Executive Team

Sean Ross - President

Duties include developing client relationships, composing and reviewing proposals and estimates, ensuring quality control, and also responsible for overall management.

Sean Ross developed leadership skills in the United States Marine Corps. He added to his leadership and management skills while participating in large scale projects such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, NC Nucor Steel plant, Palm Beach International Airport Exchange, and a 125 unit historical building revitalization.

At the age of twenty-nine, Sean developed his first construction related company and grew it from the ground up to over 25 full time employees. This company focused on the finishes of high-end estates on the shores of Palm Beach and Broward counties. He then merged his firm with a large construction group whose gross was over $40 million a year. Under his continued management, the division grew to 50 full time employees.

Two years ago, Mr. Ross developed Aptcon and has successfully grown though the economic downturn. He completed a construction management project for a Charter School for grades K-8, and he has assisted in the completion of several other multi-million dollar commercial projects.

Mr. Ross sits on the Village Green Conservancy board, is involved in the Affordable Housing Committee, and is a volunteer for the Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad.

Claire Cox - Vice President

Duties include developing client relationships, meeting with future and existing clients to analyze their needs, and to assure Aptcon delivers quality products.

Claire Cox graduated from Clemson University where she studied accounting, with an emphasis on lean organizational structures with efficient and cost effective ways of operating a business. She has experience preparing business plans and strategic marketing ideas for companies to “go lean”.

Ms. Cox recently worked in sales for a diversified financial services company where she was very successful, even during the recent recession. In this position, she developed a network of potential clients throughout the Southeast, but particularly in Western North Carolina.

Claire has been a volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation since 2005 and has been an active member of their fund raising committee for the past two years. She has been very successful in finding patrons to donate money and services to this foundation.

Brad Johnson - Chief Estimator

Duties include expanding current client base, reviewing plans and specifications, developing detailed cost estimates and proposals of prospective projects, and attending pre-bid meetings.

Brad Johnson graduated from Western Carolina University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management. While in college, he received training and knowledge of new construction technologies such as computer estimating and scheduling software, gained experience in the field, and became familiar with the project management processes.

Brad enthusiasm and energy is refreshing and exciting; and we are pleased to introduce him as the newest member to our team here at Aptcon.