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South Florida Build Expo 2026

Broward County Convention Center - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Carlos Aricapa

Carlos Aricapa

Founder & Strategic Advisor | Swan Lake Group Corporation (SLGC), in Alliance with Interactive Community Alliance (ICA)

Presenter bio
Carlos Aricapa is a global business executive with more than 20 years building and scaling companies across six continents — managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, founding six businesses from the ground up, and transforming organizations from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 corporations into high-performance operations. He is the Founder and Strategic Advisor of Swan Lake Group Corporation (SLGC). Carlos is trilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese), and this session — presented in partnership with Interactive Community Alliance (ICA) — carries a specific focus on Latino-owned construction businesses and Hispanic-led workforce firms. Carlos Aricapa es un ejecutivo empresarial global con más de 20 años de experiencia creando y expandiendo empresas en seis continentes. Ha gestionado portafolios multimillonarios, fundado seis empresas desde cero y transformado organizaciones, desde startups en etapas iniciales hasta corporaciones Fortune 100, en operaciones de alto rendimiento. Es fundador y asesor estratégico de Swan Lake Group Corporation (SLGC). Carlos habla tres idiomas (inglés, español y portugués), y esta sesión —presentada en colaboración con Interactive Community Alliance (ICA)— tiene un enfoque específico en empresas de construcción propiedad de latinos y compañías de fuerza laboral lideradas por hispanos.
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room 204
Business Operations

The Full-Stack Profit Machine

In this one-hour session, construction industry leaders will uncover exactly where profit is quietly disappearing from their operations — and how to recover it in 90 days. Carlos Aricapa introduces the SHIELD+ framework, a unified system that combines worker safety, workforce development, AI-driven estimating, ESG compliance, contract intelligence, and digital billing automation to eliminate the six profit leaks costing construction companies 8–25% of project value every year.

Through live technology demonstrations — real-time predictive maintenance dashboards, AI-powered bid estimation, blockchain-verified supply chains, and cash flow tracking — participants will see these tools in action, not just in theory. By the end of the session, every attendee leaves with a role-specific 90-day roadmap to protect margins, accelerate cash flow, and stop the leaks draining their bottom line.

Learning Objectives:

●      Identify the six universal profit leaks silently draining margin across construction operations, from contract scope creep to reactive equipment maintenance.

●      Apply the SHIELD+ framework — Safety, Human Capital, Innovation, ESG, Legal/Contracts, and Digital T&M — to build a unified profit-protection system tailored to your role.

●      Evaluate live demonstrations of predictive maintenance dashboards, AI bid estimation, blockchain-verified billing, and real-time cash flow tracking for immediate implementation.

●      Build a personalized 90-day roadmap to recover 8–15% in margin and accelerate your cash cycle by up to 45 days.

Target audience: General Contractors & Construction Firms, Subcontractors (HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing), Material Suppliers & Vendors, Commercial Real Estate & Developers, Facility Managers

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