BuildOps
Led by U.S. Army veteran Alok Chanani WG10, BuildOps is “mission control” for contractors. The software platform manages scheduling and invoicing for workers across electrical, plumbing, and other blue-collar industries. Chanani’s reverence for the commercial trades started when he was a combat engineer; during his deployment in Iraq, he delivered U.S. currency to remote areas, inspiring him to help companies running on little to no technology. Today, BuildOps has eliminated antiquated systems — such as paper ticketing — for its clients, cutting billing time up to 73 percent. The Los Angeles Business Journal reported that BuildOps received a $127 million investment in March; the company was also named one of Forbes’s America’s Best Startup Employers and made the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
