Kenneth Lechner
Earlier this year, Kenneth Lechner became one of four people at Chicago-headquartered ESD to be promoted to senior vice president. Lechner is a senior project manager in ESD’s Global and High Performance Buildings Vertical. Having spent nearly his entire career with ESD, he has more than 25 years of mechanical engineering, client relationship management and project management experience for both domestic and international projects. He has successfully managed a wide range of small and large projects, including super-high rises, public assembly buildings, convention centers, residential, hospitality, commercial office, industrial and institutional projects, and currently serves as project manager for Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Lakhta Tower in St. Petersburg, Russia.