CII Staff
Executive Director
Mike brings a unique combination of industry insight, academic excellence, and deep familiarity with CII. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S.E. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied under CII’s founder, Dr. Richard Tucker.
He served as an Associate Director at CII from 2017-2021. Prior to his graduate work, Dr. Pappas earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and was elected to the Missouri University of Science & Technology Academy of Civil Engineers in 2020. Mike is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, as well as a licensed professional engineer in the State of Missouri.
Mike’s experience, passion for CII’s mission, and his commitment to its success make him exceptionally well-positioned to lead the organization into a bright and impactful future.
Staff
Prior to joining CII in 2004, Nuria worked at Gateway and at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Nuria holds a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Arts in American Literature with a minor in Education from UCLA.
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She has previously worked as an analyst at a Fortune 50 corporation where she managed the supply chain for an assortment of items, developed business strategies to drive availability and worked with the largest vendors in the over-the-counter industry. She then worked as a Marketing Coordinator for an Austin founded restaurant chain where a few of her responsibilities consisted of creating content for their social media, serving as the liaison between guests and upper management, and aggregating data to create and provide area managers with quarterly review reports of each location.
Before joining CII, Erika was the Director of Volunteer Services with Special Olympics Texas, managing its state-wide volunteer program requiring thousands of short-term and long-term volunteers each year.
Erika brings this same passion to CII volunteers, helping them get the most out of CII’s research through our professional development and implementation programs.
She holds a Master’s in Education from Texas State University at San Marcos.
Kristi began her career with CII in 2008, previously working in the McCombs School of Business since 1996. She is the Project Manager supporting CII’s research efforts, including FSC and RT support, contracting and financial management of CII’s research portfolio, and academic selection through CII’s RFQ process.
She earned her Master’s in Education from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Bill is currently the C.T. Wells Professor of Project Management in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He has had many service appointments, including Associate Chair for Architectural Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering from 2016-2021. He led the Construction Engineering and Project Management program as Area Coordinator from 2011-2017 and was Transition Manager (Interim Director) of the Fiatech Industry Consortium from 2016-2017.
Bill holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering and an M.S. degree in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University. He also holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering (Academic Honors) from Columbia University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Dr. Daniel Oliveira is the Director of Research at the Construction Industry Institute. Previously, he has served as Director of Research & Operations, Associate Director for Funded Studies, managed CII’s Research Services, and was a researcher in data analytics for capital projects. Daniel is passionate about using research and data analytics to improve capital projects, and he works with industry members and academics to manage CII’s research portfolio.
Before he joined CII in 2014, Daniel was a project manager with The University of Texas at Austin’s Office of Campus Planning, where he planned capital projects and worked on the university’s master plan. He holds a Master’s in Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (in Brazil) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Emmanuel Pozzer is a Postdoctoral Fellow working on CII Benchmarking. In this role, Emmanuel leads efforts in data collection, training, and management of the Data Warehouse and safety survey data.
Emmanuel obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in Summer 2026. He worked under the mentorship of Drs. Christopher Rausch and Fernanda Leite and participated in a CII Research Team.
Before joining CII Pipper was the Director of Admin Services for a large Logistics company.
Pipper has helped CII transition to a financial management system, works to improve reporting efforts,
manages the helpdesk and provides support to CII Members.
As an Administrative Manager, Debbie is responsible for negotiating contracts with venues for CII's events, including the Annual Conference. Debbie also negotiates contracts for the various procedures and materials required to run CII.
Janet has worked for the State of Texas and The University of Texas System for over 37 years. She brings to her position experience in Human Resources, Project Management, supervision, and working with executive leaders. She also served as UT Austin's Policy Manager. She completed a week-long on-site Governor’s Management Program. She was the chair and co-chair on many charity organizations for the State of Texas and served on the board of the United Way Campaign.
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Before joining CII in 2007, Hong was the Senior Business Analyst at Ford Motor Company for 8 years. She has managed multiple IT projects for Ford Sales & Marketing organization from gathering requirements, to making a development plan to the final delivery.
Hong holds a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Master of Science in Electronics and Computer Control Systems from Wayne State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Renmin University of China.