Description

Leading a construction company’s technology initiatives has changed drastically over the past five years. In addition to the traditional concerns around security and infrastructure, CIOs and CTOs are now charged with so much more. Technology now fuels business’s growth, and overseeing budget, selection, implementation, adoption, and profitability are all starting to fall to this vital role. Hear real ROI data from partnership with FMI & AEMP and learn from others on how they have successfully executed the technology leading role, what they’re still learning, and what they wished they knew when they started. 

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About the Instructors                                 

Karen Wuerfl,Senior Operations and Technology Leader (Tenna LLC)

Wuerfl is a senior operations and technology leader who has spent her entire career in the construction industry. Her experience in construction technology spans multiple roles including serving as the chief information officer at J.F. White—a heavy civil contractor based in Boston, Massachusetts—and years of consulting experience guiding construction clients in the right direction while implementing construction software into their businesses. She joined Tenna leadership full-time in 2022 after spending 18 months serving on the company’s Advisory Board.

Wuerfl has participated on several boards and committees including: AGC National IT Forum Steering Committee, Viewpoint Industry Advisory Board, Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Women in Transportation, J.F. White Executive Committee, and National Association of Women in Construction.

She brings extensive ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and acquisition integration experience, with deep knowledge in systems that Tenna integrates with such as ViewPoint Vista and Sage. Her experience lets her lead from both a business angle in terms of workflows and SOPs, as well as with the backend set up and data. This background, along with adept leadership skills, enables her to motivate construction business teams, drive process improvement, and enhance the collaboration between operations, accounting, and IT.