Matt Radke
Leading general contractor Jacobsen Construction Company has announced that Matt Radke has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective June 14. Radke has decades of successful leadership experience at Jacobsen and a proven track record of delivering optimal results for clients.
Radke joined Jacobsen in 1995 as a project engineer and quickly earned the trust of colleagues, trade partners and project owners with his eye for detail, tireless work ethic and personable approach. His precise understanding of each client’s vision for their project has successfully guided Jacobsen through some of its most complex and demanding undertakings ever. He became Vice President of Construction in 2018 and Executive Vice President of Construction in 2020. Radke is filling the COO role previously held by John Fortuna, who retired in January after 28 years with Jacobsen.
Radke will provide strategic direction to Jacobsen’s sizable operations workforce, which includes project leadership for Jacobsen’s regional and national public, private, health care, religious and national market segments; self-performed concrete teams; project safety, scheduling and employee training personnel; and the company’s vertically integrated Jacobsen Building Services and Jacobsen Flooring Services teams.