Announcing the 2025 Slice of Construction 50 Under 50 Honorees
Slice of Construction is proud to announce the 2025 50 Under 50 Honorees, recognizing 50 of the top construction leaders under the age of 50.
This award highlights founders, CEOs, executives, operators, technologists, builders, investors, and innovators helping shape the future of construction across construction technology, project delivery, preconstruction, operations, sustainability, workforce, AI, robotics, and more.
About the Award
The Slice of Construction 50 Under 50 Award recognizes 50 of the top construction leaders under the age of 50.
These honorees represent leaders building companies, leading teams, improving project outcomes, advancing construction technology, modernizing workflows, and helping move the construction industry forward.
2025 50 Under 50 Honorees
Honoree | Company | Title |
|---|---|---|
Jon Sibley | TrueBuilt | Founder and CEO |
Bruce Orr | ProNovos Construction Intelligence | Chief Executive Officer |
Roger Yarrow | TrueLook Construction Cameras | Chief Executive Officer |
Shir Abecasis | FIRMUS | Founder and CEO |
Anna Berger | Trayd: Construction Payroll | Founder and CEO |
Dustin Devan | Ediphi | Chief Executive Officer |
Albert Bou Fadel | SmartBarrel | Chief Executive Officer |
Chloe Smith | Mercator AI | Founder and CEO |
Eric Helitzer | SubBase | Founder and CEO |
Josh Levy | Document Crunch | Co-Founder and CEO |
Matthew Smith | Truss | Chief Executive Officer |
Patrick Murphy | Togal.AI | Founder and CEO |
Tim Angus | Brickeye | President and CEO |
Mike Powers | BuildVision | Co-Founder |
Kelsey Gauger | Suffolk Construction | Vice President, Operational Excellence |
Nitin Bhandari | Planera, Inc. | Co-Founder and CEO |
Erez Dror | Genda | Co-Founder and CEO |
Dr. Sarah Buchner | Trunk Tools | Founder and CEO |
Franco Giaquinto | Outbuild | Founder and CEO |
Josef Bromovsky | Algoma | CEO and Co-Founder |
Tom Deane | ProjectMark CRM | Co-Founder and CEO |
Eldar Sadikov | Field Materials | Co-Founder and CEO |
Bill Mandara | Mancini Duffy | Chief Executive Officer |
Parker Mundt | Suffolk Technologies | Partner, Head of Platform |
Karly Heffernan | Hardline | Co-Founder |
David Kaminski | Turner Construction | Vice President and General Manager |
Craig Lewis | DPR Construction | Northeast Technology Integration Manager |
Jitendra Pahilajani | Webcor | Executive Vice President of Builders |
Chad Hustedde | Cemex | Vice President and General Manager for North Florida |
Brandon Milner | EllisDon | Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Digital and Data Engineering |
Kevin Bredeson | BE&K Building Group | VP of Preconstruction and Technology |
Chris Kramer | Brasfield & Gorrie | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer |
Jamie Gilman | Clark Construction Group | Vice President |
Derrick Morse | Rugged Robotics | Founder and CEO |
Justin MacEachern | Gilbane Building | Vice President, Business Unit Leader, Massachusetts/Northern New England |
Rayna V. Farrell | Bechtel Corporation | Principal VP and Global Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing |
Joe Speicher | Autodesk | Chief Sustainability Officer |
Kristopher Lengieza | Procore Technologies | Vice President, Global Technology Evangelist |
James Patterson | Turner & Townsend | Senior Consultant |
Roy Danon | Buildots | CEO and Co-Founder |
Billy UpChurch | SmartPM Technologies, Inc. | Co-Founder and Product + Industry Champion |
Michael Zeppieri | Skanska | Vice President of Emerging Technology |
Mike Winn | DroneDeploy | Founder and CEO |
Sean Ouellette | Kast Construction | President and Chief Operating Officer |
Aaron Toppston | GS Futures | Managing Partner |
Steve Chew | BuildOps | Co-Founder, Executive, and Board Member |
Aaron Szymanski | Augmenta | Chief Product Officer |
Lauren Permuy | Power Design | Chief Growth Officer |
Nicholas Selz | Kaya AI | Co-Founder |
Francis Thumpasery | PermitFlow | Co-Founder and CEO |
Why These Leaders Stand Out
Construction is one of the largest and most essential industries in the world, but it remains one of the hardest to modernize. Progress requires practical leadership, field-level understanding, operational discipline, technology adoption, safety awareness, and the ability to improve outcomes across complex projects and teams.
The 2025 50 Under 50 honorees are helping move construction forward across several critical areas, including:
Construction technology
Preconstruction
Project delivery
Field operations
Construction AI
Robotics and automation
Sustainability
Workforce innovation
Data and analytics
Construction finance
Risk management
Project controls
Design and architecture
Business development
Venture and company building
Each honoree represents the kind of leadership construction needs now: practical, ambitious, and focused on building solutions that improve how the industry plans, builds, operates, and grows.
Congratulations to the 2025 Honorees
Congratulations to all of the 2025 Slice of Construction 50 Under 50 honorees.
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