Benjamin Strong

Benjamin Strong serves as the Chief Revenue Officer of The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX). VERTEX is a professional services consulting firm with over 700 employees and offices throughout the United States. Mr. Strong is responsible for VERTEX’s revenue generation processes, and ensures that all revenue-related functions are well-aligned and integrated, including Business Development, Marketing, Account Management and other customer support, pricing, and revenue management. The CRO’s goal is to grow the company’s revenue by streamlining these functions and creating strategic partnerships.

Mr. Strong has over 28 years of experience in the environmental, construction and insurance industries as a project manager and consultant. These responsibilities have included performing Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs), real estate portfolio review projects to assess environmental liability costs, Phase II subsurface contaminant investigations, soil and groundwater remedial projects, compliance audits and reviews, as well as conducting and managing lead and asbestos abatement, and indoor air quality projects. In addition, Mr. Strong has worked on various construction and insurance related projects as an assessor of risk and for determining capital expenditures and liability costs.

Mr. Strong has worked with Fortune 500 capital, private equity, REITs, lenders, developers, law firms, and insurance companies on numerous multi-million and billion dollar real estate portfolio and merger and acquisition deals, as well as development, construction, and forensic projects. Mr. Strong has also worked in support of various environmental and construction litigation matters involving contaminated properties, construction claims, and structural defects.

Education & Certification

M.B.A., Masters of Business Administration (MBA), University of Colorado
M.S., Marine Environmental Science, Sedimentary Geology, State University of New York, Stony Brook
B.A., Geology, Colby College

40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations Training
New York State Certified Asbestos Project Monitor /Air Sampling Technician
EPA Asbestos (AHERA) Certified Inspector
EPA Asbestos (AHERA) Certified Management Planner