With 15 years in the Granite, Marble, & Quartz industry, Rolandas Karinauskas has fostered strong relationships with Designers, Kitchen & Bath dealers, & Stone fabricators. Addressing key industry challenges such as labor shortages & the rise of AI, Rolandas developed the CRM Quoting system - a software designed to streamline business operations. His initiative, Easy Stone Shop, bridges trade professionals with state-of-the-art equipment & systematization in a unified platform. Today, it's a global solution for fabrication shops & showrooms, enhancing efficiency, organization, and profitability for its users.​

Aatif Markar the founder of Stone Fabrica has been implementing 'best practices and fostering business growth in the highly competitive environment of stone technology and innovation in Canada. Played a leading role in the Canadian stone industry for more than 20 years in which he was able to develop new markets and new products segments and helped many in establishing their stone fabrication shops throughout Canada.

Zach is an industry professional with over 10 years of experience with Digital Templating in the Stone, Kitchen, and Bath Industry. Zach has dedicated his career to helping companies solve bottlenecks and offer improved solutions to boost production through digital templating. Zach worked his way to the Vice President of Prodim USA one of the industry leaders in Digital Templating Equipment. His practical experience and deep understanding of the intersection between technology and manufacturing make her a valuable contributor to the panel discussion on this crucial topic.

Frank Bruno was a fundamental part for the creation of the companies Carrelage FN in 2011 and Productions Terrastone in 2015. He has over 40 years of experience in the stone market. He has also founded in 2015 in coordination with the Construction Commission of Quebec the Terrazzo School in which were trained 192 students. He is currently working as a consultant for both companies and has made Productions Terrastone the first company in Quebec to develop the new modern Epoxy Terrazzo, giving the recipes the opportunity to create 3D designs adapted to everyone’s imagination.