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Simplify Workflows and Drive Growth With Connected Construction Data
Connected construction software is changing the way businesses consume, analyze and use data.
By Rachel Blair Winkler
August 9, 2022
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by Rachel Blair Winkler
About the author: Rachel Blair Winkler is the Vice President & General Manager of the construction-specific finance and human capital management (ERP) business at Trimble Viewpoint. Trimble Viewpoint’s SaaS solutions help contractors around the world operate more efficiently, safely, sustainably and predictably. She has roughly two decades of product development, go-to-market and management experience working in the transportation, geospatial and construction industries.
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