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“ We use the rules of compliance as foundational guidelines , and we always try to exceed those guidelines by orders of magnitude ”
— Jeff Richardson , Chief Data Officer , Bentley Systems
Jeff Richardson , Chief Data Officer at Bentley Systems , has been with the company since 2004 , rising through the ranks from an SAP developer to the head of the firm ’ s data lifecycle and data strategies . In Richardson ’ s view , ‘ global mobility ’ is 2020 ’ s key trend , and it has certainly become the undercurrent for business in a world where face-to-face contact is being kept to a minimum . “ Businesses have quickly tried to adapt to global mobility now that face-toface culture is out the window , and we instead need to have a culture of ‘ can you do your job globally , but remotely to where you are ?’” he says .
The scope of the construction projects that Bentley facilitates means the capability required goes way beyond the collaboration tools and Zoom meetings that have come to pervade many industries . Building a 100-storey skyscraper , for example , comes with immense data requirements , with file sizes spanning gigabytes and terabytes . “ A single BIM model , made of the structural elements of the building , could be many , many gigabytes of data . The question is : how do remote workers seamlessly
SUMMER / AUTUMN 2020