MEET OUR TEAM
Jay is the President and Founder of Trident Construction Group with more than 23 years of experience executing over $300M in construction projects ranging in size from $500,000 to $75M with the US Navy Civil Engineer Corps and privately held construction companies throughout the Southeast, Caribbean, Europe and Asia.
JAY WICKLUND
President
Paul brings more than 25 years of construction experience to Trident as Vice President of Operations and is committed to developing strong partnerships and exceeding his client expectations. Paul is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA), and active Chairman of the Board for Sunshine on a Ranney Day.
PAUL NIELSEN
Vice President - Operations
With more than 30 years of experience, Darren’s project expertise encompasses medical, commercial, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing facilities and includes renovations, historic restorations, core and shell, ground-up construction,
and more.
DARREN SAYER
Vice President - Preconstruction
KEITH FRANKS
Senior Project Manager
SCOTT SIMPSON
Senior Project Manager
SAED ALI
Senior Project Manager
DAVID BLAYLOCK
Project Manager
PARKER COCKRELL
Assistant Project Manager
JEREMY WATERS
Assistant Project Manager
BRIAN CARROLL
General Superintendent
David's 25 years of construction experience ranges from commercial and residential, to renovation and ground-up construction. David's specialty is multi-family residential, but also lends his supervision expertise on Trident's medical, hospitality, and office projects. David has renovated over 10,000 apartment units and was the recipient of the inaugural Trident President’s Award
in 2019.
DAVID TAYLOR
Senior Superintendent
Eric started in the industry as a laborer and moved his way through the Carpentry trade and ultimately worked his way up to Senior Superintendent with TCG. Now with almost 40 years of experience, Eric provides leadership to the project team in the field. He is the field manager for safety and quality assurance as well as maintaining adherence to the project schedule.
ERIC WATERS
Senior Superintendent
As a Superintendent with almost
40 years of experience,
Dale provides leadership to the project team in the field.
He is the field manager for safety
and quality assurance as well as maintaining adherence
to the project schedule.
DALE ZIEGLER
Senior Superintendent
As a Superintendent with 15 years
of experience, Matt manages project schedules, quality control, and safety meetings and inspections. With several OSHA and carpentry certifications, Matt is not only an integral part of Trident's team, he takes pride in his projects
completing on time and on budget
and in the safest manner possible.
MATT SCHILLING
Superintendent
David is a 22-year construction professional with experience in construction material installation and supervision with a focus on drywall framing and installation. David has led various project types and sizes all over the United States including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. David is the recipient of the 2020 Trident President’s Award.
DAVID MOLINA-RIVERA
Superintendent
TYSON CABARUBIO
Superintendent
JARRETT BOSWELL
Superintendent
JOHN MONTOYA
Superintendent
ANDRE KEATON
Superintendent
CHAD STIVENDER
Superintendent
ROBERT PEACOCK
Superintendent
BRANDON CARGILE
Superintendent
EDDIE BATTISTA
Superintendent
MICHAEL SCOGGINS
Superintendent
TIM RAINEY
Superintendent
CALVIN WARGO
Superintendent
DANNY BOSWELL
Superintendent
ANDRE KEATON
Superintendent
BRANDON CARGILE
Superintendent
EDDIE BATTISTA
Superintendent
ISAAC HUTCHISON
Assistant Superintendent,
Trident Interiors
ALLEN CABARUBIO
Foreman
GERRY MARTINEZ
Project Engineer
DAVID HERNANDEZ
Project Engineer
TAMARA CHINCHILLA
Estimator
CORBIN WILSON
Pre-Construction Engineer
Amy initially joined Trident’s sister company, The Wilkinson Group, in 2013 and ultimately transitioned to TCG fully. She is now an integral member of the Trident family handling everything from finance and accounting, to human resources and benefits, information technology,
and marketing.
AMY COATES
Controller
Deneen has more than 30 years of accounting experience. She has been with Trident since 2013 when she joined its sister company, Wilkinson Real Estate Advisors.
After the sale of Wilkinson’s
property portfolio in 2020, she transitioned to TCG.
DENEEN SULLIVAN
Accounts Payable and
Contract Administrator
SUSAN LINNIHAN
Office Manager
CAMERON MCGOWAN
Director of Talent Development
SUSAN RANCIFER
Project Coordinator