Using Skills-Based Emotional Intelligence Training to Improve Team Performance in Construction Management Programs

Jake is a PhD student in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. Jake’s research studies the processes by which public institutions deliver their capital projects through best value procurement. He has assisted research sponsors execute best value projects since 2002 and is currently the lead project manager and researcher for the Minnesota and Northern Midwest Regional efforts. Jake has supervised the procurement and risk management of over 100 best value projects, totaling $421M in project value ($357M of this in design, construction, and facilities management). The projects were delivered with various methods (Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, and CM at Risk), diverse scopes and trades (retrofit, new construction, tenant improvements, general / mechanical / electrical / roofing construction), at a wide range of public owners (school districts, cities, counties, states, universities, and the largest federal government purchaser of goods & services). In the past four years, Jake has given 74 presentations to over 2,200 people throughout the United States and Canada. Jake possesses a BS in Computer Information Systems and a MS in Construction Management. Jake is concurrently pursuing a PhD in Construction Management and a Master of Public Administration (MPA).