Brad Knight

Brad has been instrumental in developing start-up infrastructure, contract negotiations, marketing, equipment selection and installation, MRP implementation, financial planning, and staffing for Customer Service, Product Management, Manufacturing and Logistics. Brad's unique vision, broad strategic thinking, and pragmatic managerial approach has been instrumental in his success with numerous start-ups and turnaround situations.

Erica Storck

Erica leads Katerra's pre-construction efforts. She is passionate about architecture and creating better, healthier living and work environments. Erica believes that using sustainable, intelligent products will not only change the way that we construct buildings but most importantly change the experience we have with our built surroundings.

Prior to joining Katerra Erica spent 17 years in the commercial construction industry. She specialized in design build projects and enjoyed complex design conditions. Continually challenging the status quo, Erica has been on the leading edge of direct material procurement and prefabrication. She is LEED AP and DBIA certified, and is continually looking for better ways to construct our built environment.

Ben Janofsky

Ben leads Finance and Strategy at Katerra. Prior to joining Katerra, Ben spent the past five years at Google where he worked on various mobile product efforts, including Google's Motorola acquisition. Ben led Finance and Strategy for Motorola's Value segment where he helped build the Moto G and Moto E products into a multi-billion dollar business. Before Google, Ben was a private equity investor at Silver Lake Partners and The Blackstone Group, where he worked on investments in large-scale technology companies. Ben is a graduate of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, earning degrees in Finance from The Wharton School and in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The School of Engineering and Applied Science. Ben currently lives in the Bay Area.

Ben is passionate about Katerra's vision to bring high quality, affordable buildings to the world and is incredibly excited to be a part of the team!

Robert Wagner

Rob Wagner recently served as the Corporate Vice President of Procurement and Architecture at Richmond American Homes, where he oversaw supply chain and product development at one of the nation's largest homebuilders. He also worked as the Vice President of Manufacturing Design at Pro-Build Holdings, where he led engineering and design for the company's structural component manufacturing business.

Previously, Rob led the Aerospace Industry vertical at Oracle, and led various manufacturing and operations engagements with A.T. Kearney and Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Rob holds a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Stanford University, an MBA from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin.

David Blough

David leads the Asia Supplier Quality and Operations team and is the legal representative of Katerra's Chinese entity.

Before joining Katerra David was with Motorola Mobility directing the efforts of the Asian Supplier Engineering team.

During his career, David has also spent time with exciting technology companies such as Apple Computer, Seagate Technology, and more recently Sonos.

David holds a BSEE degree from Washington University and a BA degree (Physics) from Grinnell College. He has been based in China for 8 years and currently resides in Shenzhen.

"I am extremely excited about being part of Katerra as we become a change agent in the construction industry. The opportunities are large and the challenges are many, but the journey will be the reward."

Rob Caputo

Rob is directly involved with Katerra's Pre-Construction, Procurement, and Logistics efforts.  He is a proven change agent that is constantly seeking for innovative ways to add value.  As such, he is passionate about executing Katerra's vision to both disrupt and redefine the construction industry

Rob has over a decade of experience in the commercial construction industry, working in Operations, Pre-Construction and Design-Management.  He has been involved with some of the most high-profile, domestic projects over the past ten years, totaling in over $4 Billion of Contract Value.

Rob holds a Master of Business Administration with a certificate in Finance from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction Management from Michigan State University. He is an active participate in the Urban Land Institute (ULI), previously serving on the Places of Commerce Initiative Council and the Young Leaders Group Executive Committee in Orange County, CA.

Tim Jed

Tim serves as Director of Strategic Procurement at Katerra. With 26 years of experience in commercial and residential construction, Tim is passionate about building strong supplier connections and developing innovative procurement solutions to move the industry forward smartly.

Prior to joining Katerra, Tim held a preconstruction leadership role at Clark Construction and managed key trade partner relationships. He also earned his LEED accreditation and procured $1.8 billion worth of high-profile commercial construction projects around Washington DC.

