About the Speaker: Brad Booker currently serves as the Regional Lean Manger for Turner’s Great Lakes Region, which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Brad joined Turner as a Field Engineer in 1994, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and completing Officer Basic Course as a Reserve Army Officer. He was a Project Manager in the Special Projects Division until 1998 when he joined the Estimating Department. He was an estimator for 2 years then joined the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center team as the Project Engineer from 2000 - 2002. As that project was completed Brad was activated and served 14 months on active duty as a Captain in the United States Army.

Upon his return in 2004 he worked on a variety of academic and science buildings at several community colleges where he held positions as a Project Engineer, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager. His last project prior to taking his current position was replacing the video boards at Soldier Field.