Frank Mruk is an architect, technology strategist and founder of the Center for Strategic Innovation and the Center for Smart Building Technology and is a Senior Director of Building Innovations at NRMCA. Educated at Pratt and Oxford University, he has taught at SVA/RISD/Parsons/NYU and at NYIT where he served as associate dean of Architecture. Earlier he served as VP of Strategy for Morgan Stanley and directed Turkish Architect Emre Arolat’s NYC office. Frank is a past President of AIA RI, NYC ASP and Metro NY CSI. He is a Morse Stone Fellow and a Fellow of the AIA and the Strategic Planning Society. He currently serves as Northeast Region Construction Specifications Institute VP.