Briq deepens construction leadership with Rick Walega joining as Vice President of Solutions

We are excited to announce that Rick Walega has joined Briq as Vice President of Solutions. Rick is responsible for leading the Solutions Team at Briq, which focuses on advising clients on the best approaches to connecting people, process, and technology with Briq to create efficiencies in their business. Briq’s Solutions Team is comprised of construction industry professionals with decades of experience working alongside the financial teams at ENR 100 contractors.

Rick joins us from Suffolk, one of the nation’s most innovative and successful builders and real estate enterprises, where he spent more than 17 years working in finance, accounting, and technology roles. Most recently, Rick spent the last four years leading the Enterprise Applications team at Suffolk, supporting both the Operations and Functional Excellence groups.

“Rick has nearly two decades worth of experience working alongside and leading the teams that have a deep understanding of the challenges that Briq is solving,” said Briq CEO and co-founder, Bassem Hamdy. “His expertise and knowledge of the complexities of managing the financials for one of the largest general contractors will add a ton of value to our clients and also support our Product team as we continue to transform how money is managed in construction.”

“Briq has designed a modern technology platform that will disrupt the construction industry and create positive change for both finance and operations teams,” said Rick Walega, Vice President of Solutions at Briq. “Briq’s mission to ‘make the lives of construction financial professionals easier and their companies more profitable’ aligned perfectly with my own passion. They’ve also built a company culture that is exciting, full of opportunity, and rewards every Briqster.”

Briq is a financial platform that enables construction companies to be more efficient and profitable. Briq automates financial workflows by connecting the people, processes, and systems that contractors use to run their business. By empowering contractors to make better business decisions, hundreds of companies rely on Briq to manage their budget, forecast, and spend. Briq operates as a distributed workforce with Briqsters working from various locations around the world. We are hiring!