Mike Morton

PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP

Senior Vice President, WD Partners

Mike Morton is Senior Vice President of WD Partners, where he leads the Construction Solutions team through a new period of growth. He first joined WD in 2007 as a National Account Director, and rejoined in 2023 as Senior Vice President. With more than 25 years of experience leading teams and guiding organizations through change, he helps clients manage complexity and turn ideas into completed projects.

Mike has led major WD programs for McDonald’s, Tim Hortons, and VCA (Mars). Highlights include:

• McCafé: Delivered 700 projects in 18 months for McDonald’s McCafé rollout.
• Tim Hortons expansion: Led WD’s expansion into Canada to support Tim Hortons’ $400 million-a-year remodel program, opening two offices and hiring 125 associates.
• Project management training: Launched a training program with PMI that trained more than 100 WD associates, about 24 of whom earned CAPM, PMP or PMI-ACP certifications.

Mike facilitates WD’s Construction Leadership Roundtable, which brings together construction executives from major U.S. retail and restaurant organizations. Known for people-first leadership, he enjoys coaching the next generation of leaders.

Outside WD, Mike was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Phillips Tube Group (2019-2023), President of Capital Lighting (2016-2019), President of Gallant Construction, and Director of Client Services at Emerson (now Vertiv) (2010-2012).

Mike earned a bachelor’s degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and an MBA Operational Excellence from The Ohio State University. He holds three Project Management Institute (PMI) credentials: Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. A member of PMI, he has taught for PMI, guest lectured on project management at The Ohio State University, and writes for WD’s Wayfind blog.

Pump up song: Ain’t No Grave – Johnny Cash
Pre big moment ritual: Prayer
Favorite recharge method: A round of golf—and maybe a mulligan or two