Forest Flager

CEO

Palo Alto, California, United States17 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in sustainable design and project management.
  • Delivered innovative software solutions in construction.
  • Authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in engineering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Construction Technology and Structural Engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

SustainabilityProject ManagementSoftware And Design AutomationBimResearchProduct StrategyStructural Engineering

Other Skills

3D visualizationArchitectureArchitecturesBuilding Information Modeling (BIM)CADCollaboration PlatformsComputer-Aided Design (CAD)ConstructionCost EstimationDesign ManagementDesign ResearchEarthquake EngineeringFinite Element AnalysisGreen BuildingLEED AP

Experience

17 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Parspec

CEO and Cofounder

Apr 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • Parspec is a technology company that is focused on modernizing the $5 trillion USD global supply chain for construction materials.
  • Parspec's AI-native platform is able to instantly identify products available in the market that satisfy complex specifications provided by the customer. This enables wholesale distributors and sales agents to bid more jobs, increase margins, and improve operational efficiency.
  • Parspec ie headquartered in San Mateo, CA, and is backed by leading deep tech and B2B SaaS construction venture investors.
Sustainable DesignArchitectureProject ManagementSustainability

Katerra

Director, Software and Design Automation

Sep 2017Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Menlo Park, CA

  • Responsible for the digital enablement of the company's multifamily building platform business in North America:
  • Defined and managed the digital processes and associated technology stack for building design, fabrication, and onsite assembly, including the development of new software
  • Co-built the 65-person team located in North America and India over three years
  • Delivered proprietary design automation software for timber and light gauge steel structures that reduces engineering time by >50% and produces design solutions that are less expensive to manufacture and assemble compared to conventional methods
  • Provided a BIM-based software solution to automatically generate a complete bill of materials and calculate the slab-up cost for Katerra’s building platforms
  • Developed and deployed software to enable various CAD applications to communicate with existing factory control systems to create production orders, manage material, provide work instructions, and drive machines
Software and Design AutomationBIMCADProject Management

Stanford university

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer

Jun 2013Sep 2017 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Stanford, California, USA

  • Part of the faculty at the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering:
  • Authored 28 peer-reviewed publications presenting virtual design and construction research
  • Created the curriculum for and taught two new courses on parametric design and multidisciplinary design and analysis (CEE 137A and CEE 328A)
  • Supervised research for 14 graduate students, including six doctoral students
  • Secured over $1M USD in research funding from government, private foundation and industry sponsors
  • Generated intellectual property utilized by Walt Disney, Autodesk, Arup, Mortenson Construction, and others
ResearchPublic SpeakingProject Management

Flux.io

Head of Product

Jun 2012Jun 2013 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Responsible for product strategy and roadmap for a venture-backed software start-up developing an open, cloud-based collaboration platform for building design and delivery.
Product StrategyCollaboration Platforms

Arup

Graduate and Senior Structural Engineer

Dec 2003Jul 2006 · 2 yrs 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Notable project work includes:
  • Chinese National Stadium (Beijing, China): designed by Herzog & de Meuron, hosted the 2012 Olympic Games
  • FC Shakhtar Stadium (Donesk, Ukraine): designed by Arup Sport
  • Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed National Stadium (United Arab Emirates): designed by Arup Sport
  • China Central Television Headquarters (Beijing, China): designed by Rem Koolhaas, OMA
Structural EngineeringProject Management

Santos and urrutia, inc. structural engineers

Project Structural Engineer

Jul 2000Jul 2001 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Stanford University

Ph.D. — Civil Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MEng — Structural Engineering

Jan 2002Jan 2003

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

MDesS — Digital Media

Jan 2001Jan 2002

Stanford University

B.S. — Civil Engineering

Jan 1996Jan 2000

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