Dirt Talk Podcast

Jason is BuildWitt’s President of Dirt World, encompassing our annual leadership event (the Ariat Dirt World Summit), and our community-building efforts on Dirt World Connect. After decades working in the construction and materials industries, working his way up from a shovel to company leadership, Jason’s now putting his skills to the test to help build the Dirt World’s next generation of workers and leaders!

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Clay Greene is the Construction Technology Department Manager at Garney Construction, America’s largest water and wastewater infrastructure contractor. Starting his career in the field, he now uses his experience to serve the thousands of Garney employee owners by effectively implementing the latest construction technology, from drones to software.

Learn more about Garney Construction at: https://www.garney.com/

Follow Clay on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-greene-80163559/

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Aaron shares the run down on what the heck the BuildWitt Dashboard is for company use and how this important system plays a role in Transparency Wins. 

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Judd is President of JP Excavating, a civil construction company that does just about everything, from mass excavation to paving, around the St. George, Utah area. He’s no stranger to trying new ways of doing things, most recently embarking on a fleet painting scheme and a new training effort.

Learn more about JP Excavating at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jp-excavating/

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Aaron lays out and elaborates on the eight lessons he learned in 2025.

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Andrew Brown is the Founder and Host of Trades Media, an organization dedicated to growing the trades through attracting and developing Gen Z. After decades of running a nationwide safety supply company, he made the plunge into promoting the trades full-time. Odds are you’ve seen his stuff!

Learn more about Andrew Brown at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-brown-b1736a5/

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Aaron shares his thoughts on the two week Christmas break and it’s impact on the BuildWitt team.

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Ben Warren is the President and Founder of Warren Land Solutions, a land clearing contractor working in the southern US. Now in his 30s, he’s learned a lot of lessons along the way!

Learn more about Ben Warren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-solutions/

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For the final installment of updates for 2025, Aaron recaps a recent office cleanup and why this is so important. Aaron also gives some final project and platform updates as the BuildWitt team closed out the year strong.

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Rod Bull is CEO of Komatsu North America… He leads a team of thousands building and supporting machines that move dirt, mine resources, and keep our world moving. Starting as an analyst, he worked his way through other OEMs, eventually landing at Komatsu with their acquisition of Joy Global in 2017. He officially took over as CEO of Komatsu North America in 2025.

Learn more about Komatsu at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/komatsu/posts/?feedView=all

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