{"id":342,"date":"2022-02-20T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35.232.79.154\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:19:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prezerv.ai\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649627080822{background-image: url(http:\/\/prezerv.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/blogs-back-image.png?id=847) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][qode_elements_holder number_of_columns=&#8221;one_column&#8221;][qode_elements_holder_item advanced_animations=&#8221;no&#8221; item_padding=&#8221;100px 0px 100px 0px&#8221; item_padding_1280_1440=&#8221;100px 0px 100px 0px&#8221; item_padding_1024_1280=&#8221;100px 0px 100px 0px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #35fff3; font-size: 48px;\">About Us<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/qode_elements_holder_item][\/qode_elements_holder][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649194759859{background-color: #edf3f3 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6&#8243;][qode_elements_holder number_of_columns=&#8221;one_column&#8221;][qode_elements_holder_item advanced_animations=&#8221;no&#8221; item_padding_768_1024=&#8221;8% 5% 5% 5%&#8221; item_padding_600_768=&#8221;15% 12% 0 89px&#8221; item_padding_480_600=&#8221;10px 10px 10px 10px&#8221; item_padding_480=&#8221;10px 10px 10px 10px&#8221; item_padding_1280_1440=&#8221;150px 0px 102px 0px&#8221; item_padding_1024_1280=&#8221;150px 0px 102px 0px&#8221; item_padding=&#8221;150px 0px 102px 0px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>We believe in a better way<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]We\u2019re a team of engineers, data scientists and industry veterans dedicated to solving complex challenges in civil infrastructure by using the power of data and AI. 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Cam Raufi<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; color: #004756;\">CEO and founder<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cam has twelve years of civil engineering and business leadership experience across established companies and startups. Since 2018, he has managed numerous subway and utility capital projects for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency and Eversource Energy. In 2017, he served as VP-Business Development for Strayos, a technology startup in the mining and construction industries. From 2011 through 2016, Cam worked as a civil engineer at Bechtel on the design and construction of more than two dozen large scale civil infrastructure and energy projects. In 2021 Cam founded Prezerv to help reduce the enormous harms to communities caused by the current use of outdated, inaccurate maps of civil infrastructure projects. 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