Cesar Escalante

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I am a registered architect with extensive experience leveraging architecture and design technologies in the AEC industry. I hold a deep expertise managing, implementing, and supporting all facets of BIM administration, mobile and cloud technology, and project management systems.

I played an instrumental role in developing and managing successful workflows for multi-discipline coordination of large, technically complex, multi-million dollar projects. I provide recognized leadership at the forefront of BIM technologies, and am a passionate educator.

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Cesar leads storytelling efforts for the architecture industry—creating and evangelizing compelling content on new and emerging technologies to colleagues, channel partners, and Autodesk customers around the world. Cesar has deep architecture industry expertise, having spent the past 12 years holding regional design technology leadership roles at large international firms including Gensler, HOK, and Flad Architects. He founded the San Francisco Computational Design Institute, currently chairs the AIA San Francisco Design Technology Committee, and serves on the faculties of the School of Architecture at the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art University. Cesar is passionate about computational design, digital prototyping, and visual programming, and he is an active speaker in the AEC industry.

Cesar holds dual master’s degrees in Architecture and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Universidad Centroamericana UCA El Salvador. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 15 years with his partner and two dogs. He loves running, hiking, and camping in his free time.