100% Employee-Owned Since Our Inception

Our ESOP is one way we reward our team members. We provide annual discretionary distributions to each team member’s ESOP account based on company profitability (profit sharing). These funds are used to purchase ESOP shares, which are held in your account until you leave the company. As the company grows, the value of your ESOP shares increases, enhancing your financial future—all at no cost to you. This incentives all our team members to contribute to the profitability and growth of the company.

We have an annual share offering where company leaders and high performers are invited to purchase common stock shares. Receiving an offer for common stock is a recognition of your outstanding contributions and sets you on a path toward greater ownership and responsibility in the company. As we have a broad group of common stock shareholders, it also facilitates ongoing leadership recognition and transitions, ensuring we remain 100% employee-owned.

Many firms in the A/E industry have consolidated over the last few decades, leading to the rise of mega-firms, with tens of thousands of employees going through constant mergers and acquisitions. Also, many small- and mid-size firms have been purchased by outside private equity investors.

Mark Thomas takes a strategic approach to ownership transition and equity building. We are committed to remaining employee-owned, and have structured our ESOP and common stock programs to engage future leaders and proactively transition share ownership.