About SMARTreview

SMARTreview is made up of architects, plans examiners, technical consultants, and university educators — united behind the goal of eliminating bottlenecks within the design and permitting community.

A better path from design to permit

This segment of the industry has been too long dominated by manual processes that have systemic and costly flaws. We find it intolerable that the building and construction industry is burdened with a cumbersome, costly process that wastes a significant amount of money for each permitted project.

We believe it is possible to reduce the time to permit down to a few minutes — and we are building the software and processes to make that a reality.

30+
Years combined experience in building codes
IBC
2015 & 2018 compliance coverage
3 hrs
Permit obtained in pilot program with City of Southlake
70%
Of plans submitted without APR fail initial review

Executive team

Co-Founder
Mark J. Clayton, PhD

Mark has nearly thirty years of experience in architectural design and education, with a focus on CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM). He is a past President of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and has taught at UCLA, Cal Poly, Stanford University, and Texas A&M University.

Co-Founder
Jack C. Thompson, CBO

Jack has worked in senior management of municipal building inspections and model code plan review operations since 1985. He is a co-founder of the American Association of Code Enforcement, having served as Chairman and President for 12 years, and has served on the Building and Energy Advisory Board of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).

Co-Founder
Bahman L. Yazdani, P.E., C.E.M.

Associate Director / Research Engineer at the Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University. Brings thirty years of experience in energy efficiency and energy management, including Principal Investigator on over $15M in U.S. Department of Energy research projects.

Chief Financial Officer
Joe Eldridge, CPA

Working within the software development industry since 2011, Joe has been involved in business management since 1992. His background spans public accounting, non-profit and for-profit health care, IPO preparation, acquisitions, and ERP implementations.

Development
Wei Yan, PhD

More than 20 years of experience in Computer-Aided Architectural Design (CAAD). Teaching at Texas A&M University since 2005, with recent research funded by NSF, NEH, DOE, ASHRAE, and Autodesk, Inc.

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