James L. (Jay) Tribble received his Architectural Engineering degree from the University of Texas. In 1968 he founded and is Chairman or the firm of Tribble and Stephens Co. which grew to over 1,000 employees. His company has worked in 14 different states and constructed in excess of US$ 2.0 billion of commercial and industrial building projects. They are currently operating at the $100 million per year level of completed construction projects. He has been guest lecturer at Texas A&M University, University of Florida, Auburn University and published articles in ENR.