Joe Lackey

About Joe Lackey

I work at the intersection of capital, delivery, and teams—turning complex ideas into built reality at scale. My career has been spent leading large, high‑consequence construction and infrastructure efforts where schedule, cost, and reliability genuinely matter.I’ve had the opportunity to help launch new regions, expand multi‑site portfolios, and bring clarity to complicated delivery environments by aligning people, data, and decision‑making. I’m most effective in settings that require judgment, adaptability, and steady leadership rather than heroics.I care deeply about how work gets done. Strong relationships, clear expectations, and a sense of shared purpose are not soft values to me—they are practical tools for achieving consistent results. I aim to create teams that are challenged, trusted, and engaged, and that take pride in both outcomes and how they arrive there.I’m particularly interested in how data analytics, emerging tools, and AI can simplify complexity, improve foresight, and free teams to focus on the work that actually moves the needle.I’m always open to thoughtful conversations with people building meaningful, capital‑intensive platforms.

Experience

1. Manager of Construction

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Apr 2024 — Present · Jackson, MS, US

Education

• Auburn University

  BS, Building Construction

  1989 — 1994

Skills

• Renovation
• Constructability
• Subcontracting
• Design-Build
• Construction
• Suretrack
• Proposal Writing
• Project Management
• Estimates
• Masonry
• Pre-Construction
• Project Estimation
• Submittals
• Leed Ap
• Cpm Scheduling
• Carpentry
• Contract Management
• Leed
• Framing
• Construction Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Concrete
• Contractors
• Value Engineering
• Change Orders
• Project Bidding
• Process Scheduler