Darren J. Rizza, Chief Executive Officer
Darren is an entrepreneurial design and technology leader with demonstrated experience in planning, developing, and implementing cutting edge solutions to address business opportunities in highly creative design, research and visualization oriented settings. Throughout his career he has lead and collaborated with teams of experts to pursue that next opportunity to raise the bar with digital design, knowledge management and information technology. Now focused on making BIM happen in the global building industry, as CEO he is leading the diversification of the professional services portfolio and technology platforms offered by Satellier.
Darren holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, has led design technology teams as CIO at Cubellis, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Swanke Hayden Connell Architects as well as engaged as a subject-matter expert in merging disparate technologies and personnel to drive adoption and implementation of BIM technology with key clients in the AEC industry as a Senior AEC Consultant at Autodesk. He has globally presented the analysis, benefit and success of building information modeling and design visualization to audiences in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore and Sydney.
