How Contractors Leverage AI Could Provide Key Risk Management Insights

Carl Oliveri is the Construction Practice Leader and a Partner at Grassi. He has over 25 years of experience advising owners and executives in the Construction industry, particularly in project-centric and companywide financial modeling, operational strategy development, financial statement accounting services, and income tax method analysis. This extensive industry experience enables him to offer valuable insights and advice to construction clients on market trends and best practices.

Carl’s thought leadership in the industry is well-established. He has been a featured speaker at national construction conferences hosted by prestigious associations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Construction Industry CPAs and Consultants(CICPAC). His influence extends across the Metropolitan area, where he has presented at events organized by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYCPA) and the Construction Conference, as well as various trade associations. Additionally, he has published articles on a wide range of contemporary issues impacting the construction community.

Carl is the Chairperson of the Construction Financial Management Association’s (CFMA) National Emerging Issues and a member of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers' CPA Advisory Board. Before that, he served as a member of the Executive Committee of CICPAC, currently serving as the Thought Leader Committee chair. He has also served on the board for the New York City Chapter of CFMA, held an at-large position on the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals (ICCIFP) board, and was the Chairperson for the NYCPA Construction Contractors Committee.

Other professional affiliations include membership in the AICPA and the worldwide and New York City chapters of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Carl earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from the York College of Pennsylvania.

Hassan Khan is a Technology Consulting Partner at Grassi, leading the Technology Advisory Practice. He has over 20 years of experience in technology accounting, operations and business process optimization, strategy and governance, risk analysis, offshoring, and enterprise intelligence.

Hassan’s practice areas include the implementation of technology risk management frameworks, development of tailored regulatory compliance frameworks focused on GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, PCI, HIPAA, and FERPA, as well as IT platform/systems/infrastructure review, product strategy and innovation, and IT due diligence and crisis management. Hassan also has extensive experience in IT cost reduction, insourcing and outsourcing analysis, vendor negotiation, and end-to-end IT transformation.

Before joining Grassi, Hassan was a Managing Director at a national accounting firm. He worked with clients’ management, audit committees, and boards, providing independent, senior-level expertise that enabled executives to drive value from technology and improve business performance.

Hassan is licensed in New York as a Certified Systems Auditor and a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma.