A letter from John Williams

John has 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur and advisor to building and infrastructure development programs, 16 years as a principal owner of HDR, an international architecture and engineering company and over a dozen years as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University. He developed a series of award-winning business practices focused on improving the performance of building and infrastructure systems. He is in his third term as Board Chair at the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI); is a Subject Matter Expert for Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB); served as Co-Chair of the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange Business Standards Committee and as a member of the Sustainability Industry Advisory Board at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design; is a Member of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Steering Committee, and spent twelve years as a Trustee for the New York Foundation for the Arts. John is a champion for the use of objective economic data to guide investments toward optimal returns from the built environment.

Eric has significant experience in the infrastructure advisory, management consulting, and capital markets sectors. He has two undergraduate degrees, a Master’s in Economics, and a MBA, and has worked with a wide assortment of clients, ranging from global corporations, investment banks, utilities, and academic institutions, as well as federal, state/provincial, and municipal governments.

Brad is the Chief Revenue Officer at Autocase. With over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business development, he is a seasoned leader in the data and SaaS industry. He has a proven track record of delivering results, driving growth, and building trust with customers and partners across various sectors and markets.

Riley is a Principal Economist at Autocase who supports in research and economic modelling used in both software and consulting projects. His experience includes conducting cost benefit and triple bottom line analysis on municipal and state level climate action plans, carbon neutral buildings policy, campus development master plans, and green stormwater infrastructure projects. He has a passion for financial economics and investment analysis pertaining to sustainable infrastructure. He holds a MA in Business Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University and a double major BA in Economics and Financial Management also from Wilfrid Laurier University. Riley is currently in pursuit of his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a Level II candidate.

Aalisha is a Senior Economist at Autocase and is responsible for research and modeling for Autocase software and support projects. She holds an MA in Economics from Queen’s University and a BMgmt in Finance and Economics from The University of British Columbia. Her prior consulting projects include analyzing emerging markets for product launches, and research towards the cost-effectiveness and financing of health interventions in developing countries. She is interested in applied econometrics, sustainable innovation, and green infrastructure.

Nicolas is an Economist at Autocase and conducts data research and economic modelling for advisory projects. He has experience assessing portfolio exposure to climate change and energy risk, and building country-level forecasts under different global warming scenarios to inform portfolio design and investment decisions. He holds a Master of Financial Economics from the University of Toronto, as well as a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Ottawa.

Shane is Director, Product at Autocase with a passion for environmental economics and mathematical analysis. His experience includes data curation, empirical research and econometric modelling. He holds a MSc in Economics from Uppsala University in Sweden, where his thesis focused on residential water demand, and a BA in Political Science from University of Rochester.

James is a Professional Engineer and Certified Passive House Consultant with over seven years of experience in the building energy efficiency sector. James is passionate about decarbonizing the built environment, a just transition away from fossil-fuels, and limiting global climate change as much as possible. Beginning as a commercial building auditor, James transitioned into advanced analytics. He brings expertise in commercial building auditing, energy modelling, and data analysis for energy conservation and demand-side management. He's also an engaged citizen, community organizer, climate activist, brother, son, uncle, friend, partner, and gardener.

Josh is a Senior Software Developer at Autocase. He graduated from McGill University with a B.ASc in Computer Science and a minor in Math, and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science. Josh is a generalist and his main focus is to learn any technology that is most needed for the project he is working on. He has experience in fields such as front-end and back-end development for web and mobile applications, data science, machine learning, and game development.

Richard is a Senior Developer with a passion for DevOps at Autocase. He brings his previous experience with Kubernetes and Docker as well as his drive to discover and learn about the latest technologies in such a quickly evolving field. He has also worked on various projects that have helped him gain experience in frontend and backend development, as well as UI/UX design.

Stacy is a Chartered Professional Accountant who graduated from University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, specialized in Finance. She has extensive experience in accounting, financial planning, taxation, and is responsible for Impact Infrastructure’s financial and accounting related duties. She is dedicated to present accurate and complete financial information to stakeholders.

