John Sjolund has a tall order, working for Macklowe Properties, as senior project manager for the massive tower at 432 Park Avenue, which is one of the tallest residential condominiums in the world. His background as a top site safety manager is apropos, given the towers dizzying heights.

Before his stint at Macklowe, Sjolund was director of field operations and a certified site safety manager for the International Safety Group, a leading safety compliance firms focusing on construction. Sjolund also has worked as senior project superintendent at construction firm Cauldwell Wingate, and as superintendant for both Turner Construction Companya position he held for ten yearsand then at construction firm OD&P. He also spent four years as an executive at VJB Construction Company.

Sjolund has a civil engineering degree from Manhattan College, and a construction management degree from Stevens Institute of Technology. -NR