Chris Carlson

CFO

Chris Carlson is a dedicated, hard-working, and detail-oriented business and accounting professional with over 25 years of experience in various industries.  She is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Lifestyle Contractors in Branson, MO.  She started her career in Tulsa, OK as an office manager and accountant for an insurance company.   After moving to Denver, CO she continued her career as the Corporate Controller for a medical device manufacturer and led that company to its acquisition by a large, publicly traded company.  In her next role as the Corporate Controller for a contractor to the US Department of Defense, Chris managed the finances from a simple start-up company to its eventual acquisition by one of the largest and most prestigious government contractors in the country.  She next became the Chief Financial Officer of a service company in the oil and gas industry.   Her primary focus was strategic positioning for financial growth and stability in the very volatile energy industry.  She also led in the development and acquisition of several companies in related industries that were either held or sold as part of her stability plan.  

She enjoys the challenges presented in many business environments and excels at problem solving, team building, and operating analysis. She is fully knowledgeable on all aspects of business accounting with expertise in profit and loss, balance sheet, cashflow, and ratio analysis statements. She has excellent proficiency in the areas of operations, human resources, budgeting, banking, and risk management. Chris holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Management from Northeastern State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.  

She enjoys spending her free time outside doing just about anything.  Her hobbies include raising cattle on the family farm, riding horses, training dogs, maintaining egg chickens, gardening, biking, hiking, and boating.  She loves hanging out with her very busy family and the family farm is a constant revolving door for them all!  

Jason Rickard

Construction Manager

Jason Rikard’s highly professional construction management expertise is derived from a unique blend of comprehensive experience and education in building design review, 
building inspection, building code analysis and construction  management of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects.  His career profile began as a Firefighter prior to progressing into building inspection, attaining a supervisory 
role in a municipal Building Department and finally  transitioning to the field of Construction Management.  His building inspection background affords him the advantage of possessing thorough code knowledge encompassing architectural and structural de sign and including all concepts of electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems as well as energy efficiency, green building and accessibility.  As an ICC certified building inspector in multiple trades, Jason benefited from the abundant amount of experience gained as a Supervising Building Inspector in mu nicipal jurisdictions.  His extensive code knowledge lends well to ensuring the highest standards for building safety and quality control in the building industry. 

Beginning with single family home construction management, Jason’s high aptitude for scheduling efficiency originated during his career as a Superintendent for a production home builder, where he operated under an aggressive construction schedule, managing the production of 160 completed housing units in 12 months.  His construction management experience has been further complimented by multi-family, commercial and mixed-use building projects including numerous high profile mid-rise, mixed-use building projects.  Jason managed the construction of, one of the first of it’s kind, all-wood podium buildings consisting of 2 stories of multi-family residential over heavy timber all-wood podium parking garage and retail.  He has overseen multiple mid-rise construction projects involving 5 story wood multi-family residential over 2 stores of concrete podium parking garage and retail.  Directing numerous historical building renovations, he maintained the historical integrity of the building while implementing seismic retrofitting and fortification together with new construction expansion to create award winning retail/housing projects enhancing the viability of downtown neighborhoods, keeping the charm and history of the community in-tact.  

Jason’s extensive credentials are backed by decades of practical application to the achievement of highly esteemed rapport in the field of construction management.  He understands that every construction project regardless of size and complexity is equally important to those commissioning them.  Jason utilizes the most advanced technology and applications, availing the most expeditious building schedules in order to optimize construction budgets.  His combined knowledge and experience delivers cost effective, timely and successful building projects with lasting quality that is a compliment and benefit to the whole community.