Stéphane brings a background as an internationally recognized professional in the field of triple-bottom line economic analysis. Over his 20-year career, he has established himself as a thought leader in this space, co-developing the Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) framework and leading that practice at an international architecture and engineering company. Along with his co-founders he has helped propel Autocase into being the undisputed leader in the economic analysis software space.

Katelyn is the Chief Product Officer at Autocase. She works closely with Autocase’s clients to implement, customize and improve our software offerings. She holds both a BA in Applied Economics, as well as a MA in Economics from Queen’s University. Katelyn has experience consulting with clients in a wide-array of industries, including the infrastructure sector. She also has extensive experience with econometric modelling and forecasting. Her rural-Ontario roots have made her both aware of and passionate about conservation and helping the environment.

Simon Fowell is Director, Customer Success at Autocase. As a researcher at the UK’s leading environmental economic practice, and a consultant at Kungra, he has developed skills in: environmental economics; economics of climate change; ecosystem service valuation; cost-benefit analysis; ArcGIS for Desktop and Online; and Stata. Simon has worked with diverse clients on projects including: estimating sea level rise damage to real estate for an entire city; conducting a CBA for a reforestation project in Indonesia; creating a GIS model to identify solar-profitable houses; and developing a tool to illustrate the financial payoff from green buildings. Ultimately, Simon believes that understanding, valuing and embracing what nature has to offer for the built environment can re-define what economic efficiency really means.

Erin is a Principal Economist with Autocase that provides economic research and modelling to customized projects and Autocase. Her experience includes estimating cost benefit and socioeconomic analyses of federal regulations related to climate change, resource extraction, marine protected areas, and species at risk as well as economic–hydrologic modelling of agricultural practices and groundwater quality. Erin’s passion for the outdoors manifests in her contributions to valuing the triple bottom line. Erin holds a MSc in Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Guelph and a BA in Honours Economics specialized in Public Policy and Environment from the University of Waterloo.

Stefan is an Economist at Autocase. He holds an MA in Economics from the University of Toronto and a BA in Financial and Business Economics from York University. His prior research involves analysing the effects of gun control legislation on violent crime and the impacts of employment and social welfare transfers on poverty reduction. He is interested in applied econometrics and empirical microeconomic research and their applications to social and environmental economic policy.

Caroline is the Director, Innovation at Autocase and works with the economics and development teams to implement models supporting wholistic building design analysis. Caroline holds a M.ASc in Building Science from TMU, where her masters thesis and publish academic content focused on data ontology to support applications that performed smart and ongoing commissioning of buildings. Caroline also holds a BSc in computer science from Mount Allison, and previously worked in business software systems.

Jeff is the VP, Engineering for Autocase. He earned his B.ASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto with focuses in Software Engineering, Wearable Computing, and Communication & Signal Processing. He has experience building robust and scalable front-end applications for an array of enterprise and early-stage start-up companies. Jeff also has extensive experience in Agile software development.

Eduardo is a Senior Software Developer for Autocase. He is a graduate from the Centennial College with a diploma in Software Engineering. Eager for learning, he also has certificates in web development from Lighthouse Labs bootcamp and computer programming from MITx. He has a passion for coding, and is always seeking for the best approach to solve problems.

Serena is a Data Scientist at Autocase, and conducts statistical modelling for Carbonsight application. She recently graduated from Columbia University with a M.S. in Operations Research, and holds a B.S. in applied mathematics in University of California, Santa Barbara. Serena is passionate about continuously developing her skills and staying updated with the latest advancements in the field to better support projects. She takes pride in ensuring that every aspect of her work is thoroughly considered and executed with precision. Her main focus is machine learning algorithms, optimizations, and statistical analysis.

Cansu is the marketing and sales operations manager for Autocase. She has a BComm from Queen’s University with specializations in Marketing and International Business. She has recent work and volunteer experiences in digital marketing and social media marketing for various product/brand campaigns. Aside from marketing, Cansu is passionate about different art forms and expresses her creativity in various jewelry courses.