Erik holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in construction engineering from École de technologie supérieure, and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Université Laval. He did his postdoctoral training at the University of British Columbia. He has over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry, having worked for established architectural firms in Montreal and Vancouver. He specializes in the integration and optimization of information flows within the value chains of the built assets industry. Erik is president of the Quebec BIM group, a member of the board of directors of buildingSMART Canada and director of the Standards Council of Canada’s mirror committee for ISO technical committee 59 – technical committee 13 (ISO TC59-SC13).