Rory Smith

Background

About Rory Smith

When I was young I was working summers on construction sites, which meant clean up, demo, carpentry, concrete, and watching Supers/PMs overcome conflict to keep projects moving forwards. From 1X to 22 I worked on multiple hospitals, office buildings, and three summers at a maximum security detention centre. During that time I also spent a year with an estimating team doing takeoffs by hand and working in the "war-room" on closing days. School was a different story, where I fed my creative side by focusing on communications. I graduated with Honours from Dalhousie/Kings and began working part time with EllisDon, marketing their proprietary ERP software. I soon transitioned into a Proposal Coordinator for a few years before putting my hand up to revamp EllisDon's entire Intranet platform. I did this as a solo project and was the sole admin for several years. Post COVID, I left that role to become the Marketing Manager for EllisDon’s Digital & Data division, a team of nearly 200 which includes Full-Stack Software Developers, UX Designers, Data Engineers, and some of the best Digital Modelers (VDC) in the industry. I love working in the space between construction and technology, and I can't wait to see what kind of future we'll build for this industry.