As Regional Vice President of Purchasing & Logistics at Richmond American Homes, Tim achieved significant cost reductions while improving product quality through inventive programs. Earlier, Tim worked at Ryan Homes as a site superintendent, estimator, sales representative, and manager overseeing procurement in the southeastern US.

Tim has never accepted the status quo. His thoughtful, keen approach to complex problems and systems has been the hallmark of his career. Tim is thrilled to join Katerra in its mission to revolutionize the construction supply chain.

Peter Wolff

Peter leads Katerra’s design team.  He believes that well designed products and environments make life better and should be available to everyone.

Since 1999 Peter has been an agent for change in the multifamily housing space as a principal in The Wolff Company, a private equity real estate firm with multi-family acquisition and development activities throughout the United States.  There, Peter was was responsible for design, construction, project management and related development activities.

Dean Riskas

Dean drives strategic partnerships at Katerra, where he focuses on identifying new technologies that can be applied to construction and building a network of partners who share the goal of creating more affordable and efficient buildings.

Prior to Katerra, Dean invested in software start-ups at Bain Capital Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and launched the sales team at CloudFlare, a leading web security company that protects more than 2M websites.

Dean holds a BA in Economics and a Certificate in Finance from Princeton University and received his M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Bryan Puckett

Bryan leads the Katerra Logistics team and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is responsible for all shipping and warehousing requirements for Katerra and is passionate about implementing manufacturing logistics practices within the construction industry.

Bryan has led transportation, warehousing and supply chain activities in 4 different countries, launching several large US and European warehouse and transportation start-up operations. He has worked extensively in both eCommerce and manufacturing, within organizations that include Amazon and the Bobcat Company. Bryan has a BA from The Citadel and an MBA from Michigan State University.

William Holt

Bill Holt brings to Katerra over 30 years' technical and management experience in engineering, quality, product development, testing, operations, and customer support. Specializing in technology start-ups, Bill has had proven success dealing with complex technical and business challenges for a wide range of businesses such as mobile electronics, medical technology, lighting, data networking, advanced computing, and satellite communications. He holds degrees in Electronics and Physics, including significant post-graduate studies in quantum mechanics and mathematics.

Tom David

Tom David comes to Katerra with over 30 years of executive management experience in supply chain, operations, manufacturing, and materials management. He has held executive management positions at Alcatel, Flextronics, Sanmina-SCI, and Riverwood Solutions.

Tom has strong track record for developing strategic supplier relationships, creating supply chain strategies and operational management processes that maximize resource, materials and inventory efficiencies. As a VP and senior consultant at Riverwood Solutions he has advised OEMs, component suppliers, and contract manufacturers in helping them develop business, operations, and logistics processes that reduce cost and increase stakeholder value.

Throughout his career Tom has had repeated success creating, developing, and implementing operations for electronic manufacturers entry, execution, and/or expansion into international markets. He has developed logistics programs to support multiple site domestic and international product distribution, reverse logistics, and supply chain management for manufacturers/distributors. Tom holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas.

Cindy Olsen

As Director of Operations at Katerra, Cindy Olsen is responsible for delivering standout results by expertly handling team operations and maintaining a big-picture perspective. Cindy is a seasoned design-build construction professional with over 25 years experience and expertise spanning nearly every product type.

Before Katerra Cindy led design and construction teams on some challenging projects, including a high-end condominium project in Pleasant Hill, CA, the Historical Renovation of the Hotel Monroe building in Phoenix, the GoDaddy Technology Center (a Google-type facility), the high-profile mixed-use site "Promenade at Natomas" in Sacramento, and the 750,000-SF build-to-suit Fresh and Easy Distribution Center in Stockton, CA.

Trevor Shick

Trevor joined Katerra in April, 2016 to create and lead the Katerra Materials organization. He leverages over 15 years of experience in the electronics industry supply chain, which will allow Katerra to deliver on a promise of Right Materials, Right Cost, Right Time, and Right Quality.

Trevor holds a MBA in Operations and Finance from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Connecticut

Trevor is currently an Advisory Board Member at Steelwedge, a cloud-based supply chain planning provider.

