Live Outdoors Steve Huber, President and Head of Sales; Craig Linnenbrink, Vice President of Construction; and Marshall Wallman, Director of Design. The four core employees, all still married to their first loves, have worked together for so long—over 15 years now— that Curt can’t remember a time when he didn’t have his “Band of Brothers” at his side. Each took a leap of faith, albeit at different times, to join Curt and help him establish a hold in the 500k-and-up housing market, which Omaha’s corporate culture sustains. The comfort level among the four men and innate trust in each other stem from similarities in their backgrounds. All were born in small towns. Each had several siblings. Their fathers or grandfathers worked with their hands. All were drawn to design, drafting or building things at a very young age. “As long as I can remember, even in kindergarten, I always wanted to draw houses,” said Marshall, the company’s in-house designer who was born in Syracuse, Neb., and raised in La Vista. “My first job out of college was drawing up plans for houses for local builders. I met Curt through the plan service company where I started.” Curt calls Marshall, who has three sons, “the dreamer.” In his earliest days of building houses, Curt noticed Marshall’s designs and “loved his stuff.” “What I love about Marshall and our firm as a whole, we have no agenda other than what our clients want us to create. Marshall is a very humble guy, a good listener and he’s not fixated on a certain look. He’s highly creative and original while giving clients what they want,” said Curt. While Marshall designs a client’s hopes and dreams, Craig has to manage their expectations. “Craig can come across as stoic, real black and white because he cares about controlling costs and being a steward of their money, but the more clients get to know Craig, they more they like him and want to work with him,” said Curt, who calls Craig “the meat-and-potatoes guy.” Craig’s laid-back nature may stem from his place among eight brothers and sisters. As the third eldest growing up in West Point, Neb., Craig seemed to be his father’s first choice whenever it came to getting up early on a Saturday to fix up some of the rental properties his father owned in town. >> www.ReadOnlineNow.com
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