Sarah Buchner
Founder and CEO
Trunk Tools

Dr. Sarah Buchner is the Founder & CEO of Trunk Tools, a construction technology startup that launched in 2023. She spent her young life as a carpenter in her native Austria, advancing advanced through various roles, including superintendent, and project manager of increasingly large and complex construction projects. She also led the BIM efforts on the first ever BIM-built project in Europe (a 300 million Euro construction site). Dr. Buchner has earned several graduate degrees in conjunction with her full-time construction career, including a MS in civil engineering, a Ph.D. in data science / civil engineering (with a focus on applying data science and AI in construction), and an MBA from Stanford. She is an ENR California Top Young Professionals award winner and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.