Jacob D'Albora, FMP

Director of Healthcare Practice @ Zero RFI

About

Healthcare facilities are among the most complex built assets in the world. The systems are dense, the regulatory environment is demanding, and the operators who run them need accurate, structured building data from day one. Most of the time, they don't get it. I lead the Healthcare Practice at Zero, where we help health systems carry structured, actionable building data from construction into operations. Before a facility opens, we work with owners, GCs, and design teams to define what data matters, where it lives, and how it performs once the ribbon is cut. My background is technical. I came up through BIM-FM, spent years helping large healthcare and higher ed owners define digital twin use cases, and led the digital building operations practice and the Voyager platform at VIATechnik. That foundation shapes how I approach every engagement: data first, use case driven, owner-side. I chair the Digital Twin Integration Committee at the National Institute of Building Sciences. The committee's work centers on accelerating the adoption and integration of digital twin technology across the built environment. I also volunteer with ASHE and serve on the ASHE Advisory Board, where the intersection of healthcare operations and facility data strategy is a standing priority. Closeout isn't the end. It's the beginning of a building's operational performance. If you work on the owner side of healthcare construction, facilities management, or building data strategy, I'm always open to a direct conversation.

Country

United States

City

Charlotte

Industry

Facilities Services

Skill

Digital Twins, Operational Data Centralization, Digital Twin, Stakeholder Engagement, Digital Transformation Strategy, Building Operations Data, Revit, BIM2FM, BIM, Architectural Design, LEED AP, SketchUp, Design Research, AutoCAD Architecture, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Technology, Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), Data Mining, Facility Management (FM)

Experience

Director of Healthcare Practice

Zero RFI

2026-4 - Present · 6 mos

Charlotte, NC

Lead Zero's Healthcare Practice, helping health systems carry structured building data from construction into operations. Work with owners, GCs, and design teams to define asset data requirements, establish handover standards, and ensure facility operators receive complete, actionable documentation at project closeout. Focus areas include BIM-FM strategy, digital twin use case definition, and construction-to-operations data continuity for acute care, ambulatory, and campus healthcare environments.

Chair, Digital Twin Integration Committee

National Institute of Building Sciences

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Chair a cross-disciplinary committee dedicated to accelerating the adoption and integration of digital twin technology across the built environment. Lead the development of industry guidance, co-authored the 2024 Digital Twin Integration position paper, and coordinate with owners, designers, contractors, and technology providers to advance standards for building lifecycle data management.

Director of Digital Building Operations

VIATechnik

2022-6 - 2026-4 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Charlotte, NC

Led the digital building operations practice, overseeing BIM-FM strategy and digital twin deployment for large owner clients across healthcare, higher education, and life science sectors. Directed the Voyager platform, VIATechnik's owner-facing digital twin product. Defined use cases, data requirements, and implementation frameworks for clients managing complex built assets at scale.

Director of BIM-FM Services, Associate VP

IMEG, formerly McVeigh & Mangum Engineering

2017-5 - 2022-5 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Charlotte Metro

Built and led the BIM-FM services practice, focused on owner-side data strategy and construction-to-operations handover. Defined COBie deliverable requirements, managed BIM execution planning, and guided owner clients through asset data integration with CMMS and facility management platforms. Work spanned healthcare, corporate, and institutional facility types.

Academic Lecturer in the Master's in Global BIM Management

ZIGURAT Institute of Technology

2018-6 - 2019-5 · 1 yr

Global

Taught building operations data and facility management within the Master's in Global BIM Management program. Course content covered BIM-FM integration, asset data strategy, and the application of building information to facility operations and maintenance workflows.

Director

RPA Pulse

2016-6 - 2017-5 · 1 yr

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

RPA Pulse is a business unit within RPA design that continues to push the envelope of technology. Providing BIM services to client, we hope to push the industry into a standardized method of BIM.