Chris brings over 20 years of experience to our clients, during which time he has built more than 5 million square feet of interiors in Chicago and the Greater Chicago-land area.

Chris’ passion for construction began with his first set of “construx” and a fascination for building. Throughout high school and college, he earned his construction stripes building everything from basements to porches, gaining critical experience that informed his hands-on approach. 

Since then, he has overseen many landmark projects in the City, including BMO, Charles River and First Midwest Bank, the Innovation Lab at Oracle, and the renovation and restoration of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange in the Old Post Office.

As President and chief integrator at BIG, Chris strives to channel BIG’s vision into tangible and operational excellence, ensuring that every move is a calculated step towards our monumental growth targets, ushering in an era of innovation. 

When not working on projects, Chris enjoys playing golf, paddle tennis, and softball, while enjoying family time outdoors with his wife, two daughters, and son. 

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John’s first job in the construction industry was as a laborer at a contracting company, and he never looked back. Though he earned his degree in business management, even working for the Board of Trade, it was in construction where John found his true calling.

As Senior Superintendent at BIG, John’s gregarious and ambitious nature are assets to building relationships and advocating for the best interests of projects. As manager of field operations, he employs two decades of experience that ensuring resources meet project specifications on budget.

John is a native and current resident of Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood. Outside of work, he coaches his children’s basketball and soccer teams and participates on the City of Hope leadership council.

With a master’s degree in finance, her CPA ,and 15 years’ experience in construction and real estate accounting, Maggie has the technical knowledge and hands-on experience to make her a vital asset to the BIG team.

As VP of Finance and Administration, she plays an important role in guiding reporting, compliance, and other essential financial decisions at BIG. Maggie’s strong knowledge of accounting concepts and sharp business acumen further BIG’s sustainable growth. Maggie has been instrumental to BIG's success over the last several years, and her responsibilities have grown to include finance, accounting, HR, IT, corporate legal and risk.

When she isn’t busy leading BIG’s financial operations, Maggie enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and friends. She lives in Bartlett with her husband and two kids.

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A civil engineering graduate, Dan found his calling in construction through internships, finding a passion for being the driving force behind the project coming to life. 

Since then, Dan has accrued over 18 years of construction project management experience in Chicago’s commercial real estate industry. In recent years, he completed $35M-$45M of commercial work annually in diversified projects, ranging up to 375,000 square feet and $85 million in cost.

As a Project Executive, Dan is the point person for our client and project consultants. He is responsible for the planning and execution of successful projects. He supports clients throughout their project’s life cycle by providing conceptual budgeting, preconstruction estimating, cost control metrics, schedule maintenance, and closeout turnover.

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Haley is an integral part of our team as Vice President, spending her energy advocating for our teams so that they can support our clients to the best of their ability. When she agreed to take on the Vice President role at BIG, responsible for strategizing processes for the entire life cycle of our projects, it was important to Haley to continue building on her technical skills. Haley joined BIG in early 2021 with a background in structural engineering and completed pricing exercises, budgets and lump sum bids for our clients as part of our preconstruction team. Her qualifications to perform both tasks lie in her unique ability to gain trust from clients by backing up her communication skills with a deep technical knowledge of her craft.

In addition to excelling in the development of budgets and relationships with our clients, Haley motivates our team to get involved in industry events and show up every day representing the company and ourselves in the brightest light. Her perspective diversifies our team’s expertise, and she is celebrated by our team for her thoughtful feedback, driving us to improve our processes.

Outside of her role at BIG Construction, Haley’s passion lies in personal wellness. She has been a HIIT instructor at Equinox since 2019 and in 2025 is working with WWIRE (Wellness for Women in Real Estate) to establish a Chicago chapter.