Ryan Abbott
Senior Vice President
Sundt Construction, Inc.
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
Various internships (as an undergrad student).
Fantastic industry mentors.
Night school, with other industry change agents.
Realizing I was the sum of those I spent the most time with.
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
South Medford High School
South Medford High School
Career
Senior Vice President
Build solutions to society's grand challenges.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Design
Engineering
Building Things
Day to Day
We are building fantastic, diverse environments where our clients, employee-owners and communities prosper. Environments like ASU's Sun Devil Stadium, this project played a significant role in pushing forward the Phoenix economy. On Sept. 3rd along with our joint venture partner Hunt Const. We completed the 405,000-sf 2nd phase of the stadium at a speed equivalent to starting-and-finishing the construction of 2 average Arizona homes per day for a straight 265 days, engaging 620 workers!
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for high school students
If you, your nieces and nephews, brothers or sisters are looking for work with meaning, looking for a tangible product for their life’s work then I have a proposition for you. I’ve been able to map out my life by the buildings I’ve worked on, the solutions we collaboratively were able to create. This is an invitation for anyone that believes in hard work, creating solutions and creating value to simply reach out to a great number of technical, Higher Ed, or trade construction programs!
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Peers:
"Stay within these curbs, these are the boundaries, these are the rules, this is the process."
Challenges I Overcame
Too young, too inexperienced
