René Morkos

René Morkos is the founder of ALICE Technologies and teaches at Stanford University's doctorate program in construction engineering. Morkos   earned his doctorate degree in artificial intelligence applications for construction as a Charles H. Leavell fellow at Stanford. He is a second-generation civil engineer with more than 15 years of construction industry experience that is divided between industry and academia.  Morkos' professional experience includes working as a project manager in Afghanistan, underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350 million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, ERP system implementations and various virtual design and construction projects.