Compass Commercial Construction Group

With over 35 years of experience, Bill is more than familiar with the Indianapolis construction and business market. Armed with a passion for a safety and service-oriented culture, he’s quick to ensure all operations are handled with the utmost integrity. Bill also believes every project is an opportunity to create customer-centric relationships where he leads by example every step of the way.

Prior to joining Compass, Bill was President and CEO of Pepper Construction Group, a large Chicago-based contractor. He earned his B.S. in architecture at the University of Illinois and his master's degree in management from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
 

Craig is both a construction veteran with over 27 years of experience and a US Navy veteran where he served with the Civil Engineering Corps. Before coming to Compass, he worked with a large construction company in Atlanta and then Pepper Construction. Now he supervises teams of project managers, executes pre-construction work, oversees owner contracting, and ensures Compass quality remains top notch. He enjoys seeing construction in action at the job sites, coaching project teams, and mentoring younger project managers.

Craig earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He lives in Cicero with his wife and has two young adult daughters. He enjoys boating and fishing on Morse Reservoir and is an avid DIY-er renovating his home. He also volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together Indianapolis.

With over 22 years of experience in the construction industry, James is an expert specializing in Design-Build services. He also brings extensive pre-construction know-how to the table from several markets including healthcare, education, religious, retail, commercial, and industrial. His analytical thinking and penchant for problem-solving produce innovative solutions, bringing success to both Compass and clients alike.

James earned a B.S. in building construction management from Purdue University. Born and raised in Lafayette, he currently lives in Westfield with his wife and two kids. He’s an avid outdoorsman and also enjoys completing projects around the house.

Jared oversees Compass’s project management teams and accounting system where he manages owner contracts, sub contracts, and schedules. With over 15 years of industry experience, he gained valuable insight as a project engineer and manager at Pepper Construction before joining Compass. Jared enjoys rallying teams, training project managers, and creatively solving problems in our culture where everyone is willing to forget titles, roll up their sleeves, and get their hands dirty to get the job done right.

Jared earned his bachelor’s in building construction management and organizational leadership from Purdue University. He enjoys traveling with his wife and four kids, playing sports, gardening, and home improvement projects. Jared coaches his son's soccer team and also volunteers at his kids’ elementary school in Westfield.

As Compass’s first hire, Drew has been a part of our amazing growth and accomplishments since 2010. Utilizing his longstanding relationships within the real estate brokerage and ownership community, Drew helps Compass operate with an owner mindset, addressing the true needs of the client, and looking for areas in which to add value to every project. He also facilitates client satisfaction by ensuring every member of the team is upholding our core values of CARES and delighting our clients on every project.

Drew earned his B.S. in organizational leadership from Purdue University in his hometown, Fort Wayne. He currently lives near Broad Ripple where he enjoys spending time with his son, Ryder, playing golf, and working out at the gym. As an active member of the community, Drew has also served as a board member of BarnRaisers of Indiana and the Indianapolis Zoo Associate Council.

Karen is responsible for all things numbers here at Compass. She not only manages the accounting department, billing, financial statements, and financial analysis, but Karen also takes an active HR role with our employees, new hires, and payroll. Prior to working at Compass, she worked for 20 years at a large property management firm as a corporate controller.

Karen earned her degree in business management and organizations from IUPUI. Born and raised in Indianapolis, she lives on the city’s southeast side with her cat, Mitzi, and German shepherd, Rusty (the unofficial Compass mascot). She enjoys doing cross stitch, trying her hand at euchre, and playing the ukulele with the Indy Ukers and the Northside Ukulele Troupe Strummers. Karen also volunteers as an usher for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.