S.M. Wilson & Co.

“S. M. Wilson’s supportive, family environment allows their employees to be creative and contribute to company success. It does not matter what role you play in the process. Once a project is completed, everyone at S. M. Wilson takes pride and ownership in that project.”

Amy Berg serves as President of S. M. Wilson. She has more than 25 years in the construction industry. A Waukesha, Wisconsin native, Amy Berg grew up working in the construction industry for her father. She attended the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Berg worked for J. H. Findorff, a Madison, Wisconsin contracting firm before coming to St. Louis to manage the sales and marketing efforts for S. M. Wilson. Prior to becoming President of S. M. Wilson, Amy acted as Vice President of Business Development. Amy helped grow S. M. Wilson from $64 million in revenue in 1996, when she joined the firm, to the firm’s current revenue of $250 million. She was instrumental in the development of new business, establishing public relations and marketing strategies, and client retention. Amy is very involved in the St. Louis community, serving as a board member for several organizations including Epworth Children & Family Services, Missouri Growth Association, Habitat for Humanity, the Saint Louis University John Cook School of Business and Trailnet.

t. Louis, Mo., November 30, 2015 – Fred Jaeckle, Vice President of Pre-Construction and Estimating at S. M. Wilson & Co., will be retiring at the end of the year after 20 years of service to the company and 45 years in the construction industry.  Jaeckle has worked on hundreds of commercial, healthcare, retail, education, senior living and industrial projects during his career with S. M. Wilson worth more than a billion dollars. Over his 20 years at S. M. Wilson, Fred has honed the company’s pre-construction and estimating services.

“Fred has been a mainstay on our team since his arrival here, and we greatly appreciate his service and the value he has added to our projects,” said Amy Berg, President of S. M. Wilson. 

“Fred joined our company in 1995 and soon after helped us land our first negotiated project,” said Scott Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of S. M. Wilson.  “We will miss him and the contributions he has made to our business.”

Jaeckle has been involved with the Labor Committee and Carpenter Negotiating Team of the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis in recent years.  He also serves on the board of directors of St. Louis ARC.

What makes S. M. Wilson & Co. different than other companies? Our culture, our shared beliefs, our goals and even our disappointments are OURS. We did not inherit the principles we live by and the culture we live in from an earlier generation. Rather, we took advantage of some very bad years in the late ’80’s and remade our company into what and who we are today. I feel a great personal pride in having helped nurture a fun, wholesome, challenging and above all collaborative and all inclusive company.”

Scott J. Wilson is the third generation to head S. M. Wilson & Co. After having spent several years in sales, outside the family business, Scott was hired in 1984 as part of S. M. Wilson’s sales staff, working his way up to Director of Business Development in 1987. Then in 1990, he was named President of the firm at the age of 38. In 2012, Scott became CEO of the firm. Scott’s leadership, ambition and passion has allowed S. M. Wilson to grow steadily from $40 million in annual sales to more than $515 million. S. M. Wilson & Co. consistently ranks among the top local and national contractors based on annual revenue. Today, the firm operates from our corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Scott is a member of the executive committee for the Boy Scouts of America and the St. Louis Regional Business Council.

Mike joined S. M. Wilson & Co. as Chief Financial Officer in 1998 when the office was located in Granite City, Illinois. Before joining S. M. Wilson, he had worked for several other construction firms for 18 years. Since joining S. M. Wilson Mike has brought the accounting systems up to speed. Prior to the Continuous Improvement Process, S. M. Wilson’s accounting software and systems did not support the company’s needs. Cost information needed daily by project managers was only available monthly and was already 30 days old. This new updated system allows updated project information to be more readily accessible to the management teams.