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Nashville Post Profiles Gresham Smith as the A/E Industry’s Most Innovative Leader

Nashville Post Recognizes Chief Digital Transformation Officer Mike Sewell and the Firm’s Pioneering Approach to Innovation

Mike Sewell

As Nashville’s most innovative architecture and engineering firm, Gresham Smith is earning regional and national attention for its disciplined and future-ready approach to digital transformation. In its latest Innovation & Ideas feature, the Nashville Post profiles Chief Digital Transformation Officer Mike Sewell and the strategy behind the firm’s momentum. 

The article explores how Sewell is guiding Gresham Smith’s digital evolution by strengthening the fundamentals that make emerging technologies effective. His team is focused on improving data quality, clarifying workflows and capturing knowledge with intention. These efforts are enhancing efficiency, sharpening project delivery and supporting leadership development across the organization. 

The Post also highlights the firm’s structured innovation pipeline. Through the Futures Lab and Collaboratory, employee ideas move through research, validation and development, creating a startup like ecosystem within the larger practice. This disciplined model has helped Gresham Smith earn national recognition, including back-to-back placements on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list. 

Read the article, entitled “How Nashville’s Most Innovative Architecture Firm is Staying Ahead,” located here.