The company is owned and operated by longtime friends and colleagues, Kelly Graves and Kevin Oertel. Together, their professional experience ranges from winemaking, to banking, engineering, heavy equipment operation, and of course construction project management.

• Kelly holds a BS and MS in Viticulture & Enology from UC Davis along with an MBA from Sonoma State University. His career began as a “cellar rat” in Sonoma County at a 1,000 ton winemaking facility. From there Kelly gained experience as a lender to wine industry followed by stints as a private label brand manager for a large wine group before landing at Constellation Brands, where he connected with Kevin. Recently, Kelly has been leading a beverage industry manufacturing service business focused on improving winemaking efficiencies. (LinkedIn)

• Kevin is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer with a degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and earned an MBA from Santa Clara University. Kevin holds a California contractors license while also owning and operating a North Bay civil contracting firm. After obtaining his engineering degree, Kevin worked for the highly-respected Summit Engineering. Following this, Kevin has held engineering and maintenance roles with some of the world’s largest wine producers. Holding both the PE designation as well as a contractors license, Kevin’s expertise allows GO Build to offer a full suite of services and solutions. (LinkedIn)