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At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Construction space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sagar Shah
Co-Founder and COO of MADE
Sagar Shah is a Co-Founder and COO at Made Renovation. He attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2008.
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About MADE, Quad: MADE is an architecture and planning company that specializes in home renovation.
Michael Robson
Chief Operating Officer of Industrious
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About Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider that redefines the workplace experience.
Paal Kibsgaard
COO of Katerra
Paal Kibsgaard is the COO of Katerra. He is also the chairman and CEO of Schlumberger Limited. Prior, Paal held a variety of global senior management positions in Schlumberger Limited including COO; president of the Reservoir Characterization Group; vp of engineering, manufacturing, and sustaining; and vp of human resources. Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Paal was geomarket manager for the Caspian region after holding various field positions in sales and marketing and customer support. A petroleum engineer with a master’s degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Paal began his career in 1992 working for ExxonMobil.
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About Katerra, Schlumberger: Katerra is a developer of a construction technology platform to optimize aspects of building development, design, and construction.
Alexey Dubov
Co-Founder & COO of Mighty Buildings
Alexey Dubov is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Mighty Buildings.
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About Mighty Buildings: Mighty Buildings is a construction technology company that creates sustainable high-quality homes using 3D printing and robotic automation
Ron Goldshmidt
Co-Founder – COO and Head of Fintech of Briq
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About Briq: Briq is a financial forecasting and data intelligence platform for the construction industry.
Barbara R. Smith
Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Metals Company
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About Commercial Metals Company: Commercial Metals is a vertically integrated, Fortune 500 steel company that recycles, manufactures, fabricates, and trades steel globally.
Ross Blum
Chief Operating Officer of Skyline Robotics
Ross Blum is the chief operating officer of Skyline Robotics. He is a former Chief Operating Officer at Quidd and Chief Administrative Officer at pingmd. Ross is a registered attorney in the State of New York, holding a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He also received an M.S. in sports management from Georgetown University and a B.S. from Babson College.
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About Skyline Robotics: Skyline Robotics specializes in automating all real estate maintenance work at heights.
David King
Chief Operating Officer of Primoris Services Corporation
David King has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Primoris as of August 1, 2015. Prior to this position Mr. King held the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) since joining the company in March of 2014. Prior to joining Primoris, Mr. King spent several years at CB&I, most recently as President of Lummus Engineered Products. He has extensive E&C industry experience in energy-related projects, LNG, offshore, pipelines, refining, petrochemicals, gas processing, oil sands, synthesis gas and gas-to-liquids. Mr. King received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University, an MBA from the University of Texas, Tyler, and an Advanced Executive Management Degree from Insead University in Fontainebleau, France.
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About CB&I, CB&I, Primoris Services Corporation: Primoris, through various subsidiaries, has grown to become one of the largest construction service enterprises in the United States
Ian Cohen
Co-founder & COO of Toggle
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About Toggle: Construction robotics for reinforced concrete
Kirk Aubry
President and COO of Savage
Kirk was named Chief Executive Officer in April of 2015. He joined Savage as Chief Operating Officer in 2010. He was named President of the Company in December of 2012. He has held executive positions in technology and manufacturing companies in addition to leading a successful business services company. Kirk led the transformation of Textron, Inc., a Fortune 150 company that manufactures Cessna airplanes, Bell helicopters and EZ Go golf carts. He was Chief Operating Officer at Cadence Innovation, a global automotive manufacturer. Just prior to joining Savage, Kirk was a Partner at the CEO Project where he advised companies on growth strategies. He has also served on the Boards of both public and private companies. Kirk earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Western Ontario.
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About Savage, Savage: Savage is a privately owned supply-chain solutions and industrial services.
Patrick Gannon
Co-founder and COO of BlueTape
I start, run, advise, and invest in technology companies. My experience has been in financial services (real estate, trading, credit, payments, wealth management) and technology (internet, software) companies. My passions outside of business are in math, technology, music, real estate and education. Specialties: Fintech, Investing, Acceleration, Starting Companies & Building Products MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT.
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About BlueTape: BlueTape is a payment and financing platform for the construction industry.
Micah Rodman
COO, Founding Team of Agora
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About Agora: Agora is a materials management platform for construction companies.
Tobin Paxton
COO of Miter
Tobin Paxton currently works as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Miter. He previously worked at the Private Chef Club.
