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Woodburn Construction Co.
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Owners, Principals & Senior Executives
Bert Bartholomew's Bio
Bert started in construction in 1990 with a home building company, at which he worked his way from carpenter to superintendent. Ten years later, having advanced as far as he could in residential construction, Bert decided he wanted to test his abilities in commercial construction. Bert had heard good things about Woodburn Construction, so in 1999 he applied as a carpenter and went to work on a post office in Oregon City. Over the next two years or so, Bert worked on a wide variety of projects and was promoted into a project management position...and on the company's biggest account no less: Hollywood Video. From that time forward, Bert has managed most of WCC's tenant improvements, including all Hollywood Video projects. Bert takes projects from a blueprint to a completely finished product. His intensity insures that projects run smoothly and finish on time. His friendly demeanor helps keep the jobsite positive, and his meetings with other project players, productive.
Terry Withers's Bio
Having earned a four year degree at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Terry had planned a career with Withers Lumber Company, his family’s building material supply business. That all changed in 1986 when Terry left the lumber company to temporarily fill in for Woodburn Construction’s senior project manager. The temporary position turned into a permanate one. Terry immediately inherited project management responsibilities for the company’s ongoing work as well as most of the company’s day-to-day management responsibilities. He was elected president in 1992 and by 1997 had assembled the company’s current key players. He continues to guide the company toward a single goal, to provide the best value, quality and customer service available in the commercial construction marketplace. Terry spends most of his time managing the managers. However, he still gets involved in all areas of the company’s activities to insure that the company’s commitments to value, quality and customer service, are maintained.
Operations
Jenny Hesse's Bio
Jenny joined Woodburn Construction in 1998. She was looking for light duties as a receptionist, and the job suited her well. The only problem was that because of who Jenny is, light duties can hold her attention for only so long. Soon Jenny was looking for other more challenging responsibilities. It was obvious that Jenny could think: a) on her feet and; b) outside the box. These are perfect traits for a project engineer, which Jenny became in 2000. In this capacity, Jenny assists the project managers and field superintendents by insuring a free-flow of information between WCC's home office, the jobsite, and all of the players involved in a project. The challenge in all of this is that things can change so fast at the jobsite or in the industry in general, that a project engineer must be constantly assessing procedures and methods to stay ahead of those changes. Jenny does this naturally, making her perfectly suited to the task.
Steve Braff's Bio
Steve went to work in the building trades immediately after graduating from Salem’s McKay High School in 1987, when he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and went to work for a home builder. Within a couple of years, that company moved its operation to southern California and Steve moved with it. But by 1992, he wanted to return home to Salem. Steve started at Woodburn Construction in May of that year as a carpenter. His broad range of construction skills made him a valuable addition to the company. By 1994 Steve was a foreman and by 1996 took on his first project as a superintendent, a small bank building in Tigard, Oregon. His organizational skills and ability to keep a project on schedule were quickly exposed. Steve’s greatest strength, however, is in quality control. Seemingly because his projects move along quickly, there simply isn’t time for poor workmanship; or maybe because Steve insists on the highest quality workmanship, his projects maintain a faster than normal pace. Regardless of which is cause and which is effect, Steve’s ability to construct a top quality product in a short time is evidenced by his list of satisfied clients.
Finance & Accounting
Brenda Vasquez's Bio
After graduating from High School in 1988, Brenda held a few different positions between furthering her education and starting a family. By 1998 she was looking for a position with substance, and by 2000 she found something more along those lines. That's when she started at Woodburn Construction. Hired as an accounts payable clerk, it soon became obvious that Brenda had the skills and the desire for more duties. A natural gift for numbers combined with a meticulous nature and a tenacious attitude make Brenda invaluable in financial management. She just won't stop until the numbers add up perfectly. Today, Brenda's duties include the entire accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial systems. All incoming and outgoing checks pass through her hands. Her detail orientation and commitment to perfection, help make Brenda perfectly suited for her work, and a tremendous asset to WCC and its clients.