President & CEO
Las Vegas & Reno, NV
Number of Employees: 70
Years in Nevada: 31
Years with Company: 10
Describe your leadership style:
My style is to inspire my team to reach obtainable goals while I work alongside them to do the same. I don’t ask anything from my team that I wouldn’t do myself.
Biggest Business Challenge:
The market is constantly changing. The biggest challenge of any company leader is to respond to those changes without going too far.
Best Business Advice:
The market is cyclical and many businesses grow and get smaller in conjunction with market conditions. Construction is unquestionably one of those professions. The key is to make good decisions when things are good, understanding that when they are not, those decisions will carry you through down times. Being the biggest is not always the answer.
How do you retain your best and brightest employees?
Because of the high expectations I have of my team, I make sure that each member is given the tools to achieve what has been asked of them. Outside of that, I stay out of their way and let them do what they do best.
What inspired you to get into the business?
I started in the business as an apprentice carpenter. At the time it was just a job, but I found that I had a passion for the industry that has kept me involved. More than 30 years later, I am just as invested.
What is the most important thing you learned from your parents?
My father was in law enforcement. So, I would say the primary message I took from him was a sense of right and wrong. From my mother, I would have to say I learned the virtue of forgiveness. She was a saint. Regardless of what anybody did, she didn’t judge them.
Little known fact about yourself?
I have no formal higher education. I started in the construction industry as an apprentice carpenter and worked my way up, holding just about every position possible in a construction company.