Authors
Shannon Lada
Shannon Lada is a product marketing manager at Bentley Systems, focusing on energy products and solutions. With her background in marketing, Shannon brings a strategic approach to product content development and innovation.
In her free time, Shannon enjoys spending time with family, being active with indoor cycling, and indulging in her love for cats and iced coffee.
Maria Lamas-Gomez
Maria Lamas-Gomez is a Senior Industry Marketing Manager for Engineering Firms at Bentley Systems. She is passionate about empowering others to harness technology to drive meaningful change. With over a decade of experience, Maria has supported engineering firms and owner-operators to spotlight how they solve complex infrastructure challenges using innovative digital technologies that benefit the environment and help improve quality of life.
She holds a B.S. in Business Administration and an MBA with a focus on Marketing Strategy.
In her personal time, Maria enjoys spending time with her family and running. She’s also passionate about serving her local community and currently volunteers with a non-profit called #LatinaGeeks to educate women in STEM.
Narinder Manku
Narinder Manku manages marketing for road and rail asset and network performance at Bentley. He joined the company in 2019 and brings over a decade of experience within the AEC industry from his previous roles. Along with his industry expertise, Narinder holds a degree in marketing from Cambridge Marketing College.
Tye Masters
Tye Masters is a product marketing manager at Bentley Systems focusing on the Airports and Ports industries. He holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English literature and has worked for the past 4 years in the infrastructure and facility management technology spaces.
Tye is passionate about advancing innovative technology for airport and port infrastructure globally. He lives in Mobile, Alabama and enjoys reading, golfing, and going to the beach.
Jana Miller
Jana Miller serves as senior manager of water industry marketing. She joined Bentley Systems in 2020 and has extensive experience in technical marketing strategy, social networking, and events. She enjoys sharing the stories of how Bentley solutions have made positive impacts for users.
From 2018 to 2020, Jana led North American marketing for a sustainability consultancy. Before that, she was the editorial director of the company magazine and marketing manager at a software company.
Jana enjoys her work as a co-lead of Bentley’s OpenAbilities colleague resource group, focused on people living with disabilities. She also leads Katy Autism Support, a Facebook group with nearly 5,000 members, dedicated to families living with autism in Katy, Texas.
Eleanore Nguyen-Locke
Eleanore Nguyen-Locke is a senior product marketing manager at Bentley Systems, where she leads strategic marketing for the company’s transmission and distribution software solutions. With over 15 years of experience in technology marketing across both software and hardware, she brings industry insight and a track record of connecting innovative technologies to the evolving challenges of energy infrastructure. Her work supports utilities in modernizing the grid, enhancing reliability, and driving digital transformation to build more resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy systems. Eleanore holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from California State University, Fullerton.
Alan O’Grady
Alan O’Grady is Senior Product Marketing Manager for MicroStation and other products at Bentley Systems, the trusted CAD software for infrastructure design and delivery. With over 20 years in the technology and software industries, Alan helps engineers, architects, and infrastructure professionals unlock the full potential of CAD technology. He works closely with infrastructure professionals to communicate the value of MicroStation’s powerful design, visualization, and project collaboration capabilities. Alan holds a degree in international marketing and Japanese from Dublin City University and lives on the west coast of Ireland.
Nicole Pearson
Nicole Pearson joined Bentley Systems in 2024 to lead the product and industry marketing team for energy. With over two decades at Southern Company and Georgia Power, she brings a wealth of experience across both regulated and unregulated energy markets. Nicole is passionate about the ever-evolving energy landscape and its profound impact on communities. She thrives on helping utilities navigate complex challenges by showing how technology can turn big ideas into real-world solutions.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Nicole makes the most of the world’s busiest airport to fuel her love of travel. At home, her creative spirit shines—whether she’s picking up a new instrument like the guitar or experimenting with textile arts, she’s always exploring new ways to stay curious and inspired.
Kelly Ramesar
Kelly Ramesar is a product marketing manager on the transportation team at Bentley Systems, focusing on the civil site industry and OpenSite+, Bentley’s AI-driven civil site design software. Kelly has over six years of experience in the civil engineering industry and holds a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from West Virginia University.
Before joining Bentley Systems, Kelly worked in the traditional world of civil engineering at an ENR Top 500 firm. Kelly saw projects come to life from the ground up, understanding the complexities and challenges that engineers faced. This experience was invaluable, providing her with a deep appreciation for the meticulous planning and work required to bring these projects to completion. It has equipped Kelly with the knowledge to create effective marketing strategies that resonate with industry professionals and address their specific pain points.
In Kelly’s free time, she enjoys reading, exploring coffee shops, spending time with loved ones (especially her Goldendoodle), and traveling.
April Reed
April Reed is a director of product marketing at Bentley Systems. She leads product marketing efforts for several of Bentley’s product lines, including MicroStation, STAAD, OpenBuildings, AutoPIPE, and more.
Brian Rock
Brian Rock is the Industry Marketing Director for Bentley Systems focused on Asset Analytics. As such he oversees all marketing activities aimed at driving awareness and growth for Bentley’s portfolio of solutions that provide actionable insights into the physical condition of infrastructure assets. Prior to this role, Brian held other leadership positions within Bentley including the Director of Marketing for energy products and solutions as well as overseeing all marketing activities for recently acquired businesses and other strategic product lines within Bentley’s Acceleration division. Brian has over a decade of experience working at various advertising and digital marketing agencies which has provided him with the opportunity to build successful go-to-market strategies in a variety of industries including automotive, engineering, finance, government, and information technology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University.
Paul Rotter
Paul Rotter joined Bentley in 2021 to serve as Product Marketing Manager. He is responsible for driving adoption of Bentley’s project delivery products. Rotter holds a bachelor’s degree in English from University of Central Florida.