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October 1, 2026
Building Leaders Underground w/ Jason Miller - DT 483
Jason Miller is the President of Midwest Mole, an employee-owned underground construction company specializing in tunneling, boring, and trenchless work. After a year at Indiana University taught him what he didn’t want to do, Jason went to work in the field alongside his dad, expecting it to be temporary. Within weeks, he was hooked on doing the kind of difficult work most people couldn’t—or wouldn’t—do. That curiosity eventually took him from the field to estimating and project management, and into a VP role before he turned 30.
He shares how Midwest Mole’s transition to an ESOP forced the company to rethink growth, equipment, and decades-old ways of doing business, and why fear can quietly keep good companies from changing until they have no choice. He also explains why construction’s biggest workforce challenge may not be finding more laborers and operators, but developing foremen and superintendents who know how to communicate, lead, and put the team ahead of themselves.
Follow Jason Miller on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmiller8
Learn more about Midwest Mole at: https://midwestmole.com/
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