Watkins Landmark Construction

Dennis arrived to us nearing the apex of a fruitful career in San Diego and boasts strong friendships with both Jody and Dan. Together, the three collaborated on Petco Park in 2000. Dennis also contributed to banner projects across San Diego County, including Qualcomm Stadium’s Expansion and The San Diego Zoo’s Asian Leopard Exhibit, which opened to rave reviews in 2015. Dennis has most recently served at Level 10 Construction in his role of Project Executive. A San Diego native, Dennis knows our town better than anyone. He earned his degree in Civil Engineering from San Diego State and continually draws upon his two-plus decades of experience to best serve our clients, consultants, and subs. His big smile is a welcome one at the office.

Jennifer Watkins founded the company with her husband in 2004.  At the time Watkins Landmark was founded, Jennifer had already amassed over a decade worth of corporate career accounting experience in states such as Arizona, Virginia & California.  She previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer for Cheese Specialties, Inc. and before that Reports Supervisor for National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Coporation (CFC).  While working at CFC in Herndon, Virginia, she obtained her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification from the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Jennifer graduated with a degree in accountancy from Arizona State University in 1991.  Together with Jody, they have built their company’s foundation on a family environment.

Jody formed Watkins Landmark Construction in the fall of 2004. It was Jody’s goal to build a construction company that specializes in cutting-edge projects that left a lasting impression on the client, users, and surrounding community. Hence the term “Landmark” in the company title. These projects required a custom level of quality performed at the efficiency only a commercial contractor can obtain. In the years since Jody formed Watkins Landmark Construction, he has added a strong team of builders to our staff who have the ability and desire to work on complex and intricate projects. Jody believes that his employees are the building blocks of his company. He believes his company is only as good as the people he hires. Jody’s beliefs here have been proven correct time and again by the spectacular growth and continuing success of Watkins Landmark Construction.

Dan is our Vice President of Construction on board in San Diego since 2007. Prior to joining WLC’s core team, Dan amassed extensive experience on a variety of projects (Petco Park, Indian Well Tennis Garden), often working alongside Jody at Clark Construction, Inc. Dan’s strong field experience and high level of coordination has been critical to the success of several WLC confined-site projects as well as those wrought from more complex, sprawling designs. His understanding of clear, effective field-to-office communication made a lasting impression on Jody. When the time was right, Jody invited Dan to join the team at WLC. Dan’s experience, no- nonsense demeanor, and strong history with Jody make him well suited to be our company’s VP of Construction.

Dean was hired as Jody’s first employee at Watkins Landmark Construction back in 2005. He possessed an impressive education as well as a now-infamous appetite to take on any project. Starting as Project Engineer, Dean’s estimating, negotiating and project comprehension skills became an integral part of Watkins Landmark Construction’s early success and continue to serve him to this day. His contributions to the growth of our company have been phenomenal and resulted in Dean’s promotion to Vice President of Business Development. Dean’s professionalism, flexibility, and attention to detail make him a tremendous and highly-valued asset to Jody and Watkins Landmark Construction.