One of many nation’s greatest contractors is making a change in management.
Mortenson CEO Dan Johnson will retire on Dec. 31 after spending his complete 38-year profession on the firm, together with the final eight in his present place, the Minneapolis-based firm introduced Sept. 5. He’ll proceed to serve on the agency’s board of administrators. Mortenson is ranked twenty seventh on ENR’s high builders by income listing for 2024.
A graduate of North Dakota State College, Johnson joined Mortenson in 1986. He served many roles on the firm, together with in estimating, operations, enterprise growth and senior management. He joined the senior management group in 1999, turned chief working officer in 2008, president in 2015 and CEO in 2017.
Throughout his time, Johnson was instrumental in launching Mortenson’s renewable vitality enterprise and rising its actual property growth arm, the discharge mentioned.
“I’ve been lucky and honored to spend my complete profession with this superb and profitable firm,” Johnson mentioned within the launch.
Mortenson President Derek Cunz will succeed Johnson to turn into president and CEO on Jan. 1.
Cunz was promoted to firm president in 2022, and has labored at Mortenson since 1996. He performed a key position in Mortenson’s Walt Disney Live performance Corridor challenge in Los Angeles, which was accomplished in 2003, per the discharge. On the challenge, Cunz helped pioneer Mortenson’s use of digital design in building. That very same yr, he joined the Denver workplace management group, then relocated to Minneapolis in 2010 to steer the corporate’s Sports activities + Leisure group.
He additionally supplied strategic oversight of the corporate’s rising vitality storage and EV and microgrid infrastructure enterprise, the discharge mentioned.
“I’m honored to have the chance to steer Mortenson into the longer term,” Cunz mentioned within the launch. “Our focus will stay steadfast on serving our clients, cultivating expertise, innovating and creating worth and making a office the place our group members really feel a way of belonging and have profitable careers.”
