Management Team

The employees of The Porter Company are among the most experienced, well-trained professionals and craftspeople in the industry. At the management level, we offer tremendous collective and individual experience - on average, each of our managers and supervisors have more than 25 years of experience.

 

David M. Richards, CEO

Dave Richards serves as CEO. He draws upon his 30+ years of experience in the industry to benefit each and every client project.

Dave holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's in Industrial Administration from Purdue University. He has managed projects from coast to coast and began his career with The Limbach Company. Following which, he served as Vice President of Operations for the Emde Company in Houston, Texas and as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Dynamic Systems Inc., in Austin, Texas.

 

Aaron C. Richards, President, COO

Aaron Richards joined The Porter Company in 1995 after earning a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from Baylor University. He serves as President and COO of the company.

Aaron's project experience includes the University of Texas, Weaver Power Plant, Dell Headquarters, Applied Materials and Koch Microelectronic Chemical Company, just to name a few.

 

David K. Sietsema, Vice President and CFO

David Sietsema joined the Porter Company in 1996. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds both a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining The Porter Company he was the CFO/controller at Advanced Programming Concepts, Inc.

 

Stuart M. Cooper, Vice President

Stuart Cooper joined The Porter Company in 1993 as a plumbing and pipefitter apprentice. After completing a five year apprenticeship program, he joined the Porter Company’s Estimating Department. In 2010, Stuart became Vice President and now oversees our Estimating Department and Preconstruction Services.

 

James M. Richards, Director of Project Management

James Richards joined The Porter Company in 2000 as a Project Manager. He received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Oklahoma where he majored in Mechanical Engineering and is also a registered Professional Engineer with Texas. His project list includes, The Foundation Surgery Hospital, AMD Lone Star, Spring Condominiums, and the University of Texas Norman Hackerman Building; among many others.