Biography -- Dr. Tony Crawford

Dr. Crawford began his professional career in England with Redpath Dorman Long, the former engineering arm of British Steel.  He qualified as a structural steel detail draftsman before pursuing his academic studies. He received a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and majored in Structural Analysis & Design. During semesters he continued to work for British Steel and with on-site assignments was involved with the construction of modules and helidecks for North Sea oil platforms. He also gained experience in the design office before returning to university to conduct research into Optimum Design of Structural Steelwork. After receiving his PhD in 1981 he began to focus on application software development.  His early work involved the automatic generation of detailed fabrication drawings for steel beam/column type buildings.

In 1982, he left British Steel to accept a position with Intergraph Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama.  He designed and implemented a suite of integrated structural applications incorporating detailing, 3D modeling and data exchange formats.  Released products include:

• Steel Detailing
• General Arrangement Drawings
• Engineering Tables
• 3D Rebar Modeling & Detailing
• 3D Structural Modeling 

With the success of the Structural group his responsibilities were expanded to include the civil/site, architectural, visualization, and Plant Design development groups.  In 1990 he became Vice President of the AEC Division taking responsibility for software development, product marketing and support services.  Under his leadership of AEC, Intergraph was awarded contracts to supply solutions for CAD2 Naval Facilities. 

Tony joined Innovative Tech in 1996 and established an application product center to implement repeatable processes for the development of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products. In 1998, he returned to England to establish operations for Facilities Automation solutions throughout Europe.