Sean Ashcroft
- Role: National Healthcare Core Market Leader
- Year started at DPR: 2015
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
- Education: Michigan State University
Sean Ashcroft helps healthcare organizations navigate some of the industry’s most complex challenges by connecting the right people, teams, and experiences at the right time. As DPR Construction’s National Healthcare Core Market Leader, Sean partners closely with internal teams, customers, designers, engineers, and trade partners to plan smarter, leverage shared experience, and deliver facilities that enable exceptional patient care.
Sean is deeply passionate about healthcare construction because of its purpose and impact. From acute care hospitals to advanced oncology and proton therapy facilities, he is energized by the complexity of healthcare environments and the alignment of diverse stakeholders around a shared mission: improving lives and strengthening communities. Sean’s work focuses on helping teams anticipate challenges, apply proven solutions, and create new opportunities in an increasingly technical and fast-evolving market.
Sean’s career in construction began long before DPR. He grew up working on home renovation projects with his father, learning the value of craftsmanship, quality, and pride in one’s work. He later entered the industry as a laborer in Detroit, gaining hands-on field experience that shaped his appreciation for the full construction process. That foundation led him to pursue construction management at Michigan State University and ultimately to DPR, where he joined the firm in 2015.
Over the course of his career, Sean has held roles ranging from field engineer and project engineer to superintendent and market leader, giving him a well-rounded, practical perspective. He is known for his collaborative leadership style, technical curiosity, and willingness to roll up his sleeves alongside project teams. Above all, Sean believes the best outcomes come from aligned teams focused on what’s right—not who’s right.
Outside of work, Sean enjoys woodworking and continually teaching himself new skills in his home shop.
Fun Facts
- Role: Healthcare Core Market Leader
- Favorite DPR Core Value: Ever Forward. To me this is all about continuous improvement, continuous learning, and continuous growth. This enables us to add more value to the customers we serve and the people we build.
- Favorite Thing About Construction: I love the teamwork that is construction, working with great people to do something that is bigger than ourselves, it’s the ability to tackle new challenges and use your brain ever day to create unique solutions and really impact our community by bringing something new that will serve people for years to come.
- If I had a Superpower: Flight
- Your Hero: My wife. She has an inner strength and mental toughness that I hope to someday come close to and—more importantly—I hope my children pay enough attention to. With that they can do anything.