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KARL SMITH, PROJECT MANAGER
A
S A
P
ROJECT
M
ANAGER
, K
ARL SPENDS HIS TIME KEEPING PROJECTS ON TRACK
.
H
E HOLDS A
B
ACHELOR
’
S
D
EGREE IN
C
ONSTRUCTION
M
ANAGEMENT AND A
M
ASTER
’
S
D
EGREE IN
B
USINESS
A
DMINISTRATION FROM THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
F
LORIDA
.
K
ARL HAS OVER
24
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE WITH ALMOST
20
OF THOSE IN
RETAIL AND GROCERY PROJECTS
.
H
E HAS ALSO WORKED ON
H
EALTHCARE
,
O
FFICE AND
H
IGH
-R
ISE
P
ROJECTS
.
H
E IS A
F
LORIDA
C
ERTIFIED
G
ENERAL CONTRACTOR
,
FDEP
AND
W
ALMART
SWPPP C
ERTIFIED
I
NSPECTOR
, W
ALMART
R
EMODEL
C
ERTIFIED AND
OSHA 30-
H
R CERTIFIED
.
S
OME OF
K
ARL
’
S NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE
P
UBLIX
S
UPERMARKET AT THE
V
ILLAGES
,
F
L
; W
ALMART
S
UPERCENTER AT
B
EVERLY
H
ILLS
,
F
L
;
U
NION
B
ANK IN
S
AN
D
IEGO
, CA
AND
G
IANT
D
IPPER
R
OLLER
C
OASTER
R
ESTORATION AT
M
ISSION
B
EACH
, CA.
PAUL GRAHAM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
P
AUL IS OUR SALES GUY
,
BUT HE DOESN
’
T FIT THE USUAL SALESPERSON STEREOTYPES
.
T
HERE
’
S NOTHING PUSHY OR
“
CHEESY
”
ABOUT HIM
.
H
E HAS A PERFECT MIX OF
PROFESSIONALISM AND FRIENDLINESS THAT COMES NATURALLY TO HIM AND PUTS
EVERYONE AT EASE
.
H
E
’
S MORE OF AN
A
VERAGE
J
OE WHO IS ALSO EXTREMELY
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT
.
H
E HOLDS A DEGREE IN
B
USINESS FROM
D
UQUESNE
U
NIVERSITY AND A DEGREE IN
B
UILDING
C
ONSTRUCTION FROM
G
EORGIA
T
ECH IN
1976. H
E SERVED A TERM IN THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
N
AVY
W
ITH OVER
35
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY
,
P
AUL HAS DEVELOPED MANY
LONG
-
TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEVELOPERS
,
SUBCONTRACTORS
,
AND OTHER
CONTRACTORS WHO ALL CONSIDER HIM TO BE A REAL
P
RO
. H
E HAS AN INNATE TALENT
FOR KEEPING HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT
’
S HAPPENING AND DOES A GREAT JOB
OF PAIRING US UP WITH FIRST
-
CLASS COMPANIES THAT ARE A PERFECT FIT FOR OUR BUSINESS
.