Sam Immordino

Sam Immordino has over three decades of experience in product development, R&D management, and digital innovation pertaining to construction. His educational background includes a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Northern Illinois University, a M.S. degree in Engineering Management from Marquette University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago, wherein his research focused on the use of machine learning and natural language processing to compare patent inventive concepts. He has 38 U.S. patents related to both product and process innovations and is a past recipient of a Chicago Innovation Award. Presently, he heads the North American Digital Center of Excellence for USG & Knauf.  The primary mission of the COE is to create construction software and services that increase customer satisfaction in selecting and using the company’s products, with a particular focus in Building Information Modeling.