Mr. Mason graduated from Park College with a BA in Business Management.  His experience includes part ownership in a home-building business, exposure to procurement, teaching at a junior college, working in the retail industry, providing technical expertise in commercial/residential/highway construction, and managing and/or inspecting construction projects here and abroad.  He spent the last 18 years assisting small minority– and woman-owned businesses receive certification for federal projects through the Texas Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.  He retired from the Air Force after 26 years of active and reserve service.