Nemetschek has completed reshaping the senior management team, with Usman Shuja and Marc Nezet joining the new executive leadership team
Nemetschek’s executive leadership team (ELT) will allow the construction and media industry giant to be even more agile on future trends such as artificial intelligence (AI) and other key strategic focus areas such as customer-centric solution offerings and internationalisation.
Usman Shuja and Marc Nezet will join CEO Yves Padrines and CFO Louise Öfverström, as well as the chief division officers(CDO) of the Group’s strategic segments.
Jon Elliot will be stepping away from Nemetschek’s senior team
The previous head of the the Build & Construct Division, Jon Elliot, will remain with the company in an advisory role, but will be stepping down from this role.
“On behalf of the Nemetschek Group, I would like to thank Jon Elliott, who has played a leading role in the development and the significant growth of our brand Bluebeam and the Build & Construct Division over the past six years, for his successful work in the Nemetschek Group,” Yves Padrines said.
Usman Shuja will lead Nemetschek’s Build & Construct Division
Most recently of Honeywell’s Connected Buildings, Usman Shuja will take on the CDO position and sit on the executive leadership team, as well as serving as CEO of Bluebeam.
Having served as vice president and general manager at Honeywell, Shuja has worked for the Boston Consulting Group, IBM and Dell and was a founding member of the AI unicorn, SparkCognition.
“I’m excited to be joining Nemetschek and the mission-driven team that already has a rich history and track record of bringing software solutions to the industry,” says Usman Shuja, Nemetschek’s new CDO Build & Construct and CEO of Bluebeam. “I am passionate about creating value and impact through innovation. Nemetschek provides an ideal platform to create innovations around digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and sustainability for the evolving needs of the construction industry worldwide.”
The Planning & Design Division will continue to be headed by César Flores Rodríguez. Rodríguez also remains in charge of the new Digital Twin business unit, which represents an important cross-sectional function in the Nemetschek Group.
Mac Nezet is taking charge of the Operate & Manage division
Taking over the role from César Flores Rodríguez, Marc Nezet will also become Nemetschek’s chief strategy officer(CSO), overseeing M&A, Venture Investments and Strategic Partnerships.
In a career spanning over two decades, Nezet has managed five major strategic acquisitions which positioned Schneider Electric among the leading software players in buildings and infrastructure across Engineering, Construction and Operations. Most recently, he held the position of senior vice president for the Industrial Cloud Platform Ecosystem of AVEVA Group.
“Nemetschek is leading the way when it comes to advancing the digital transformation taking place throughout the building industry. I believe in the uniqueness of the Group to empower our customers to combine human-centric AI innovations with sustainability across a building lifecycle software platform,” adds Marc Nezet, Nemetschek’s new CSO and CDO Operate & Manage.
“I look forward to partnering with a world-class team to continue strengthening our innovative portfolio – organically and via acquisitions – to help our customers do what they do best, which is to shape a sustainable world.”
In the Media & Entertainment Division, the Maxon brand continues to be led by CEO David McGavran, who is part of the ELT.
The Nemetschek Group’s executive leadership team marks a new phase in the company’s growth
“With the ongoing transition of our business model to subscription and SaaS, the long-term growth drivers and the various innovations in our industry, the Nemetschek Group is at the beginning of a new phase of growth,” explains Yves Padrines, CEO of the Nemetschek Group.
“I am delighted to have Usman Shuja and Marc Nezet joining the Nemetschek Group. By forming our new executive leadership team, we are creating a very strong, internationally experienced senior management team of recognised industry leaders for this phase, which will focus on key strategic focus areas such as technology leadership around artificial intelligence and sustainability, customer centric solutions and internationalisation.”
