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Keith’s mentorship and servant leadership approach has propelled the company to achieve unprecedented success in a time that has challenged many �������� companies due to labor and supply chain constraints. Since Keith’s appointment to CEO and Chairman in 2021, Poettker’s revenue has more than doubled from $183 million to $404 million in 2024.

A major factor in the company’s financial success is the relationships and strategic partners that have helped the company grow over the years. To serve those relationships better, Keith moved to the Charlotte area to oversee the firm’s southeast expansion efforts and lead this strategic growth effort.

Centrally located across all of the firm’s market sectors, Charlotte was an ideal market for establishing an office to better serve its clients looking to expand their real estate portfolio in the region.

Keith’s eye for growth and development, along with his core values grounded by faith, trust, mutual respect, and “The Golden Rule,” have secured the company with some wonderful partnerships throughout the region.  His decision-making process is based on a long-term approach centered around what is in the best interest of protecting and growing the relationship. Since 2023, the company has managed over 3.3 million SF of distribution and warehouse projects in the Carolinas, and industrial buildings represented the largest share of Poettker’s revenue that year. Also that year, Poettker made the Charlotte Business Journal’s largest general contractors list and has since ranked as one of the Top 30 largest general contractor firms for two consecutive years.

When Keith took on the role of CEO and Chairman after his father’s untimely passing in July of 2021, he continued his father’s leadership approach of treating employees, clients, business partners, and subcontractors as family. Keith has prioritized investing in his employees early on and continuously, as evidenced by the company’s impressive 10-year average employee tenure. Today, many of Poettker’s employees are second- and third-generation workers with deep family ties to the company’s inception, and those employees have helped solidify a family-first culture by embracing an atmosphere where everyone has the knowledge, training, coaching, and oversight to be aware of their surroundings and look out for one another.

Keith has created a culture that rewards hard work, empowers employees with the ability to make decisions, and provides them with training and opportunities to grow and expand their talents and career aspirations. In addition, the Poettker Team partners with community and technical colleges, associations, higher education schools, and universities throughout the Southeast region, leveraging their talents and excellent workforce development programs to create a robust workforce filled with talent, leadership, passion and the willingness and empowerment to mentor and coach others.

Recognizing that employees perform best when they know and understand their coworkers, Keith fosters team bonding through events like the annual holiday party, chili cookoff, cornhole tournament, lunch and learns, food truck visits, and family outings at various Charlotte professional sport team games.