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Claire L. Rutkowski

Vice Chair
ACEC Technology Committee

Claire Rutkowski serves as WSP’s Digital Project Delivery Advisor and Americas IT Business Partner. Claire joined WSP in 2025 as part of the acquisition of POWER Engineers, where she served as the Chief Information Officer. Prior to POWER, Claire spent 7 years at Bentley Systems, where she also held the position of CIO, and many years at MWH Engineers before that. Claire has always been responsible for delivering IT strategy, services, and support to engineering and technology professionals. Claire excels at shaping and executing comprehensive technology agendas across the company’s business operations. Collaborating closely with executive leadership, Claire ensures her company is leveraging most advanced solutions to achieve the company’s goals and meet the evolving needs of its users. Claire is a designated Project Management Professional (PMP) and is the recipient of numerous awards, including being named among the Top 80 CIOs You Should Know in 2020 and Top 10 Most Inspiring Women Leaders in 2022, as well as one of the Top 50 Women CIOs We Admire in 2024 and 2025.

Sessions

Opening General Session

Featuring Claire L. Rutkowski, Alyson Watson, Linda Bauer Darr, Sean Young, John Rathke, Jon Meacham at 8:00 AM on Monday, May 4th.

The Opening General Session brings the full Convention audience together for a powerful and purposeful start to the week. The session will begin with a welcome from ACEC’s Chair John Rathke, setting the tone for the days ahead, followed by remarks from President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr, offering perspective on the forces shaping the…

Aligning AI and Talent: Building the Engineering Workforce of the Future

Featuring Claire L. Rutkowski, Sean Young, Joe Bates at 10:30 AM on Monday, May 4th.

As AI-enabled technologies become embedded across engineering workflows, firms face a fundamental strategic question: how do we prepare, reskill, and organize the workforce to fully leverage these tools without losing the human expertise that defines the profession? This in-depth breakout session explores that question through the findings of the ACEC Research Institute’s latest Firm of…

From Innovation to Implementation: A Technology Leaders Roundtable

Featuring Supawit Ket-udom, Claire L. Rutkowski, Micah Callough, Sean Young at 4:00 PM on Monday, May 4th.

What does it take to move emerging technology from concept to real-world impact? In this dynamic conversation, leaders from Microsoft, Esri, NVIDIA, and WSP come together to explore how AI, digital twins, and geospatial intelligence are transforming infrastructure delivery. Grounded in real-world application, this session will examine how cloud computing, advanced visualization, and engineering expertise…

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