John A. Rapaport

John A. Rapaport, Esq. is the Chief Contracting Officer (CCO) and General Counsel (GC) for Component Assembly Systems, Inc./Component West, a national wall and ceiling specialty subcontractor with offices in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Maryland, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. John graduated from the University of Michigan Honors Program with a B.A. in History in 1986. Thereafter, he received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1989. After practicing construction law, John joined Component in 1991, a firm founded by his father Lew in 1964 and where he remains the company’s Chairman and CEO. John spearheaded the company’s efforts to digitize and modernize its technology infrastructure. Through his vision, the company was able to develop its own award winning proprietary software known as CASim, now in its fourth version, which tracks and update progress on its projects using the latest technologies. John serves on the New York City Bar Association's Construction Law Committee and The University of Michigan's Honors Alumni Council, among many groups. He is a Member of the Bars of Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C..