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About Miter: Simple, powerful HR + finance software for contractors.
W. Christopher Wellborn
President – Global Ceramic and Chief Operating Officer of Mohawk Industries
Mr. Wellborn (age 58) has served as a director of the Company since our acquisition of Dal-Tile International Inc., (“Dal-Tile”) in March 2002. He has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since November 2005 and as its President and Chief Operating Officer since November 2009. Mr. Wellborn was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Dal-Tile from August 1997 through March 2002. From March 2002 to November 2005, he served as President — Dal-Tile. From June 1993 to August 1997, Mr. Wellborn was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lenox, Inc. Mr. Wellborn is on the board of directors of Palm Harbor Homes, Inc., a builder of manufactured and modular custom homes.
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About Mohawk Industries: A leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world.
Andrew Xue
COO & Co-Founder of Offsight
Andrew Xue is the COO at Offsight.
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About Offsight: Construction Software, Project Management
Jennifer Schrader
President, COO & Co-Founder of Caliber
As a co-founder of Caliber and currently the Company’s President & Chief Operating Officer I ensure that our portfolio of single family homes, apartments, office buildings, and hotels is performing with a maximum positive outcome. I am charged with setting investment strategy for incoming properties in concert with Caliber’s Executive Committee and I further ensure each strategy is implemented or modified as market conditions change. Prior to this role, I served as the Designated Broker for Caliber Realty. During that time I set up an internal system to manage the purchase and sales of over $50,000,000 in investment property. I have spent my entire career as a real estate entrepreneur, preceded by an education in several years of architecture & design school. My designs and contributions can be seen throughout Caliber’s portfolio of investments – including the $8.5M renovation of the Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Hotel.
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About Caliber: Caliber is a full-service real estate investment company specializing in commercial, residential, and hospitality properties.
Matthew J. Flannery
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of United Rentals
Matthew J. Flannery was appointed as our executive vice president and chief operating officer in April 2012. Mr. Flannery has extensive experience in all areas of the Company’s operations, having previously served as executive vice president—operations and sales, senior vice president—operations east and in two regional vice president roles in aerial operations. Mr. Flannery has also served as a district manager, district sales manager and branch manager of the Company. He has over two decades of sales, management and operations experience in the rental industry. Mr. Flannery joined the Company in 1998 as part of the Company’s acquisition of Connecticut-based McClinch Equipment.
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About United Rentals, United Rentals: United Rentals operates as an equipment rental company.
Tim Tesluck
COO of Field Complete
As Chief Operating Officer, Tim is responsible for overseeing all daily operations.
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About Blast Sourcing, Field Complete: Software for real estate contractors to manage their operations
James Frost
President and Chief Operating Officer of Tutor Perini
Jack A. Frost has served as President and Chief Operating Officer and as a director since February 2015. In addition, since 2008, Mr. Frost has served as CEO of Tutor Perini’s Civil Group. He originally joined the Company’s predecessor, Tutor-Saliba, in 1988 and quickly climbed to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Tutor-Saliba, Mr. Frost founded and was the majority owner of his own general construction company, which he successfully operated for ten years. Earlier, he spent more than four years in active duty military service with the United States Air Force, during which time he trained and became certified as an expert in explosive ordnance management and disposal. He served multiple tours of duty in Southeast Asia and attended several schools and conducted assignments with the U.S. Navy, Marines and Army. Mr. Frost studied engineering at the College of Southern Maryland, at Texas State University and at the University of Texas in Austin. He also completed a two-year business management program at the University of Phoenix in Woodland Hills, California. Over the course of his career, Mr. Frost has gained extensive executive leadership experience in construction management and operations, overseeing numerous projects, including many of the Company’s largest and most difficult building and civil projects.
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About Tutor Perini: Tutor Perini is a civil and building construction company offering diversified general contracting and design-build services to clients.
Mark Glidewell
Chief Operating Officer of Fire & Life Safety America
Mark began his career in fire protection in 1982 with American Sprinkler Company as a pipe fitter apprentice. Later, he moved to design where he earned his NICET III certification. Mark worked for Worsham between 1991 and 2000 in design related functions including design manager in Worsham’s Richmond office. Mark has extensive experience in the design and installation of fire protection systems in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family residential facilities. Most recently as the FLSA Chesapeake District Manager, Mark led FLSA’s efforts on specialty foam system installed in hangars for the US Navy and Air Force. Mark has responsibility for FLSA operations across our entire U.S. footprint.
