Bio:
Mark Van Den Bergh is co-founder and CEO of Qonic NV (2021). The Qonic team is developing a cloud-based BIM modeller and editor offering deep collaboration between all stakeholders in the design, construction and maintenance process of building and infrastructure projects.
Prior to founding Qonic, Mark has been Director and COO of Bricsys NV (2002-2021), developer of .dwg based CAD/BIM/Mechanical platform BricsCAD and cloud-based CDE Bricsys 24/7. Mark helped grow the Bricsys team from initially 6 to 250+ employees and focused on expanding the Bricsys business to 80+ countries and hundreds of thousands of users.
In 2018, Bricsys was acquired by Hexagon. From 2000 to 2002, Mark was Product Manager at Bricsnet, responsible for Bricsnet’s cloud-products for project and facility management throughout EMEA.
Mark holds a Master Degree in Engineering and Architecture, as well as a Master Degree in Business Economics, both from University of Leuven. Mark also holds an International MBA from Vlerick Business School.
Presentation content:
Deep collaboration for AEC
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, which involves multiple stakeholders and is inherently collaborative, has yet to catch up with the technology changes that have revolutionized other industries.
Most AEC firms still use software that is lacking proper collaboration tools and making the design process difficult for non-experts. The traditional approach to user-centered software design has been to focus on user personas, building software programs for specific target users, but this has led to a lack of cross-functional collaboration and a steep learning curve.
In this talk, we introduce Qonic, a deep collaboration software, offering a unified space for accomplishing a specific cross-functional task, with a heavy emphasis on collaboration.
Deep collaboration software stands out from other collaboration tools in three ways: a specific collaboration toolset, a specific cross-functional task, and robust and granular permissions and approvals. It goes beyond simple file sharing to allow real-time collaboration with all necessary tools and features at users’ fingertips, streamlines workflows catered to a specific customer segment, and provides customized permissions to improve security and make it easier to manage sensitive data and information. The deep collaboration approach could significantly impact the AEC industry, where true collaborative design tools that can drive productivity and creativity are needed.
