Our Founders

  • Charlie Cichetti

    Chief Executive Officer + Co-Founder

    LEED Fellow, WELL AP

    Charlie Cichetti is a serial entrepreneur with a history of founding and scaling companies in real estate, sustainability, and technology. Charlie led Sustainable Investment Group (SIG) and Green Building Education Services (GBES), expanding their reach and operational rigor before both were acquired by TÜV SÜD.

    Charlie drives Skema’s operational leadership and integration strategy, overseeing initiatives such as the 2023 acquisition of Kreo Limited’s IP and development team. Charlie’s focus is on delivering practical, enterprise-ready solutions through collaborations and partnerships that create lasting value and accelerate adoption of emerging technologies.

  • Marty Rozmanith

    Chief Technology Officer + Co-Founder

    Marty Rozmanith is an entrepreneur and building design/construct professional with a 30+ year career in transforming the building industry. As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Skema, Marty leads the team developing the Skema Software Suite, the world’s first BIM Knowledge Reuse Engine.

    Marty’s career is a solid mix of technology startups and global software behemoths that give him a unique perspective on the AEC industry. Prior to joining Skema, Marty spent ten years at Dassault Systemes as Global Sales Director and Strategy Director for AEC. Marty is best known for his role leading the requirements team for the Revit product (acquired by Autodesk). His work applying modular approaches and digital twins in AEC has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine and other professional journals. Marty holds a Bachelors of Architectural Engineering (BAE) from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University.

  • Richard Harpham

    Chief Revenue Officer + Co-Founder

    Richard Harpham has experienced most of the highs and lows of bringing disruptive technology to developers, designers and contractors. He was an early hire at the start-up, Revit Inc., and then after Revit was acquired by Autodesk, spent nine years helping to bring it and a ‘new’ concept of BIM to the U.S. market. At the same time, he also lead global marketing for AutoCAD and all Autodesk AEC products. More recently, at Katerra, he led software strategy to support transformational changes in how buildings are designed, engineered, and delivered.

  • Kristina Bach

    President + Co-Founder

    RA, AIA, NCARB, Fitwel Ambassador, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, ID+C, O+M, ND, HOMES

    As President at Skema, Kristina provides insights into emerging trends, software, and technology within the built environment. Her focus is on developing new resources and cultivating new opportunities to better support our clients in meeting their sustainability initiatives. Kristina utilizes her background in the traditional architectural design and construction realm to help clients integrate sustainability practices within their projects. Her pragmatic approach to certification ensures that clients are incorporating the practices that will best serve their organization’s needs and goals. As a former LEED Reviewer for GBCI, Kristina has helped hundreds of projects achieve LEED certification. Additionally, her project management experience extends to guiding projects through various other sustainability systems including WELL, Living Building Challenge and local standards.