Shir Erlich is a Product Owner for Naviate products at Symetri. Naviate is a series of products built to streamline processes for AEC professionals for Autodesk Revit, ACC, and Civil 3D. Prior to becoming a product owner, she was a BIM implementation and dynamo automation specialist. While at Microdesk (now Symetri) she started as an architectural consultant before transitioning to the product development team. Her prior positions include BIM Manager roles at firms in Munich, Germany and New York City where she developed her passion for automation. Shir earned her Bachelors of Architecture degree at Pratt Institute and has focused on various technologies related to the AEC industry since. She has used these different experiences to translate the challenges Revit users face into technical solutions within the Naviate product line. Shir is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and certified SAFe POPM and leads the team in Agile methodologies within the Scrum and Kanban frameworks. She has experience in public speaking and last year she lead a panel at Autodesk University called 'Beyond One Gender: The Power of Diversity and Inclusion' and this year is participating in a panel about immigration in the AECO industry.