Wells Concrete CEO and leadership

Dan Juntunen was named President/CEO for Wells Concrete in January, 2011. In this position, he is responsible for all phases of the organization, which include six production facilities and multiple in-house field crews along with Operations, Sales & Marketing, Corporate Services and Product Development, all focusing on a strong market presence from Canada to New Mexico and Wisconsin to Colorado.

Prior to being named President / CEO, Dan had served as the Chief Financial Officer since 2007. In that capacity, he was responsible for the company’s corporate services, financial management, human resources, and information technology.

Dan began his career in commercial banking, initially as a credit analyst and then as a workout officer with a portfolio consisting largely of troubled real estate and construction debt. Following his banking experience, Dan moved to the private sector and served in various financial capacities for private equity based mid-market companies. Immediately prior to his role with Wells, Dan moved out of the private equity environment and became a divisional Vice President of Finance for a $7B company that has manufacturing operations around the world

In addition to his role at Wells Concrete, Dan has served in multiple leadership capacities with the Precast / Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) and served as the Chairman of the Board in 2017.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of North Dakota and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ryan Stroschein is a CFO at Wells Concrete and is based in Albany, Minnesota. He has worked as Financial Analyst at Wells Concrete, Director of Finance at Wells Concrete, and Accountant at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Ryan studied at University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business between 2003 and 2008.

An operational leader with a proven track record in systematically improving operations, increasing revenues, decreasing cost and burden structures, and also developing internal teams and processes for on-going success.

Ryan has worked for Wells Concrete for a total of 23 years. He rejoined the Wells Concrete team in 2007, where he led the project management effort before returning to his engineering roots with a promotion to Chief Engineer in 2010. With over 30 years in engineering, 23 specifically in precast concrete, Ryan brings a wealth of experience in various aspects of precast delivery. He works closely with the Wells Concrete estimating and production teams, as well as engineering and field services partners to ensure projects are delivered to the expectations outlined. Ryan started with Wells concrete in May 1990. He has spent time in numerous positions in the company, including Field Services Engineer, Design Engineer, and Senior Project Manager. Ryan is currently the Chief Engineer and oversees the drafting and engineering departments at all of our sites. In addition, he spent seven years in the consulting engineering field, which exposed him to a wide variety of building materials and systems. His vast work experiences make him uniquely qualified to evaluate the various projects we encounter and propose the solution best fitting our customers’ needs. Ryan graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.

For almost 15 years, Wacker has developed and executed the marketing and communication strategy for Spancrete. As the Senior Vice President, she is responsible for all business development, preconstruction, estimating, marketing and virtual design functions.