Brian Mathews is a technology futurist with over three decades of experience in architecting cloud and desktop software for designers and engineers. He served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Bright Machines, a company specializing in intelligent, software-defined manufacturing.
Prior to his role at Bright Machines, Mathews led a 500-person platform group at Autodesk, overseeing software development, cloud operations, product security, and compliance. His tenure at Autodesk also included leading teams focused on 3D reality capture, computer graphics, augmented reality, and data compression.
Mathews holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
The AEC industry has long been built on information — drawings, models, documentation. But information alone is no longer enough. As complexity rises and expectations shift, we need collaborative systems that can reason, adapt, and respond to design intent. This talk explores how the next generation of tools — grounded in intelligence, not just data — will retool the way we imagine, design, and deliver buildings. Welcome to the age of Agentic Building Modeling — where creativity is supported, not constrained, by intelligent, inclusive, and intent-driven systems.
(with Greg Demchak)
