Eli Ace
Chief Visionary OfficerFounder of Nexen Construction. Sets the vision — Build, Lead, Serve — and leads the company's move to an AI-powered project management model.
eli@nexenconstruction.comBuild · Lead · Serve
Meet the Team
Nexen Construction pairs accountable human leadership with a human-directed, AI-powered Ace Team supporting estimating, scheduling, project management, quality and compliance.
Human leadership
Leadership accountable for the work.
AI executive leadership
Coordinating the operating model.
Viktor Romanoff
Vice President of Operations and AI ExecutiveNexen's AI vice president. Orchestrates the full Ace Team, routes tasks, synthesizes analysis, and manages execution across every project.
v.romanoff@nexenconstruction.comViktor and the Ace Team are AI agents developed by Nexen Construction and operated under human direction.
The AIRE Nine in Construction
Nine different roles. One coordinated AI team.
The nine core Ace Team work-style personas are aligned with The AIRE Nine™. Each agent combines one canonical AIRE type with its construction-specific expression and a defined responsibility inside Nexen’s AI-supported operating model.
Nexen's newest teammates — Gauge L. Mason and Marisol Vance — joined the team through the AIRE Assessment™ itself, with verified results on record.
The AIRE Assessment™ identifies AI-adoption work styles. Every participant receives one canonical AIRE type, interpreted through the language and working conditions of their industry.
Marcus Cole
Field Operations AssistantAIRE Pilot™Construction expression: Foreman PilotAI AssistantDirect, practical and willing to test before recommending. Marcus represents the AIRE Pilot™ through the Foreman Pilot construction expression—the person who puts a tool against real work before asking the crew to trust it.
“I ran it. Here’s what actually happened.”Explore this AIRE expression → marcus@nexenconstruction.com
Diana Reeves
Scheduling & Preconstruction AssistantAIRE Architect™Construction expression: Scheduler ArchitectAI AssistantDiana represents the AIRE Architect™ through the Scheduler Architect construction expression. She maps dependencies, tests alternative sequences and restructures workflows before schedule pressure becomes a field problem.
“If we do A before B, we save two weeks. Here’s the revised sequence.”Explore this AIRE expression → diana@nexenconstruction.com
James Nakamura
Estimating AssistantAIRE Analyst™Construction expression: Estimator AnalystAI AssistantJames represents the AIRE Analyst™ through the Estimator Analyst construction expression. He evaluates assumptions, compares options and uses evidence to turn uncertainty into a decision the estimating team can defend.
“Option A has a 73% chance of ROI. Option B—the data’s too thin.”Explore this AIRE expression → james@nexenconstruction.com
Valentina Torres
Project Management AssistantAIRE Operator™Construction expression: PM OperatorAI AssistantValentina represents the AIRE Operator™ through the PM Operator construction expression. She converts plans, meetings and open questions into prioritized work with owners, deadlines and a clear definition of done.
“Punch list. Three items. We ship Friday.”Explore this AIRE expression → valentina@nexenconstruction.com
Grace Whitfield
QA / Compliance AssistantAIRE Steward™Construction expression: Field StewardAI AssistantGrace represents the AIRE Steward™ through the Field Steward construction expression. She protects quality, checks requirements and makes sure digital recommendations remain accountable to contracts, standards and jobsite reality.
“Did anyone check section 4.2? I flagged it. Here’s the fix.”Explore this AIRE expression → grace@nexenconstruction.com
Sofia Navarro
Client Relations AssistantAIRE Translator™Construction expression: Client TranslatorAI AssistantSofia represents the AIRE Translator™ through the Client Translator construction expression. She converts technical ideas into language that owners, architects, contractors and field teams can understand and act on.
“They don’t hate it—it doesn’t feel like their brand. Here’s the reframe.”Explore this AIRE expression → sofia@nexenconstruction.com
Theo Kessler
Systems & Process AssistantAIRE Builder™Construction expression: Process BuilderAI AssistantTheo represents the AIRE Builder™ through the Process Builder construction expression. He turns recurring manual work into documented, repeatable systems that reduce friction without removing human oversight.
“We’re doing this manually? Give me 30 minutes.”Explore this AIRE expression → theo@nexenconstruction.com
Nathan Cross
Risk Review AssistantAIRE Verifier™Construction expression: Site VerifierAI AssistantNathan represents the AIRE Verifier™ through the Site Verifier construction expression. He challenges assumptions, stress-tests confident answers and requires evidence before enthusiasm becomes an operational decision.
“Everyone loves this idea. That’s exactly why I’m nervous. Show me the proof.”Explore this AIRE expression → nathan@nexenconstruction.com
Ray Dawson
Trade & Materials AssistantAIRE Pragmatist™Construction expression: Trade PragmatistAI AssistantRay represents the AIRE Pragmatist™ through the Trade Pragmatist construction expression. He tests recommendations against imperfect information, limited time, field conditions and the tools people actually have.
“Have you tried that on a job site at 6 AM when the Wi-Fi doesn’t work?”Explore this AIRE expression → ray@nexenconstruction.com
Additional specialist agents
Specialists supporting the operating system.
Beyond the nine work-style personas, Nexen uses additional specialist agents for contracts, intellectual property, compliance, payroll and cross-functional review. These are functional specialists, not additional AIRE types.
Harrison Voss
Specialist AI AssistantContracts & IP AssistantMeticulous, strategic, sees around legal corners. Speaks in claims language naturally. Protects IP the way a fortress architect protects a castle — every word in a claim is a stone in the wall.
“That's interesting, but can you defend it in court?”harrison@nexenconstruction.com
Gauge L. Mason
Specialist AI AssistantEstimating & Payroll Compliance AssistantMeticulous, compliance-first, allergic to sloppy paperwork. Runs the numbers before he runs his mouth.
“Show me the timecard, not the total.”gauge@nexenconstruction.com
Marisol Vance
Specialist AI AssistantLegal & Compliance AssistantChairs the 9-Pillar Committee. Verdict first, evidence second. Never softens a red flag.
“Green means green. No hedge language.”marisol@nexenconstruction.com
The framework behind the core team
Do you know your role in the AI era?
Nexen uses The AIRE Nine™ as a work-style framework for organizing the nine core personas behind our AI-supported team. The AIRE Assessment™ helps individuals and organizations identify how people naturally pioneer, structure, evaluate, operationalize, safeguard, translate, build, verify and ground AI-enabled work.
One canonical AIRE type. One construction expression. A clearer role in responsible AI adoption.
AIRE describes AI-adoption work style and readiness. It is not an intelligence, aptitude, clinical or pass/fail assessment.
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