Travis W. Foster

Growing up in Illinois in a con­struc­tion fam­ily, I had no choice but to become involved in the busi­ness. My par­ents, as well as my extended fam­ily, all worked con­struc­tion. At the age of 15, my first job was work­ing for small con­trac­tors. It was at this point that I devel­oped a pas­sion for car­pen­try and all things con­struc­tion. This pas­sion has stuck with me into my adult life and I became an Entrepreneur at age 17.

After two sum­mers of hard work in con­struc­tion, I wanted to start my own busi­ness and become my own boss. I decided to try my hand at roof­ing. Seventeen was too young to have an estab­lished rep­u­ta­tion as a reli­able con­trac­tor so my par­ents went with me to help bid jobs, back up my abil­ity, and lend cred­i­bil­ity to my busi­ness! During that first sum­mer I com­pleted 16 roof­ing jobs, 12 decks, and poured 4 con­crete dri­ve­ways! I ended the sum­mer with an excel­lent port­fo­lio and very good rep­u­ta­tion. I returned to school and con­tin­ued my edu­ca­tion in the build­ing trades.

After six years work­ing in skilled trades I started my own con­struc­tion com­pany. From installing gut­ters, fas­cia, sof­fits, sid­ing, and win­dows, my busi­ness expanded to include new con­struc­tion, roof­ing, fram­ing, cus­tom kitchens, bath­rooms, and more.

The hands-on, fast-paced expe­ri­ence of con­tract­ing, con­struc­tion, and man­ag­ing projects from start-to-finish led to my other pas­sion — dri­ving race­cars. I moved to North Carolina after being hired to drive for NASCAR leg­end, Todd Bodine. When Bodine’s spon­sor­ship money ran out I was back in the con­struc­tion busi­ness in a new and excit­ing loca­tion with a much bet­ter climate.

Making North Carolina my new home was an easy deci­sion. Along with the good weather and friends that I made on the rac­ing cir­cuit came an excel­lent envi­ron­ment to start a busi­ness and a fam­ily.