Paz Arroyo, PhD

Dr. Arroyo is a corporate quality leader at DPR Construction. She holds a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from University of California, Berkeley, with her thesis entitled “Exploring decision-making methods for sustainable design in commercial buildings.” She also holds a Master in Science in Engineering from Catholic University of Chile where she graduated in 2007.  She has extensive experience in the construction industry internationally, with a strong background in lean management, especially around decision-making in design. Her experience is diverse from working in mining tunnels for Mas Errazuriz in Chile to working as a sustainability consultant at Gensler, San Francisco. She worked as an Assistant Professor at Catholic University of Chile and as a Lean Coach in LeanProject Consulting. Dr. Arroyo is also co-founder of CollabDecisions. Her research focuses on lean, quality, decision making, communication, and sustainability in construction industry.

Ergo Pikas, PhD

Dr. Pikas works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Aalto University in Finland. He defended his joint doctoral dissertation entitled “Causality and Interpretation: Integrating the Technical and Social Aspects of Design” at the Aalto University in Finland and the Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia in May 2019. He has several years of industrial experience working from different construction organizations and roles. He has nine years of research experience working in various academic positions in several countries, including Israel, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, USA, and UK. He holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology – Technion, where he graduated in 2012. His research focuses on lean design and construction management, construction digitalization, sustainability, and energy efficiency.