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About Fire & Life Safety America: Fire & Life Safety America (“FLSA”) designs, fabricates, installs, inspects and services fire protection systems.
Michael Murray
Chief Operating Officer of D.R. Horton
Mr. Murray is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of D.R. Horton, positions he has held since October 2014. Mr. Murray served as Senior Vice President of Business Development from 2012 until October 2014. From 2004 to 2012, he served as the Company’s Vice President and Controller, after joining the Company in 2002 as the Director of Internal Audit. He began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and then worked at several other companies in finance and accounting roles prior to joining the Company. Mr. Murray graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1988 with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting.
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About D.R. Horton: D.R. Horton, Inc. is the homebuilding companies in the United States.
Eric Horn
Chief Operating Officer of Build Group
A top tier leader of the Bay Area building community, Eric brings more than 30 years of building expertise in the construction industry. In 2007, Eric cofounded Build Group with a mission of gathering a group of builders together that are committed to making real, innovative, and definable differences in the built environment. As COO, Eric directs construction activities for the company and oversees company operations to manage processes, profit, systems, and workforce organization. He also leads the company’s marketing and entrepreneurial endeavors into new markets.
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About Build Group: Build Group is a general contracting firm specializes in commercial office space, hospitality, public works, and residential, mixed use.
Scott Langmack
COO of KUKUN
Tech startup CEO and enterprise CMO with experience in B2C and B2B businesses ranging from startups to growth companies to Fortune 50 global leaders. Expertise in leading high-performance teams who build powerful global products and brands. Early career executive experience with Microsoft, Pepsi-Cola and others. Two-time entrepreneur/founder. One success/successful exit. One miss. Avid home designer and builder.
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About ConnectUp Inc., KUKUN: Kukun is an originator of property data and predictive analytics delivering superior valuations and forecasts
Robert Buck
President & Chief Operating Officer of TopBuild Corp.
Robert was named President and Chief Operating Officer of TopBuild Corp. in connection with Masco Corporation’s spin off transaction in June 2015. Prior to assuming this role, Robert served as Group Vice President of Masco where he was responsible for the Installation and Other Services Segment consisting of both Masco Contractor Services and Service Partners, LLC. Robert began his career with Masco Corporation in 1997 at Liberty Hardware where he spent eight years in several operations leadership roles and worked extensively in international operations. He became Executive Vice President in 2005 and helped lead the merger of another Masco company with Liberty Hardware before being promoted to the office of President in 2007. Robert earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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About TopBuild Corp., TopBuild Corp.: TopBuild Corp. is a purchaser, installer and distributor of insulation products.
Hussein Cholkamy
Chief Operating Officer of Eyrus
As a Co-founder and COO at Eyrus, Hussein brings over 20 years of global experience in real estate development, construction and design. His dynamic understanding of construction projects and their complexities today, along with his experience in business development and operations has paved the way for Eyrus’s success in the market.
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About Eyrus, Eyrus: Eyrus provides real-time workforce progress and updates for large-scale commercial construction projects.
Peter Christianson
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Titan Machinery
Peter Christianson has been our President and a director since January 2003 and our Chief Operating Officer since April 2011, and was our Chief Financial Officer from August 2007 to April 2011. Prior to joining us and since 1988, he was a partner and owner of Fargo Farm Power, Inc., the operator of two of the dealership locations acquired by Titan Machinery LLC in 2002. Peter Christianson and Tony Christianson, one of our directors, are brothers.
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About : Titan Machinery represents a diversified mix of agricultural, construction, and consumer product dealerships
Anton Dybuncio
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of VIATechnik
Anton works closely with the engineering teams to ensure the best technology is paired with the most experienced team. Prior to Viatechnik, he founded a venture backed experience gifting site and has been featured on Fox News, Thrillist & Daily Candy. He was also a management consultant at Bain & Co, serving technology clients in San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. Anton graduated from Stanford with a BS in Management Science & Engineering.
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About VIATechnik: VIATechnik is a game changing construction & engineering services firm, transforming the way the construction industry.
Daipayan Bhattacharya
President / COO of Plant Prefab
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About Boost Consulting LLC, Plant Prefab: Plant Prefab is a prefabricated design and construction company dedicated to sustainable construction, materials, processes, and operations.
