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Meet Our Experts at the BIM Summit

Our consultancy team is made up of industry experts with deep experience in the fields they support. They understand your challenges first hand and are passionate about exploring, evaluating, and embracing the latest developments in products and processes shaping our industry today. Don’t miss the chance to connect with them—book an appointment at the BIM Summit!

Daryn Fitz

Daryn Fitz

Principal Consultant
Daryn has worked within the construction sector for over 35 years, providing extensive experience in the management, application and integration of Digital Information Technologies within Design Consultant, Main Contractor, Developer and Employer Organisations. Today, Daryn is predominantly an advisor to Employer Organisations, provides Information Management services directly, leads the LRQA (previously Lloyds Register) BIM | ISO 19650 Accreditation scheme on behalf of Symetri, is an Associate Lecturer at Middlesex University supporting its MSc BIM Management programme, guest lecturers at other Universities and is currently researching a PhD in Data Quality within the Construction Sector. As an educator Daryn is known for his pragmatic and impartial approach, building on and reinforcing concepts by using real-world application and examples.
Paul Grimston

Paul Grimston

Consultant
Spending his formative years as an Architectural Technician, followed by a stint in the Exhibition and Graphics industry, Paul has worked for many years on design projects across the UK where he gained diverse experience in the use of design technology in all areas of design. A benefit of Paul’s graphics experience is knowledge of visualisation and presentation techniques that take advantage of the latest 3D modelling software.
Geoff Alder

Geoff Alder

Application Specialist
Geoff Alder has been training Autodesk applications for 25 years. He came into training from practical experience in the building industry. He has designed and carried out technical training all over the world. Geoff is a particularly dedicated trainer on 3D applications and has won awards from Autodesk for training on 3ds max.
Jan Tore Bugge

Jan Tore Bugge

Product Manager Naviate

Jan Tore Bugge is the Product Manager of Naviate for Revit. Jan Tore has many years’ experience from the computer tech industry within the AEC field. With a passion for helping people implement better workflows and methodology for a quality outcome.

Johnathan Ward

Johnathan Ward

Cloud Services Manager

From a background in both the construction and manufacturing industries, Johnathan has gained a detailed working knowledge of both the processes and workflow methodologies employed in achieving the optimum operational performance.

Steve Rudge

Steve Rudge

Head of Technical and Delivery - AEC

Working in a multi-disciplined design and build environment for 24+ years, Steve has vast knowledge of the problems that will be encountered on projects of all sizes, and provides suitable solutions. Steve’s main expertise lies in the design, construction and management workflow of information and technology requirements to ensure a project meets the full requirements and data is reused through the delivery. Steve acts as the Project BIM manager and information manager for our clients and helps them de-risk and deliver the project to meet the full defined requirements.

Sean O’Dwyer

Sean O’Dwyer

AEC Division Manager, Ireland
Shivani Soni

Shivani Soni

Head of Impact and Innovation

As the Global Head of Impact & Innovation at Symetri, Shivani is passionate about driving innovation and promoting sustainable solutions that benefit communities worldwide. With a focus on co-innovation practices, she works to develop organisation-wide digital transformation journeys that fuel growth and enable businesses to compete in the global marketplace.

Shivani is committed to building strategic partnerships with stakeholders, customers, and innovation communities to deliver compliant and impactful solutions. Through research, creation, and implementation of new business propositions and innovation models, she strives to advance the industry and promote sustainable development.

By adopting digital technologies and fostering a culture of innovation, Shivani supports the industry in accelerating growth, improving business activities, and enhancing the experiences of their people, customers, and communities. Her vision is to drive positive change through collaboration, innovation, and impact-driven solutions.

Craig Schonborn

Craig Schonborn

Client Success Manager
Craig is a part of the Client Success Team. His responsibilities include overseeing client strategy during pre-sales and maintaining strong relationships. Craig’s experience includes BIM Management for the Architecture solutions team, overseeing the BIM management and coordination process, providing technical support, and managing the model exchange for various Symetri clients. Before joining Symetri, Craig was a BIM Manager at SOM, supporting projects such as Karlastaden Tower Gothenburg, Manhattan Loft Garden, and Green Peninsula Upper Riverside, as well as BIM Coordinator at Pascall + Watson, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted & Istanbul airports.
Andy Evangeli

Andy Evangeli

IT Solutions Support Engineer
Andy Joined Symetri in 2014 as a Technical Support Engineer having previously worked in the corporate industry with Sainsburys at their head office in Holborn. Andy has over 15 Years’ experience in the IT industry and is skilled in various platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, Windows Server, Office 365, In-house Exchange, Windows 7, 8 and 10, Software-Hardware Installations and experience with in-house and cloud backup solutions. He is always happy to help customers with a smile with any IT related issues they may have, and is an avid supporter of Newcastle United FC.
Josh Timmins

Josh Timmins

IT Solutions Specialist
Josh joined us in 2013 as a trainee IT Engineer with no previous IT experience. While learning on the job, and with in-house training, Josh has quickly progressed to become an IT Solutions Specialist. Josh assists with all aspects of IT Solutions, from pre-sales and installations, to supporting the end-user directly via the helpdesk.
Jim Bailey

Jim Bailey

IT Solutions Consultant
Jim joined Excitech in 1996 (before it became Symetri), previously working in the communications industry with British Telecom and the burgeoning IT industry with Granada. Jim has worked within the IT industry for the past 25 years. His knowledge of IT technologies is broad and has worked on many projects incorporating technologies such as virtualisation (Hyper-V, VMWare, Nutanix), security (Dell, HP and Cisco), storage (Panzura, SAN, NAS, Cloud Providers Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure), and Cloud (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure Office 365 Nutanix XiFrame). Outside of work, Jim is a keen cyclist and keen on the outdoor life including birdwatching.
Richard Huggins

Richard Huggins

Head of IT Solutions

Richard joined us in 1997 as an apprentice IT engineer conducting on-site installations of CAD workstations and Microsoft and Novell network environments. After a brief spell away to travel the world, he returned to work on our helpdesk supporting our CAD customers. In 2007, Richard was promoted to Support Services Manager and worked in this role until 2016 when he decided to acquire new skills and widen his IT industry knowledge and left to work as an Operational Manager for one of the UK’s Top 20 leading Information Security companies. In 2019 Richard once again returned to Symetri as Head of Support and Customer Success to further improve the Symetri customer support experience and is now responsible for the IT Solutions division.

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