, public speaking and music direction.
Simon Hailstone
HEAD OF RESEARCH | CAMBASHI
Simon Hailstone
Head of Research
Cambashi
Simon Hailstone leads the research program at Cambashi and has more than 30 years of experience in the engineering software industry. He previously worked in CAD research and development, business development, and project management. Hailstone earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and a Master of Science in computer-aided engineering from Cranfield University.
Teo Hui Ying
Senior Principle Surveyor | Singapore Land Authority
Teo Hui Ying
Senior Principle Surveyor
Singapore Land Authority
Hui Ying is a Deputy Director in the Survey & Geomatics Division of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). She is responsible for leading the capture, creation, and maintenance of 3D digital geo-information. Together with her team, they produce national maps to support public agencies in their planning, risk management, operations, and policy formulation. Hui Ying has past experience in both the public and private sectors in areas of cadastral, tunnelling and engineering surveys and has been a Registered Surveyor in Singapore since 2006.
Tyrone Gautier
MANAGING DIRECTOR | Australasian Transmission & Distribution Magazine
Tyrone Gautier
Managing Director
Australasian Transmission & Distribution Magazine
Tyrone Gautier is owner and editor of APT Publications, publisher of Transmission & Distribution and Industrial Electrix magazines in Australia and New Zealand. These publications specialize in the HV, MV and LV electrical industries in Asia Pac. Our magazines are written by engineers for engineers. He has served more than 20 years in senior management in various industries.
Tyrone Gautier
MANAGING DIRECTOR | AUSTRALASIAN
Tyrone Gautier
Managing Director
Australasian
Tyrone Gautier is owner and editor of APT Publications, publisher of Transmission & Distribution and Industrial Electrix magazines in Australia and New Zealand. These publications specialize in the HV, MV and LV electrical industries in Asia Pac. Our magazines are written by engineers for engineers. He has served more than 20 years in senior management in various industries.
Tyrone Gautier
MANAGING DIRECTOR | AUSTRALASIAN
Tyrone Gautier
Managing Director
Australasian
Tyrone Gautier is owner and editor of APT Publications, publisher of Transmission & Distribution and Industrial Electrix magazines in Australia and New Zealand. These publications specialize in the HV, MV and LV electrical industries in Asia Pac. Our magazines are written by engineers for engineers. He has served more than 20 years in senior management in various industries.