Licia C Streich
Chief Operating Officer of Total Mechanical
Mrs. Streich spent 9 years with Johnson Controls in a variety of financial and operational positions. She joined Total Mechanical, as Chief Financial Officer, in 2002. Mrs. Streich was promoted to her current position, in which she is responsible for the day to day management of the company, in 2007. Mrs. Streich has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration from Marquette University.
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About Total Mechanical: Total Mechanical is a plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractor.
Frank Genova
COO, Co-Founder & CFO of Convergent Energy and Power
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About Convergent Energy and Power: Convergent Energy + Power is a technology-neutral energy storage asset developer
Drew DeWalt
COO & Co-Founder of Rhumbix
Founder at Rhumbix, Inc.
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About Rhumbix: Rhumbix is a construction field data company that digitizes field data and workflows into the cloud via mobile device.
Lorie Tekorius
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Greenbier Companies
Lorie L. Tekorius is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, a position she has held since February 2016. Prior to this role she was Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer, a position she held since October 2012. Lorie Tekorius has served in various management positions for the Company since 1995.
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About The Greenbier Companies, The Greenbier Companies: The Greenbrier Companies is a designers, manufacturers and marketers of railroad.
Albert Nagy
President & COO of PsomasFMG
Albert S. Nagy is the founder and Managing Director of The Nagy Group, a business consultancy specializing in strategic planning and asset management. Mr. Nagy has over forty years of experience in corporate operations and finance, twenty as a CEO, COO or CFO. The Nagy Group also represents clients in mergers, acquisitions, consolidation, expansion and relocation. Mr. Nagy has served as a court-appointed receiver and expert witness. Mr. Nagy currently serves on the Boards of: PFMG Solar, a developer of solar energy systems for public agencies Mark IV Capital, a family investment company with extensive real estate holdings throughout the United Sates and venture capital investments Rollingwood Partners, a family investment company with a focus on the clean tech sector.. Mr. Nagy has served on the Boards of: Thyssen Krupp Elevator (DAX), third largest global elevator company in the world and the largest in North America. SM&A (NASDAQ), the world’s leading proposal services company in RFP structured competitions, primarily defense oriented. The company was sold in December 2008. King’s Seafood (Advisory Board), a Southern California restaurant chain with 16 locations. The Olson Company, a California infill homebuilder, specializing in public/private partnerships, National Builder of the Year in 2003. Direct Marketing Management, a paper product distribution company in the western United States. The Complete Logistics Company, third party logistics provider specializing in all phases of transportation and supply chain management services. Verengo Solar Plus (Advisory Board), largest residential solar integrator in California Mr. Nagy founded and ran Birtcher Investments (1983 to 1991). In this capacity he raised $240 million in public partnerships, created a consulting company that handled over $750 million of work-out situations, created a pension advisory company and built a national property management company that operated over 16 million square feet in 13 states. From 1973 – 1983, Mr. Nagy was a stockholder, a member of the board of directors and a Senior Vice President of Heitman Financial Services. Heitman is a real estate finance organization involved in commercial mortgage banking for large commercial projects and acts as a fiduciary and investment advisor to pension funds. During his tenure, Mr. Nagy arranged debt and equity placements involving 200 properties located throughout the U.S. totaling $1.5 Billion. Mr. Nagy’s educational background includes one year of study at Essen-Heidhausen Gymnasium and Hamburg University (1963-64). Mr. Nagy received a BA with honors (Majors: Economics, Political Science, German) from Denison University and an MA in International Relations (National Defense Act Fellow) from Claremont Graduate School and did postgraduate study in Economics and Real Estate at UCLA. Mr. Nagy’s community involvement includes serving two years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Early Education, Los Angeles, CA; serving six years as a member of the Board of Trustees, one year as President, of St. Margaret’s School in San Juan Capistrano, CA; and served on the State of California, Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (1996-1998).
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About PsomasFMG: PsomasFMG is a single source provider of solar energy systems and solutions for schools, businesses and communities.
