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Software applications have revolutionized and digitized how process engineers design production facilities, but data entry on the hundreds of documents required for each design has remained an analog, fingers-and-keyboard task.
That will change soon, thanks to Ramon Ramirez, Orvin Lozada and their winning entry in ‘The Big Pitch.’
Staged by Dysruptek, Haskell’s venture arm dedicated to scouting, piloting and investing in emerging technologies, ‘The Big Pitch’ is a Shark Tank-like contest that invited Haskell employees to submit proposals that would use existing solutions to enhance efficiencies, create new solutions and explore new markets and business opportunities.
Ramirez, Design Director in Haskell’s Mexico City office, and Lozada, Mexico City Project Coordinator, took first place from among 36 entries in the first annual innovation contest with their proposal for Process Design Automation that would eliminate the repetitive entry of basic information.
“We thought that if we could automate that work and make it more efficient, engineers and designers could use their time to develop better things and put their minds on better designs,” Ramirez said. “So that's the intention, and that's how the ideas started.”
From five virtual finalists, a panel of company and innovation leaders chose the top three Big Pitch projects based on a concise set of questions and criteria:
Thirty-six entries were screened and the field winnowed to five finalists, each of which presented their pitch decks – virtually, because of the coronavirus pandemic – to a panel of four judges comprising Jim O’Leary, Haskell President and CEO; John-Paul Saenz, Haskell Executive Vice President and COO; Andrea Inserra, Haskell board member and EVP of Booze Allen Hamilton; and Kaustubh Pandya, Principal of Brick and Mortar Ventures.
Second place went to Gary Weiler, Senior Quality Subject Matter Expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina, office, for his proposal for a Pneumatic Testing Application; and third place was awarded to Ryan Camer, Director of Virtual Construction, for his Trend Analysis Dashboarding project.
"We saw so many bright ideas from representatives from all the offices,” Ramirez said. “It was indeed encouraging and motivating, and it reinforces our feelings about contributing to such a remarkable team of collaborators.”
Each of the top three places received cash awards, and as the overall winners, Ramirez and Lozada received support for the implementation of their idea. The Process Design Automation project is now in development.
“The Big Pitch has been a great experience,” Ramirez said. “This is an opportunity to present the ideas that you may have had for several years. Now we have the opportunity to put them on the table and make them come true.”
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