Architect & Real Estate Developer with 14+ years of experience in Construction Technology. Founder / CEO of U-Co where we create tech-enabled spaces for the digital nomad lifestyle. Focused on innovating the hospitality / real estate industry through technology, design, and location independence lifestyle. https://angel.co/marco-a-barrio https://u-co.co/ https://ucogo.co Marco was the Virtual Design Construction Manager (VDC) for Rogers-O’Brien Construction where he oversaw the Austin & San Antonio department. Marco managed a small team which virtually coordinated about $500M worth of construction projects with a $500K overhead department budget. Before joining RO, Marco was at Pi Architects as an Intern Architect generating construction documents for senior living complexes. Since 2014, Marco moonlighted and founded United Urbanism which is a design/build company using modified shipping containers for pop-up events, residential, and small commercial projects. United Urbanism was present at the SXSW Festival in Austin for 4 consecutive years for brands like Dell, Sedo Domains, and MillerCoors.