Team Members
Our people are the foundation of our business, from our office staff who organize and support our efforts to our craftspeople who carry out the job with precision and skill. They're all experienced, hardworking professionals who are dedicated to providing our customers with quality results.
At Wise Construction, we're big enough to deliver the best, yet small enough to remember the importance of every customer. We appreciate your business and we're committed to "building the best" for you.
David F. Abney II, President & CEO
27 Years as a Wise Team Member
David Abney has over 35 years of experience spanning all aspects of the construction business from carpentry, surveying and estimating, to supervising, project management, ownership, subcontracting, general contracting and construction management. He is a member of several local advisory boards, including Montgomery County Homeless Solutions Policy Board, and is Chair of the Omega Baptist Church Official Board. He is actively engaged in many areas of community service.
David manages all corporate procedural processes for the Wise companies; Initiates and develops public sector accounts; Negotiates contract agreements; and Assists in major estimating projects.
He has a lengthy record of leadership in the areas of business development and training opportunites for minorities and MBE's and is committed to promoting MBE involvement in the local community.
Renee S. Abney, Marketing Director
4 years as a Wise Team Member
Renee has nearly twenty years of marketing experience ranging from conceptual design to implementation. She has been producing Wise's marketing materials for over fifteen years. In addition to acting as Wise's Corporate Secretary, she assists in the development of corporate marketing strategies, implementation of marketing plans, website development and maintenance, and the planning and production of company events.
Cleve S. Gregory, Project Manager/Project Superintendent
19 Years as a Wise Team Member
Cleve is a conscientious Construction Project Manager & Superintendent with over 30 years of experience in the industry. He has a thorough understanding of means and methods in all aspects of construction. Cleve has extremely effective supervisory and management skills. He is excellent in the areas of coordinating and scheduling, has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work well with Owners, Architects, Engineers, and Subcontractors. He is always honest, reliable, motivated, punctual and productive.
Cleve is currently working on the Construction Management team with Shook-Touchstone to provide on-site administrative and technical management of OSFC project sites. He plans, coordinates and supervises on-site functions including scheduling, engineering, and material control, while providing day-to-day direction of on-site administrative staff in accounting, purchasing, etc.
John Kanost, CPA, Comptroller
20 Years as a Wise Team Member
John is a Certified Public Accountant with over thirty years experience in the financial field, from bookkeeping to financial management. He is comprehensive, accurate and well organized in all of his work and extremely knowledgeable and well versed in all areas of accounting, payroll, and tax preparation.
John manages the accounting and financial activities for all of Wise's projects and maintains all corporate accounting records for Wise Construction and its affiliated companies. He is also Wise's accounting department manager.
Karen Lakes, Project Accountant / Accounts Payable Specialist
23 Years as a Wise Team Member
Karen has over twenty years of diversified accounting experience at federal, state and local government levels, as well as in the private sector. She has excellent managerial and operational skills, and is very efficient, focused, organized and detail oriented.
As Project Accountant and Accounts Payable Specialist, Karen assists Project Superintendents & Foremen with processing invoices, handles all accounts payable and receivables, completes AIA billings, tracks & prepares weekly billings to owners, tracks daily timesheets, processes weekly payroll, processes reports and payments for union fringes, prepares utilization reports, and financial reconciliations, and maintains individual employment records.
Marcus E. Maddox, Business Development & Project Manager
3 Years as a Wise Team Member
Marcus is a construction industry veteran of over thirty years, having successfully performed numerous projects in various facets of the industry. His scope of experience runs from carpentry to ownership in commercial, industrial, and residential new construction, as well as major renovatione contractors, subcontractors, inspectors, architects and owners while maintaining schedules and costs. Marcus is a consummate professional adept at business development, contract submission and negotiations. He is especially skilled at effective communication between field and office staff, architects and owners.
Raven N. Williams, Project Engineer
1 Year as a Wise Team member
Raven Williams is an aspiring construction professional who interned with Wise several years ago and has returned to become part of our operations team. Raven has introductory experience in Environmental Assessments, Project Management, Contract Writing, Plan Review, Estimating, Supervising, Planning & Developing, Site Inspection, and Preparing Plans. Eager to excel in the field, she brings energy and enthusiasm to every project to which she is assigned.
Ms. Williams is currently working as a Project Engineer. She will assist with scheduling, contract documentation control, and quality checks.
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