Experience is really only valuable if it is put to work, shared, known about, allowed to come onto the playing field. So, the question that matters more than the sheer number of years is what kind of team dynamic does that experience get to play in. How are the past experiences, mistakes, and achievements of each team member brought to bear on the daily work.

As a Superintendent for Optimum, Jesse Eastman is charged with turning renderings into reality. His job daily requires him to play interpreter between the digitized, CAD, perfect-plumb-and-square plans of the architect and the concrete and wood of the subcontractors.