Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., a Baltimore-based economic and policy consultancy he founded in 2004.  He serves the Chief Economist function for many organizations, including the Maryland Bankers Association and Associated Builders and Contractors.  The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010.  In 2022, he entered the Daily Record newspaper’s Circle of Influence.  He is the Distinguished Economist in Residence at Goucher College, where he teaches History of Economic Thought.  He holds four graduate degrees, including a J.D. and a Ph.D.

Patrick is the North American Vice President of New Client Sales and has been with Viewpoint since 2007.  He started with the company as a salesperson helping contractors all over the country leverage the power and efficiency of Viewpoint’s solutions. Patrick has been in technology sales for 20 years and has an MBA from Suffolk University and a BS from Northeastern University.

Ms. Debbie Clabo graduated from Austin Peay State University in 1993 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a major in Accounting, and an Associate’s degree in Applied Sciences with a focus on Computer Accounting. Ms. Clabo continued her education at Tennessee State University to become eligible to sit for the CPA exam.

Ms. Clabo first came to work for the State of Tennessee in the Tennessee Department of Revenue, where she worked in various positions for 16.5 years, with the last six years as a liaison with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. In January 2008, Ms. Clabo left State Government to work for four years with a local CPA firm in the Nashville Area, specializing in State and Local taxes and economic development incentives.

In March 2012, Ms. Clabo rejoined State Government in the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development to serve as their Director of Tax, where she currently works as liaison to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. In this role, Ms. Clabo works extensively with both existing industries and new businesses coming to the State of Tennessee by assisting with tax questions, registration, and both general and unique tax issues that arise over the course of doing business.

Ms. Clabo is from Dickson, Tennessee where she has lived her whole life. She enjoys spending time with her husband Jimmy, three girls and eight grandbabies. She also enjoys camping, cooking, and spending time four dogs on their property.

Nicholas Dibitetto has 25 years of experience in the AEC industry. He is the General Manager of BuildingPoint Midwest & Gulf Coast and has been with the company since its founding as a Trimble building construction partner in 1998.

Nicholas got his start selling the very first laser-level solutions and has witnesses construction technology go beyond what anyone would have thought possible 20 years ago.

Today, he oversees a family-owned business with over 20 employees across 8 states in the Midwest and Gulf Coast. Nick has a wife and four children and makes his home in Plainfield, IL

Todd Ellsworth has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He is the Director of Professional Services at BuildingPoint Midwest & Gulf Coast. 

Todd studied Construction Management at Oklahoma State University and began his career with a large national contractor in the Preconstruction group. During his career, Todd has worked as a VDC lead for various companies, growing the knowledge that today has made him one of the industry’s leading virtual design and construction experts. 

Prior to joining BuildingPoint shortly after it started, he spent a number of years as a partner in a company that directly consulted with various AEC companies all over the country. He’s spoken at a number of regional and national conferences around the subject of BIM/VDC and other emerging technologies.

Today, Todd leads BuildingPoint Midwest & Gulf Coast’s Professional Services division, supporting hundreds of clients nationwide. Todd makes his home in New Orleans. 

Jim Lundy is a partner in the Tax & Business Services division and a member of Marcum’s national Construction Industry Practice group. With more than 30 years of experience in both public and private practice, Mr. Lundy is one of the most respected tax consultants in the construction industry. He works regularly with more than 350 construction entities to provide a wide range of tax services. Services include performing tax physicals to provide a full overview of a construction company’s tax compliance and planning opportunities, establishing continuity and succession plans for contractors, dealing with federal and state authorities regarding tax issues important to contractors and leading in the timely completion of tax reporting required for the construction industry.

Mr. Lundy is an accomplished speaker and the author of many articles published on construction tax-related issues. The Tennessee Society of CPAs has honored him as Speaker of the Year more than 10 times; the Alabama Society of CPAs has presented him with their Thomas A. Ratcliff Outstanding Discussion Leader Award; and he has been the highest-rated speaker at both the American Institute of CPAs’ National Construction Industry Conference and the AICPA National Tax Conference.

He is often sought out to provide in-house training to other CPA firms and organizations interested in obtaining the most up-to-date and practical applications of the tax rules and regulations pertaining to the construction industry. He has also testified before the Tennessee Tax Commission regarding the taxation of multi-state contractors.

Jamie Stitt serves as Assistant Commissioner of Business and Workforce Development. She assists Deputy Commissioner Allen Borden in overseeing all expansions of existing companies and the recruitment of new companies to Tennessee. Additionally, she leads the FastTrack incentive team, vetting each company and project as it moves through the pipeline.

Since Jamie joined the business development team, the department has had record-breaking job commitments, shattering previous records with over 200,000 jobs committed at a close rate of 70 percent. Jamie continuously channels the department’s focus of creating net new jobs in Tennessee’s key clusters with a focus of those being high-quality paying jobs.

Prior to her current role, Jamie served as TNECD Regional Director for Southern Middle Tennessee where she led her team in assisting companies in the creation of more than 6,200 jobs and nearly $700 million in capital investment. She has also fulfilled the role of ThreeStar Program Director and Regional Economic Development Specialist where she assisted communities in implementing economic preparedness best practices.

Prior to joining TNECD in 2007, Jamie was the Director of Joint Economic and Community Development for Marshall County where she focused her efforts on new business creation. Jamie earned her master’s degree at Illinois State University and her bachelor’s degree at University of Illinois at Springfield.

Jamie resides in Nolensville, Tennessee with her husband Jimmy, their two kids, Jayden and Jaycie, and their dog, Wrigley.