As CEO, Joshua oversees the strategic direction, growth and management of the company. He is passionate about culture, people and growing a global company that has a positive impact on our world. Over the past 15 years, Joshua has founded and lead three successful businesses utilising technology in the property and infrastructure industry. With this deep experience in property and infrastructure, he established Willow as a world-leading technology company, creating a new category – Digital Twins for the Built World.Josh has built a reputation for his strong leadership and innovation with some of the largest and most admired owners of infrastructure and real estate including the Durst Organisation and Macquarie. He believes in building a global network of strong partners and has spearheaded partnerships with leading organisations such as Microsoft, ThyssenKrupp and Strukton Rail. He has overseen the development of over $10B of projects through Design and Construction in a senior leadership capacity, and has partnered with pre-eminent architects, including KPF, Foster & Partners, Perkins Will, and Grimshaw. In Australia, he has worked on major projects with companies including Investa, GPT, Mirvac, Grocon, Brookfield, Multiplex, John Holland, CPB, Pontiac, Star, and NSW Government.

He discusses the next revolution in the property industry will be digital, not physical. How Willow stands on the shoulders of giants - In order for the technology revolution to take hold, we need innovators, like Willow. But also visionaries, like it’s partners Investa, Durst etc.  Visionaries are willing and brave enough to pioneer new technology and embrace innovation. Creating a sustainable and livable built environment using technology -  the world’s urban areas is increasing by 200,000 people per day, all of whom need affordable housing as well as social, transportation and utility infrastructure. These challenges need an adequate response from the industry as a whole. What a digital twin is – according to Gartner, by 2021, half of large industrial companies will use digital twins. So it is worth everyone knowing what the future holds.

About Willow:
Willow is a visionary technology and services company dedicated to the advancement of the built world, transforming the places we live, work, and play.
Being born of the built world, Willow has intimate, real world understanding of the design, construction, facilities and asset management, along with how technology can transform experiences for tenants, customers and commuters.
Willow’s services and products enable owners to harness the true potential of data, and to transform a passive and disconnected building or infrastructure network, into a living, learning, evolving digital twin.
The feature platform, The Willow Twin, is an industry first for the built world and unlocks a range of new innovations that have never been seen or even imagined - a gateway to a new world of possibility, that is safer, greener, more efficient and more connected.

As CEO, Joshua oversees the strategic direction, growth and management of the company. He is passionate about culture, people and growing a global company that has a positive impact on our world. Over the past 15 years, Joshua has founded and lead three successful businesses utilising technology in the property and infrastructure industry. With this deep experience in property and infrastructure, he established Willow as a world-leading technology company, creating a new category &ndash; Digital Twins for the Built World.Josh has built a reputation for his strong leadership and innovation with some of the largest and most admired owners of infrastructure and real estate including the Durst Organisation and Macquarie. He believes in building a global network of strong partners and has spearheaded partnerships with leading organisations such as Microsoft, ThyssenKrupp and Strukton Rail. He has overseen the development of over $10B of projects through Design and Construction in a senior leadership capacity, and has partnered with pre-eminent architects, including KPF, Foster &amp; Partners, Perkins Will, and Grimshaw. In Australia, he has worked on major projects with companies including Investa, GPT, Mirvac, Grocon, Brookfield, Multiplex, John Holland, CPB, Pontiac, Star, and NSW Government.
He discusses the next revolution in the property industry will be digital, not physical. How Willow stands on the shoulders of giants - In order for the technology revolution to take hold, we need innovators, like Willow. But also visionaries, like it&rsquo;s partners Investa, Durst etc. &nbsp;Visionaries are willing and brave enough to pioneer new technology and embrace innovation. Creating a sustainable and livable built environment using technology - &nbsp;the world&rsquo;s urban areas is increasing by 200,000 people per day, all of whom need affordable housing as well as social, transportation and utility infrastructure. These challenges need an adequate response from the industry as a whole. What a digital twin is &ndash; according to Gartner,&nbsp;by 2021, half of large industrial companies will use digital twins. So it is worth everyone knowing what the future holds.
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<li>Willow is a visionary technology and services company dedicated to the advancement of the built world, transforming the places we live, work, and play.</li>
<li>Being born of the built world, Willow has intimate, real world understanding of the design, construction, facilities and asset management, along with how technology can transform experiences for tenants, customers and commuters.</li>
<li>Willow&rsquo;s services and products enable owners to harness the true potential of data, and to transform a passive and disconnected building or infrastructure network, into a living, learning, evolving digital twin.</li>
<li>The feature platform, The Willow Twin, is an industry first for the built world and unlocks a range of new innovations that have never been seen or even imagined - a gateway to a new world of possibility, that is safer, greener, more efficient and more connected.</li>
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