Richard Pink
Co-Founder & COO of SmartPM Technologies
Rich Pink is a seasoned Executive with over 30+ years of Business Management experience including Sales, Marketing, Business Development & Financial management roles. Rich’s current responsibilities include implementing corporate strategy, sales & marketing initiatives, operations, corporate financial management, P&L, investor relations and strategic alliances. Prior to SmartPM, Rich co-founded two successful Southeast Regional Banking & Lending Organizations; including Benchmark Funding. Rich played a key role in the formation of Benchmark Funding while also leading the company’s sales & marketing efforts. Rich’s personal book of business regularly accounted for over half the company’s total annual loan volume. Rich received his BBA from the University of Georgia, Terry School of Business in 1989.
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About SmartPM Technologies: SmartPM Technologies is an Atlanta-based real estate technology company that provides a real-time automated analytics platform.
Mauro Echeverri
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of Reef Tropical
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About Reef Tropical: Reef Tropical is a company that offers pool & construction, maintenance, renovation, and repair services.
Fred Pugh
COO of iSqFt
Fred has built a strong career as a proven, hands-on leader with entrepreneurial, mid-cap, and Fortune 50 companies. In his position as COO, Fred oversees the Content, Product Management, Marketing, and IT teams, ensuring that they have the direction and tools to help move iSqFt forward and meet its goals. Background & Accomplishments Beginning his career in finance and operations with Xerox Corporation, Fred moved to GE, where he advanced through the sales, marketing, and product management ranks. As the Executive VP of Camco, a $500 million GE affiliate, he was instrumental in returning the company to profitability. As Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Management for GE Capital IT Solutions, he helped to launch GE Net solutions, an IT services business focused on Web development. Later, Fred took on the role of CEO for Cincinnati-based PC on Call, a venture-funded IT start-up focused on the home IT market. His decision to shift the business model to B2B was instrumental in helping to build a repeatable revenue stream and putting the business in the black. Education Bachelor’s Degree in political science; Master’s degree of Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University.
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About iSqFt: iSqFt provides online bid solicitation and preconstruction management solutions for contractors.
Elizabeth Alene DuBose-Faruzzi
Managing Principal and CFO/COO of Lizzy Lift
Elizabeth Alene DuBose-Faruzzi and Jennifer DuBose-Lombard founded Lizzy Lift on February 24, 1998, since which Elizabeth has been serving as its vice-president and co-owner.
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About BigRentz, Lizzy Lift: Lizzy Lift rents and leases heavy construction equipment.
Jason Archambo
COO of MaxCon Software
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About Fortuna Logistics, LLC, MaxCon Software, MaxConHailReports.com, RepuChecks.com: Provider of construction software
Gary Buxton
COO of BAM Worldwide
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About BAM Worldwide, FactorCloud, Rule 1 Ventures: A Fintech company specializing in payment processing .
Jim Kelly
COO / Product of Safety Tag
Jim Kelly is the COO of Safety Tag, responsible for all customer and product operations, where we are building a Safety & Compliance platform focused on Creating a Safer Environment for our customers through safety profiles, injury reporting, compliance tracking, and medical treatment.
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About Safety Tag: Safety Tag is a network connecting companies, schools, athletic organizations, & related organizations to create safer environments.
Curt Bradley
COO of Tono Group
Curt Bradley is the COO at TONO Group.
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About Tono Group: Tono Group is a family of companies dedicated to creating meaningful places and transforming the built environment.
Curt Bradley
COO of Tono Group
Curt Bradley is the COO at TONO Group.
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About Tono Group: Tono Group is a family of companies dedicated to creating meaningful places and transforming the built environment.
Kristopher Thorne
Executive Vice President/COO of limbach
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About limbach: Limbach Engineering & Design Services.
Jim Maclellan
Vice President / COO of Engelke Construction
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About Engelke Construction: Engelke Construction is a full service construction company that provides commercial and residential construction services.
Noah Ganz
COO of First Freedom Preservation
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About First Freedom Preservation: First Freedom Preservation offers repairs, renovations, preservation, and REO property management services.
Ed Mueskes
COO & CFO of Mueskes Landscape and Snow Management
Ed currently works as COO & CFO at Mueskes Landscaping.
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About Mueskes Landscape and Snow Management: Mueskes Landscape and Snow Management provides commercial snow removal, commercial landscape management and hardscaping services.
Serge Tychyna
COO of haus.me
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About haus.me, Passive House Institute: Haus.me – Autonomous Self-Sustainable Homes
Serge Tychyna
COO of haus.me
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About haus.me, Passive House Institute: Haus.me – Autonomous Self-Sustainable Homes
