Smart Spaces appoints AI boss
Smart building platform Smart Spaces has appointed data scientist Alex Michaels as its head of AI.
Michaels has more than a decade of experience in engineering and data science. He joins the company from ImprovIT Consulting, where he focused on managing and improving the firm’s end-to-end data pipelines and driving new technology adoption.
He also founded two companies, Remix Robotics, which builds custom robotic systems and helps companies implement bespoke automation processes, and hybrid manufacturing firm EngX. He has also held roles at Babcock International, GKN Aerospace and the Lotus F1 team.
Smart building platform Smart Spaces has appointed data scientist Alex Michaels as its head of AI.
Michaels has more than a decade of experience in engineering and data science. He joins the company from ImprovIT Consulting, where he focused on managing and improving the firm’s end-to-end data pipelines and driving new technology adoption.
He also founded two companies, Remix Robotics, which builds custom robotic systems and helps companies implement bespoke automation processes, and hybrid manufacturing firm EngX. He has also held roles at Babcock International, GKN Aerospace and the Lotus F1 team.
In his new role, Michaels will work closely with Smart Spaces founder and chief executive Dan Drogman to identify product and service opportunities emerging in line with the ongoing AI boom.
He will lead on the rollout of advanced AI tools to automate and streamline Smart Spaces’ existing platform, which aims to generate efficiencies for building owners and leverage the latest technologies to improve occupier experience and sustainable building management.
Drogman said: “Smart Spaces has been at the leading edge of smart building management for more than a decade, pioneering new solutions to improve the efficiency and operational performance of some of the UK’s most high-profile office portfolios.
“AI is the new frontier of sustainable property management, with the potential to create significant cost and carbon savings for the most sophisticated landlords in the sector. Alex’s appointment will help Smart Spaces to fully embrace this potential, giving clients access to pioneering new products and optimising our existing full-service offering.”
Michaels said: “The data-rich property sector is well positioned to capitalise on the revolutionary potential of AI. Smart Spaces has long held a position as a leader in the proptech space, giving us unique access to complete building datasets that we can leverage for new paradigms in energy efficiency, tenant experience and asset cost reduction.”
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