Our guest for the May 20th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show: Rick Wojciechowski, President & CEO, Parkway Construction & Architecture

Rick Wojciechowski, President & CEO, Parkway Construction & Architecture

Rick Wojciechowski became President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2014. In this role, he leads the executive team to establish and implement the strategic direction of the company, resulting in unprecedented revenue growth. Previously, Rick was Parkway’s COO from 2008-2013. His contributions during those years include successfully executing a plan to achieve aggressive revenue growth, initiating in-house architecture, adding the business development function, implementing critical enterprise software and leading the daily operations of the company.

Rick joined Parkway in April 1996 as a Director of Construction. After building a successful business unit, he was made a partner in January 2004, where he was responsible for the growth of new business units and operational initiatives

Prior to Parkway, Rick was a Senior Manager of Construction for Brinker International, where he was responsible for the development process for more than 70 stores per year. He also had responsibility for developing new concept and prototypical buildings of multiple Brinker brands. Rick started his career in construction in the civil construction field.

ParkwayConstruction.com

Phone: (972) 221-1979

Our guest for the May 13th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show: Garret Cockrell, Owner, Big D Lumber Company

Big D Lumber Company owner, Garett Cockrell began framing houses with his uncle as a teenager in Amarillo. His uncle moved to Albuquerque and Garret began his own framing company while still in high school.

Garett then moved to Dallas in order to grow his framing company. He began doing estimating on the side for Big D Lumber which led to his working with one of their clients doing estimating, bidding & project management.

In 2004, Garret began his career in lumber sales and two years later began working for Big D Lumber. After moving to a corporate job in lumber, Garret found that the owner of Big D Lumber wanted to retire. In 2019, he purchased Big D Lumber and now has closed on his third location in Burleson in addition to Richardson and Haslet. What goes around, comes around and Garret has also purchased the framing company that he worked for before getting into the lumber business.

(972) 907-2443

Guest Garret Cockrell