ON3 CEO Paul Cardis shares how their mobile-first platform uses AI to improve construction training, reduce errors, and bridge language barriers - helping builders save time and money through smart video training solutions.

Paul has over 30 years of experience leading technology companies. His former company, Avid Ratings, served more than 2,500 companies throughout North America and was named a Top 50 Most Influential Technology Company in 2014 and 2015.Paul successfully sold a majority of his stake in Avid Ratings to former Microsoft executives and venture capital in 2019. After a short hiatus from entrepreneurship, Paul invested in other game-changing startups, provided consulting, and invested in/co-founded an AI-driven, mobile application to support frontline construction workers. The resulting company, ON3.ai, was named the 2022 Most Innovative Startup by the National Association of Home Builders, received a Housing Innovation Alliance 2023 Pitchfest Award for Data and Technology, and was honored with a 2023 Brilliance Award from Techome Magazine.

Paul attended Harvard University for Business Analytics and is ABD (all but dissertation)-Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before entrepreneurship, Paul taught secondary education and served as a research/teaching assistant, developing the passion for education and analytics he applies today at On3.

In his free time, Paul enjoys the outdoors, hiking, fly fishing, boating, and traveling to beautiful places around the world.