Our story.

Creating extraordinary living experiences for consumers is at the core of John’s thinking. He has always believed a home is the ultimate consumer product. He further believes that the combination of a consumer-focused approach, great talent & technology is the solution to deliver great housing. John’s background includes being a real estate developer/builder for 35+ years who completed about 2,000 residential units. John is the originator of a nationally recognized mass-customization design approach, which was featured in the Wall Street Journal, PBS Nightly Business Report, The Washington Post, Fortune magazine and the Today Show. John is also a recognized innovator in the construction industry & recipient of the Chicago Innovation Award. Further, his work was the subject of a Harvard Case Study documenting how the tech his team developed delivered a project 39% faster at a 19% cost savings. John’s been at this for a while & started the foundation of Digibilt in 1993 as a commercial general contractor, because he always believed there is a better way to design & build everything from multi-million-dollar commercial buildings to peoples' homes. His journey has been exhilarating with huge challenges along the way, including surviving three major storms: 1) dot com bubble burst (when we were a tech startup), 2) housing crisis (when we were a home builder), & 3) Covid (when Digibilt was a startup). John & his ever-evolving team have never given up on producing great designs & deploying technology to bring positive change to the housing industry.

Nancy McLinden works with builder customers and trade partners to provide a seamless transition between the builder providing their 2-D plans and Digibilt providing the digital model and technology that simplifies the building process for the builder. After spending over 30 years in the commercial and residential construction industry, including as a sales representative/account manager, Nancy recognizes the need for change in this space and believes Digibilt is that path.

Nick Ivaniv is a scholar of the construction industry. Starting out drafting countless blueprints of both commercial and residential projects for over 10 years, he also is not afraid to pick up a hammer and execute those projects. Extensive technical knowledge of construction details and practice creating exact virtual models the way they are built using common construction techniques are his specialty. He has produced and continues to innovate techniques in perfecting BILTtwin models.

Michael Barry has over 25 years of experience working mainly in the residential and mixed-use sectors of the Chicago market. Michael worked for award winning, nationally recognized firms and managed his own firm before joining Digibilt to head the single-family build to rent division of the company. He is also leading the charge to re-imagine how information is delivered to the trades in the field by creating more intuitive and graphically clear construction documents. With his wealth of knowledge and passion for the architecture profession, Michael is an invaluable asset to the Digibilt team.

Katie McLinden started her career in the building industry working with Nest and Dupont Corian as a part of their sales team. Most recently, she was on the ground floor at a SaaS startup focused on servicing the trades (hire no. 2) that was recently acquired by a Forbes Cloud 100 company. Her experience seeing all phases of a rapidly growing company is the expertise she brings to the Digibilt team.

Mary Danaher has a diverse professional background, including 20 years of experience in the development and construction industry. She has been directly responsible for the management of hundreds of contract agreements among builders, subcontractors and suppliers. Her complete understanding of both the contracting process and various vendor relations provides her with the expertise to act as the liaison between Digibilt’s builder customer and the internal team. Mary also coordinates the onboarding process with new Digibilt users including builders, material suppliers, and subcontractors.