Construction finance platform Built Technologies named Bob Van Nortwick as Built’s first president. In the newly created role, Van Nortwick leads Built’s business units and product organization. He will focus on creating a more connected construction ecosystem amongst lenders and investors, property developers, builders, and contractors by improving the financial infrastructure of the industry and embedding next generation payments, financial products, and improved procurement of goods and services for its customers.
“As we continue to execute against our long-term strategy to expand and scale the Built platform and take the company into the global market, we saw an immediate advantage to adding Bob and the position of president to our leadership team,” Built co-founder and CEO Chase Gilbert said in a release. “His interest in construction and impressive background in technology, startups, and banking overall is ideal for this phase of our growth.”
Van Nortwick has more than 30 years of expertise in building successful, high-performing, and fast-growing operational and business teams along with go-to-market strategies and product development. Prior to joining Built, he spent more than 10 years at Amazon Web Services as the global general manager and director of the AWS Startups team. He was also a co-founder of Square 1 Bank, leading capital structuring, debt financing, and financial modeling efforts, after long-term executive positions at Comerica Bank and Bank of America.
“The passion Built has for helping construction industry stakeholders improve their outcomes as they build the world around us is unmatched,” Van Nortwick said. “It’s an exciting time to join the company, and I am looking forward to helping our customers create and unlock value from our platform and products, alongside leading organizational growth at Built as we continue our rapid growth.”