Ravi Naik

Ravi joined Katerra in May, 2016 to build the Technology Organization. With over 2 decades of experience in the Silicon Valley high tech industry and a strong background in semiconductors, storage and software, Ravi will be responsible for building and leading the Architectural Software Engineering and Information Technology organizations.

Prior to Joining Katerra, Ravi held the role of Senior Vice President & CIO at SanDisk for seven years. Ravi was also responsible for the additional role of SVP Global Real Estate & Security at SanDisk. Ravi has held senior level IT roles at other Silicon Valley companies such as Hewlett Packard, Mercury Interactive & 3Com Corporation.

Ravi has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Mumbai, India in Electrical Engineering, with a major in Semiconductor Design.

Joann Lopez

Joann joined Katerra in June 2016 to assist in the development and success of the Katerra Materials organization. JoAnn leverages over 26 years of experience in the electronics industry as well as 10 years in corporate and retail construction, Her diverse industry background in global supply chain and strategic sourcing will well position the Katerra Materials team to deliver on a promise of Right Materials, Right Cost, Right Time, and Right Quality.

Prior to joining Katerra, JoAnn enjoyed 15 years as a Global Supply and Sourcing leader at Apple. In addition, JoAnn has held business planning, operations and supply chain management roles at a variety of global manufacturing organizations such as National Semiconductor, American Microsystems and Exar.

Craig Curtis, FAIA

Craig was a partner with The Miller Hull Partnership for the past 20 years before modifying his role there to join the Katerra team. Craig's projects at Miller Hull included the Bullitt Center, the world's first commercial office building to meet the stringent requirements of the Living Building Challenge, and the $450m replacement of the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry, the busiest border crossing in the world.

Craig's success with the design of many award-winning projects was possible because of his integrated design approach; relying heavily on his team of architects, engineers and contractors to solve complicated problems simply, creatively and elegantly, together. As Integrated Design Manager, Craig looks forward to taking that same approach to a new level, drawing upon the deep resources of Katerra to develop a new paradigm for multi-family housing.

Sridhar Krishna

Sridhar joined Katerra in June, 2016 to help build and enable the Quality Organization in delivering competitive and "high quality" systems, processes, and products. Having worked in Intel Corporation for 21 years, he brings high tech semiconductor experience and 8 years of solar experience (First Solar, Solar City). Sridhar has a strong technical background and extensive quality and reliability experience (supplier, product, and process, systems) that has helped drive companies & organizations to reach best-in-class levels by "doing the right things right".

Sridhar has a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and Bachelor's degree in Electronics.

Grace Liu

Grace joined Katerra in July, 2016 to be part of the Technology Organization focusing on information technology and business processes.

Prior to Joining Katerra, Grace was Senior Director, Enterprise Applications and Analytics at SanDisk for 8 years, and consultant at Accenture, Price Waterhouse Coopers and IBM Global Business Services from 1995 ~ 2008 on large-scale business transformation projects for clients in high-tech, entertainment, financial services and natural resources industries such as Walt Disney, Farmers Insurance, NEC Electronics, Exxon Mobile and etc.

Grace has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.

Gopinath Selvaratnam

Gopinath is the Director of Asia Quality Operations and he is based in China. He is a dedicated team player and continually drives for operation and product excellence.

Prior to joining Katerra, he has over a decade of experience in the handheld industry, working in various organizations such as program management, concept management, business development, manufacturing operation and quality operations in renowned multi-national corporations.

Mike Rock

Mike is an entrepreneur and thought leader in forever focused on opportunities for improvement in the construction delivery process. Mike believes that the great gains in the component manufacturing and standardization of designs for like systems will once adopted, create revolutionary change that will close the gap on the need for affordable housing and bring back the an affordable american dream. Not to mention solve a problem that has escaped the industry for years, an overall reduction in construction costs.

Prior to joining Katerra, Mike has had the honor of attaining leadership roles for two of the best General Contractors in the country, Kitchell Contractors based in Phoenix, AZ and Bernards Bros. based in San Fernando, CA. Mike's experience includes commercial, residential, and land development as well as a variety of market sectors in a variety of states.

