About Us

Vela Systems is the result of research into mobile software for the AECO industry at the MIT Center for Real Estate and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. After extensive analysis of available solutions, Vela's founders recognized the tremendous opportunity to apply the best practices in mobile information technologies to address key pain points in the AECO industry.

On balance, the core business of AECO professionals is the production and management of information. Why is critical project information trapped in the office, and not readily available in the field where project teams need it most? In today's marketplace, mobile technologies are a competitive requirement in industries such as supply chain management and logistics, package handling, and many others. Vela Systems was founded to empower the key stakeholders in the AECO industry with mobile information technologies-powerful, focused, and easy-to-use software.

What Does Vela Mean?

Vela is a constellation. For centuries, navigators used the stars to chart a dependable course. By centralizing and harmonizing project field administration, stakeholders more effectively navigate the course of a project to accelerate delivery and drive transparency. Using Vela Systems, owners, project managers, contractors, architects, engineers and other stakeholders more accurately measure progress, manage resources, and chart a steadfast project track.

As the CEO of a major builder and a lecturer in strategy for e-business and technology at Harvard and MIT, I've seen many technologies aimed towards transforming the huge market of construction. The Vela Systems solution addresses a true pain that does not have a solution in the market today.

- John Macomber, CEO, Macomber Builders, Lecturer Harvard Graduate School of Design, Lecturer MIT Center for Real Estate