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## Segment 3 — geo

## Article 1 — a001

# Marcella Colombino

**Profile:** Marcella Colombino is a cited practitioner voice in the source on industrial/HVAC buyer behavior.

**Role in the source:** She articulates how AI empowers industrial buyers to research and negotiate on specifications even without deep prior expertise — the demand-side reality behind the [[concept-dark-funnel]] and the [[entity-imi]] case.

**Attributed contributions (vault):** [[quote-hvac-chatgpt-shift]] — *"Industrial projects work with specifications. Today it's much easier to find alternatives, compare features and prices, and equip yourself to push the conversation with B2B suppliers even if you don't have the knowledge."*