John Paolin

About John

John Paolin is a versatile business development leader with over 30 years of experience in marketing, business development, and account management. His clients include business owners and outside counsel. He specializes in matching clients with the optimal expert consultant and supporting accounts through the project lifecycle. His marketing expertise helps clients gain industry exposure through seminars, industry papers, and webinars. John has produced and moderated multiple industry panels and has authored a multitude of industry articles.

John’s clients span a variety of industries, with most clients being litigation attorneys in construction, government contracts, forensic accounting, and commercial damages.  He is also the leader of HKA’s Airport Capital Improvement initiatives for the Americas.

John serves on the board of ACI-NA’s Operations and Technical Committee and is on the advisory board of the CMAA – Mid Atlantic chapter. He was a co-creator of the ACI-NA Airport Construction Strategy Summit. In its 18th year of production, John was the initial leader of the events planning committee and remains active as one of the leaders today. With two colleagues, he created and produced the 2020 ABA Forum on the Construction Law Covid Response webinar series. The series won an Engineering News-Record News Maker award. He was a contributing author of multiple editions of the Airport Owners Guide to Project Delivery, which serves as the industry standard for airport capital improvement project delivery.