Speakers & Panelists

Managing Partner & Director of Operations, Eco Materials – Andrew Paluszkiewicz is managing partner and director of operations at Eco Materials. He brings over 20 years of expertise in construction, excavation and site development. Throughout his career, he has successfully founded and expanded mult

CEO and President of TruckPay – TruckPay is a technology company that provides enterprise-class mobile and cloud based bulk material logistics systems.   TruckPay offers a Fleet Management, Dispatch, and Material Data Management platform, as well as an industry-leading NTEP certified contactless tru

CEO & Co-Founder, Burgex Mining Consultants – Crystal Burgess is the CEO and Co-Founder of Burgex Mining Consultants, a company that has become a trusted leader in the mining and aggregates industry. Over the past 15 years, Crystal has been instrumental in guiding the growth of Burgex, with a strong

Founder & CEO, Everypoint – David Boardman is the visionary founder and CEO of EveryPoint, with the mission that Every Point on the planet will be digitized every second of every day. With the entrepreneurial mindset for developing business solutions at scale, David has successfully commercialized E

CEO & Co-founder of CheckProof – Håkan Holmgren is the CEO and co-founder of CheckProof, a SaaS platform purpose-built for Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and maintenance operations in the heavy industry. Growing up in a family-run aggregates business, Håkan gained experience of all aspects of

Senior Sales Manager, INFORM GmbH – Jeff brings over 30 years of in-depth construction industry experience, both on the producer and equipment supplier sides. He joined INFORM in September 2022, and in his current role he leverages INFORM’s AI-powered transport planning software for the cement, aggr

Head of Rail (RACE), Deswik – Jon Jensen is a distinguished leader in transportation technology with over 26 years of experience and a deep family legacy in the rail industry. His career began at Union Pacific Railroad, where he dedicated 24 years to shaping commercial technology strategy and foster

Founder/President, Rocket Start – Manny Tejano has over 15 years experience in IT and leadership positions in the construction materials industry. During his time at Sunrock Industries, he incorporated modern management approaches to the concrete division, including changes to dispatching practices,

CEO and Co-Founder, alterBiota – Mark Masotti has nearly two decades in leadership roles across civil, environmental, power, and industrial infrastructure. With a BASc in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University and an M.Eng. in Engineering and Public Policy from McMaster University, he has led

Editor, Rock Products, Cement Optimized, and The ASIA Miner – Mark S. Kuhar, based in Ohio, is the editor of Rock Products, Cement Optimized and The ASIA Miner magazines; as well as the Breaking Rock News, The Rock Report and Prime-Time Products e-newsletters – all part of Denver-based SEMCO Publish

Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Nishant Garg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2018. He completed his postdoctoral research at Princeton University from 2016 to 2018 a

President and Senior Managing Partner – Pierre Villere is the President and Senior Managing Partner of Allen-Villere Partners, an investment banking firm with a national practice in the construction materials industry.  He has spent over four decades as an investment banker, serving middle-market co

CEO, Big Town Concrete – Richard S. Szecsy, PhD., PE, FACI has worked internationally as a technical expert and business development director for a $4B ready mix and aggregate company, a Department Head at a university, a Vice-President and Board member for one of the largest privately held ready-mi

Assistant Vice President of Business Development – Sarah McGuire is the AVP of Business Development at Giatec, a global leader in smart concrete testing technologies. Since joining the company in 2015, Sarah has been instrumental in scaling Giatec from an early-stage startup to one of Canada’s faste

Stuart Burgess Chairman & Co-Founder – Stuart Burgess has been involved in the mineral exploration and mining industry for almost two decades through his work with Burgex and Mojave Underground, as well as many other industry businesses. Stuart earned his expertise while assisting in hundreds of min

Senior Vice President, INFORM GmbH – Thomas Bergmans is Senior Vice President at INFORM’s Logistics Division, a global pioneer in the field of AI-powered optimization software. INFORM empowers companies to master complexity in business processes by utilizing cutting-edge AI technologies consistently