Steve Weilbach

Steve leads the Go To Market group at Katerra and brings over 25 years of hands on experience in the real estate industry. Most recently Steve ran the US apartment business for Cushman & Wakefield, the world's third largest commercial real estate services provider. Prior to that, Steve was the Chief Investment Officer for Pacific Urban Residential, one of the most successful West Coast-based private real estate operators in the country. In that capacity, Steve was responsible for acquiring and renovating an extensive portfolio of apartment holdings. Before Pacific, Steve served in multiple senior transaction roles for BlackRock, one of the world's largest real estate investment firms.

Also prior to Katerra, Steve served on the Board of Directors of Valet Waste, Inc. the leading door step and recycling company in the US. In that role Steve was instrumental in growing the company to serving over 750,000 apartment units daily, leading to a successful sale of the company at the end of 2015.

Steve holds a BA in Sociology and MA in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University and a MBA in Real Estate & Finance from The Anderson School at UCLA. He is a former Board of Directors member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and a current Multifamily Bronze Council Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Michael Marks

Michael Marks is the Chairman and Founder of Katerra. He is also a Founding Partner of Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park based private equity firm. Prior to establishing Riverwood, he was a Partner and Senior Advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 2006 and 2007.

And before KKR, he spent 13 years as CEO of Flextronics International Ltd. and built the company into one of the largest technology companies in the world. He was also Chairman of Flextronics from 2006 to 2007. As its CEO, Michael led Flextronics as it increased annualized revenues from approximately $93 million to approximately $16 billion, while establishing operations in over 35 countries and integrating over 100 acquisitions. As Chairman, he helped Flextronics grow to annualized revenues of $36 billion.

Electronic Business Magazine named Michael one of the Top Ten Most Influential Executives in Silicon Valley History and CEO of the Year for 2003.

Michael earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA and MA from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. He is a director of SanDisk Corporation (Chairman), Schlumberger Limited, GoPro, iFly, The Melt, Liquid Robotics, Reaction Housing, Wooqer, Canary and The Julliard School.

Fritz H. Wolff

Fritz is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing General Partner of The Wolff Company. He is responsible for global strategy, corporate vision, risk management, and capital structure. Fritz has more than 20 years of experience as a real estate investor and has been with Wolff for 18 years. Fritz attended Gonzaga University and presently serves as a member of its Board of Regents and its Investment Committee. Fritz completed the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard University and is a founding member of the Scottsdale Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization.

Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson is a Managing Partner and Managing Director of Silver Lake, which he co-founded in 1999. Silver Lake is one of the largest and most successful technology investment managers in the world. Mr. Davidson has been an active advisor to and investor in the technology industries for more than 30 years.

Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Davidson was a Managing Director at Hambrecht & Quist, a technology-focused investment bank and venture capital firm (now part of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., “H&Q”), where he managed several businesses, including the Technology Investment Banking business and the Mergers and Acquisitions business.

Prior to H&Q, he was a corporate securities attorney for Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Mr. Davidson currently serves on the board of SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), and was previously a director of Avago Technologies, Flextronics International, Seagate Technology, and Skype, among other companies.

Mr. Davidson is an active “angel investor” and advisor to several private technology companies. He has also served on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations including the University of California, Berkeley, Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology; the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science & Management; and the U.S. Olympic Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Davidson holds a B.S. from the University of Nebraska and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Paal Kibsgaard

Paal Kibsgaard is chairman and chief executive officer of Schlumberger Limited. He served as the company's chief executive officer from August 2011 until assuming his current role in April 2015. Prior to this position, Kibsgaard held a variety of global senior management positions in Schlumberger Limited including chief operating officer; president of the Reservoir Characterization Group; vice president of Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining; and vice president of Human Resources.

Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Kibsgaard was GeoMarket manager for the Caspian region after holding various field positions in sales and marketing, and customer support.

A petroleum engineer with a master's degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Kibsgaard began his career in 1992 working for ExxonMobil. In 1997, he joined Schlumberger as a reservoir engineer in Saudi Arabia.