
Minneapolis’ Knutson Construction hired Travis Pakonen as Director of Mission Critical, a newly created leadership role that reflects the company’s long-term commitment to mission-critical and digital infrastructure projects.
Pakonen will lead Knutson’s efforts to support clients building data centers and other highly specialized facilities where reliability, speed to market and operational continuity are essential.
Pakonen joins Knutson with more than 25 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as Market Executive at Mortenson, supporting some of the nation’s largest hyperscale data center campuses, where he led strategic growth, program management, organizational development and operational excellence.