About Leo Fernandez

Leonel Fernandez, better known as Leo, is a design management professional with 20+ years of experience in the Architecture, Engineering, Planning, and Technology industries, and an independent BIM Consultant and Autodesk Certified Instructor with over 16 years of experience specializing in BIM/VDC Management, BIM Facilities Asset Management, Design, Indoctrination, and Implementation within the AECOO industry.

Since 2006 he has been using BIM/VDC technology to complete a wide range of Architectural Projects; ranging from schools and office buildings to large military facilities for DoD (USACE, NAVFAC, Air Force, Air National Guard), NASA, FAA, amongst other federal agencies. 

Leo is responsible for implementing BIM/VDC technology at various firms, as well as creating corporate BIM Standards Manuals, corporate BIM Standard Operating Procedures (BIM S.O.P.’s), BIM Execution Strategies, Training manuals, and courseware. Since 2009, Leo has been teaching BIM to practicing architects and engineers; and has taught BIM at an FL college institution. He has lectured on the use of BIM in AECOO Conferences, and national events both in the United States as well as in the Caribbean. He is also an Industry member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Industry BIM Consortium.