To build the mammoth projects, you start with building the small ones, prove your ability to scale up successfully, build trust with your client and partners, achieve success, and repeat. That was the formula that Chris Szeliga brought to the team in 2014 as the Austin Office Lead. Almost a decade later the office has turned around its position in the market to become the number one builder (by billings) in Austin. It was never about becoming the biggest builder, he said, it was about becoming the best one.1