Experience and credentials
Daniel John Stine, AIA, CSI, CDT, WELL AP
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Experience
2020 – present
Director of Design Technology
Lake Flato Architects · San Antonio, Texas
Implementing AI as a firm operating system built on curated use cases and a data lakehouse. Leads Investigations, the firm's research program. Design Performance team: energy models, daylighting, life-cycle assessment. Software strategy, licensing, vendor relationships, and direct client engagement, including VIP presentations for the SAT Terminal C expansion.
2013 – present
Adjunct Professor
North Dakota State University · Fargo
Graduate architecture and landscape architecture; junior interior design. BIM, lighting analysis, VR/AR, energy modeling, and a new seminar on AI in AEC with industry guest speakers.
2016 – present
Trainer, Professional Lighting Designers
Lighting Analysts Inc.
Live online Revit and ElumTools training for practicing lighting designers.
2002 – present
Author
SDC Publications
Twenty textbooks, more than 100 ISBNs, 137 editions; Autodesk titles updated annually. Commissioned posts for the Chaos Enscape blog. Created Autodesk's online Design Performance course, 2025.
2005 – 2020
Design Technology Manager
LHB Inc. · Duluth, Minnesota
Emerging-technology research and adoption for a 250-person multidiscipline firm. Created the MEP Productivity Pack with CTC Software. Software licensing, limited-liability agreements with in-house counsel, M&A assessments of software assets and training.
2003 – 2005
Senior Architectural Technician
LHB Inc. · Government Group
Commercial construction documents.
2001 – 2013
Adjunct Instructor
Lake Superior College · Duluth
All CAD and BIM courses in the Architectural Technology program; advisory committee.
1997 – 2003
Architectural Technician
SJA Architects · Duluth
Construction documents, presentation and marketing material, CAD management and IT. Collaborations with César Pelli and LMN Architects.
1996 – 1997
Architectural Technician
BWBR Architects · St. Paul
Construction documents, renderings, software support and customization.
1991 – 1996
Drafter and CAD Technician
Thomas & Vecchi Associates AIA Architects · Duluth
Residential and commercial construction documents, renderings, and proposal materials.
Professional
Registered Architect, Wisconsin #10046-5American Institute of ArchitectsIlluminating Engineering SocietyConstruction Specifications Institute · CDTWELL Accredited Professional
Leadership and service
AIA Artificial Intelligence Task ForceAIA Technology in Architectural Practice Leadership Group · chair 2028AIA Committee on the Environment Leadership Group, 2023 – 2025IES · past chair, national BIM Standards Committee
Awards
AIA San Antonio Trailblazer People Award, 2024ACEC Minnesota Honor Award, MEP Productivity Pack, 2020Autodesk Expert EliteBILT Europe Top Ten Speaker, 2017 and 2018Lake Superior College Student of the Year, 1992
Publications
Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit · #1 Revit text in educationCommercial Design; Design Integration; Interior Design Using Autodesk RevitAutodesk Revit Command Reference; Certified User Exam PreparationResidential and Commercial Design Using AutoCADSketchUp for Interior DesignersChapters in Architectural Drawing; Interior Design Using Hand Sketching, SketchUp, and PhotoshopIntroduction to Culinary Arts Management, with workbook; Microsoft Office certification guides
Selected speaking
Keynote, AIAS National Conference, Austin, 2025AIA Conference on Architecture, 2022 – 2026Texas Society of Architects, 2022 – 2026AIA Minnesota, 2016 – 2019 and 2022Autodesk University: Las Vegas, London, San Diego, NashvilleNVIDIA GTC, Silicon Valley, three timesBILT: North America, Europe, Asia, AustraliaASAI Tokyo, 2025 · Lightfair 2018
Education
HarvardX, Harvard GSD · The Architectural Imagination, verified certificate, 2019University of Minnesota Duluth · liberal education courseworkLake Superior College · Architectural Technology, 1992