Blake Thompson, CPSM
Since 2024
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AEC marketing professional
Blake leads comprehensive national aviation marketing strategy and business development for Swinerton, one of the nation’s premier 100% employee-owned construction companies with 136 years of excellence. As National Aviation Lead and Manager, National Aviation Marketing based in the Greater Seattle Area, he drives strategic positioning, client relationship development, and market expansion across Swinerton’s aviation and aerospace construction services serving airports, airlines, aerospace manufacturing facilities, and aviation-related infrastructure throughout the United States.
His expertise spans AEC strategic marketing with specialized knowledge in aviation and aerospace sector business development, proposal management, client relationship cultivation, and technical marketing across construction, design-build, construction management, and self-perform services. Blake brings comprehensive understanding of aviation construction marketing gained through progressive experience including roles at McCarthy Building Companies, Perkins+Will architecture firm, and Facility Group—building a career characterized by strategic thinking, relationship development, and what he describes as being a “Professional Dot Connector.”
With over 15 years of professional experience in the AEC industry since graduating from Berry College’s Campbell School of Business in 2007, Blake has built a distinguished career characterized by aviation sector specialization, strategic marketing leadership, and commitment to connecting people, opportunities, and solutions. His comprehensive knowledge of Swinerton’s full-service capabilities—encompassing commercial construction, construction management, design-build, preconstruction services, and specialized self-perform work including concrete, drywall, and renewable energy—enables effective national aviation marketing leadership for a $5 billion construction firm with over 4,300 professionals across 23 regional offices.
Blake demonstrates exceptional professional leadership through his CPSM certification achievement and national aviation sector marketing leadership at one of America’s largest employee-owned construction companies. His role as National Aviation Lead positions him as a key strategist coordinating aviation market intelligence, pursuit strategies, and business development activities across Swinerton’s 23 regional offices, ensuring the firm effectively pursues and wins complex airport terminal, airline facility, aerospace manufacturing, and aviation infrastructure projects nationwide.
As a self-described “Professional Dot Connector,” Blake’s leadership philosophy emphasizes building relationships, facilitating connections, and identifying opportunities where Swinerton’s capabilities align with client needs. This networking-focused approach has proven essential in the aviation construction sector where long-term relationships with airport authorities, airlines, aerospace manufacturers, and aviation consultants drive repeat business and strategic partnership opportunities.
Blake’s career journey demonstrates strategic advancement through progressive roles at respected AEC firms. His experience at Facility Group provided foundation in construction project support, followed by architectural marketing exposure at Perkins+Will, and construction sector deepening at McCarthy Building Companies before joining Swinerton’s national aviation marketing team. This diverse background across facility management, architecture, and construction provides comprehensive perspective on integrated project delivery and multidisciplinary collaboration essential to successful aviation projects.
His marketing leadership supports Swinerton’s culture of employee ownership where approximately 20% of 4,300 professionals hold direct stock ownership through discretionary bonus programs, while all eligible employees receive annual company stock contributions through the ESOP retirement program. This ownership structure—where no single employee can own more than 4% of the company—creates equitable distribution and shared accountability that Blake leverages in marketing Swinerton’s differentiated approach to client service.
As National Aviation Lead, Blake contributes to positioning Swinerton’s specialized capabilities serving major aviation clients across commercial airport terminals, airline maintenance and operations facilities, aerospace manufacturing campuses, air traffic control facilities, and aviation support infrastructure. His work supports Swinerton’s recognition as a trusted aviation construction partner with deep local market knowledge combined with national resources and technical expertise.
Blake’s Berry College education from the Campbell School of Business provided comprehensive marketing foundation enhanced through 15+ years of progressive AEC industry experience. His professional tagline as “Professional Dot Connector” reflects commitment to relationship-driven marketing approaches that create value through strategic introductions, collaborative problem-solving, and connecting client challenges with Swinerton’s innovative construction solutions.
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