Jim Foster

Graduated from Hobart College undergrad and Babson grad. Founded a product design and development firm, set up manufacturing operations in Taiwan, ate frog and rat, sold into mass retailers, big box, specialty, e-tailers, exited company by licensing products to public and private companies. Started an architectural services company, InterioReview in 2003 capturing the built environment for a wide range of real estate professionals, did not have to eat rat or frog. Starting 3rd company, PointKnown, bringing productivity tools to all building professionals so they can capture the built environment directly into a BIM (Building Information Model) enabled work station.

Homepage: http://www.pointknown.com


Posts by Jim Foster

Energy Audit Army is Well Funded and on the March : Firms Starting and Accelerating like a 16 year Old with Porsche

12010vEtc/GMT+711bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:21:11 -0700 1, 2010 - 12:21 p11

Web Enabled BIM : Cloud BIM : Horizontal’s BIM Glue sticks it.

-07002010-10-28T13:57:27-07:00312010bEtc/GMT+7Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:57:27 -0700 28, 2010 - 1:57 p10

Green BIM : Everybody’s Doing It

-07002010-10-25T13:33:25-07:00312010bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:33:25 -0700 25, 2010 - 1:33 p10

On the heels of BIM lag in Europe Report : UK Construction Chief calls for BIM

-07002010-10-06T12:07:38-07:00312010bEtc/GMT+7Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:07:38 -0700 6, 2010 - 12:07 p10

Greening the Built Environment : Autodesk joins IBM’s Green Sigma Coalition : IBM Flexing its Market Power Muscle : BIM

-07002010-10-05T11:44:54-07:00312010bEtc/GMT+7Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:44:54 -0700 5, 2010 - 11:44 am10

BIM Euro Bust? : Adoption Rates for BIM in Europe lagging US

-07002010-10-04T12:42:41-07:00312010bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:42:41 -0700 4, 2010 - 12:42 p10

Cisco BIM : Building Information Management : Smart City

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:21:12 -0700 29, 2010 - 11:21 am09

Skanska Pre Fab at Miami Valley Hospital saves $1.5 to $3 million & months on the job : BIM

rdEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:38:54 -0700 23, 2010 - 2:38 p09

Vectorworks 2011 Launches : So? : BIM

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:23:06 -0700 20, 2010 - 10:23 am09

AEC Apps for the IPad and IPhone : Dead simple UI will continue to accelerate its adoption

thEtc/GMT+7p30Etc/GMT+709bEtc/GMT+7Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:20:45 -0700 15, 2010 - 11:20 am09