ACEC PRESIDENT AND CEO RAYMOND SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH COMMITTEE FORMED Informing the ACEC Board of Directors that he plans to retire in May 2018-after almost 20 years as president and CEO of the Council-Dave Raymond, who will be 70 next year, joked that his "sell-by date" is coming up. "Under Dave's leadership, ACEC has gained national and international stature as the voice of our industry and achieved many important business and political goals," ACEC Chair Sergio "Satch" Pecori said. Pecori named a search committee headed by former ACEC Chair Gregs Thomopulos, which also includes Peter Strub, Manish Kothari, Tim Psomas, Robin Greenleaf and himself. 12 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2017 ACEC Vice Chairman Joel Goodmonson tested a virtual reality system at the Autodesk booth, one of nearly 40 vendors on display at the Convention Exhibit Hall.