President
Benton Blackburn
Benton Blackburn is the President and principal owner of Innova Services and its related companies. Ben has been with Innova since 2004, and has led its efforts in owner’s representative services, general contracting, capital project management and building diagnostic services. He has personally overseen the successful completion of a wide variety of housing projects, including single family, townhome, historic rehabilitation, urban infill, high rise and student housing developments. In Innova’s capacity as General Contractor, Ben has successfully led large-scale renovation projects, specializing in affordable multifamily housing preservation projects with tenants in place.
Ben has been a construction professional since 1993. Prior to joining Innova, Ben served as Project Manager for Denver-based Shaw Construction where he was responsible for $100 million in construction projects per year. At Shaw, he chose to focus his efforts on the affordable multifamily construction market, becoming an expert in the administration, estimation and scheduling of HUD and tax credit financed projects. Ben holds a B.A. in English Literature from Dartmouth College and a Master in Business Administration from the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver.