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Meet the team

Trait is run by two partners who stay close to the work — the estimate, the shop floor, the field and the books. That's how a job gets priced honestly, built correctly and closed out clean.

Partners

Who you'll actually be working with

No layers between you and a decision-maker. Both partners are reachable, and both are accountable for what leaves the shop.

Meagan Cheshier, Partner of Finance and Accounting at Trait LLC
Mark · Fin / Acct

Meagan Cheshier

Partner — Finance & Accounting

Meagan Cheshier is a Partner at Trait LLC, where she oversees the company's finance, accounting, and financial strategy. She manages the systems and financial controls that support Trait's continued growth, helping ensure projects are backed by disciplined budgeting, accurate reporting, and responsible financial management.

Working alongside Trait's operations team, Meagan provides the financial oversight necessary to support projects ranging from commercial service work to larger construction and government contracts. Her focus on organization, accountability, and long-term planning helps position Trait for sustainable growth while maintaining the responsiveness of a hands-on contracting company.

Education
B.A., University of Arizona
Background
Multiple medical device startups
Owns
Budgeting · Controls · Reporting
Austin Cheshier, Partner of Sales and Operations at Trait LLC
Mark · Sales / Ops

Austin Cheshier

Partner — Sales & Operations

Austin Cheshier is a Partner at Trait LLC, leading the company's sales, operations, and project development efforts. He works directly with customers, contractors, facility managers, and project teams from initial opportunity and estimating through field execution and project closeout.

Austin's role bridges the commercial and operational sides of the business, with a focus on developing practical solutions, coordinating field resources, and building long-term customer relationships. He helps lead Trait's work across commercial, industrial, and government projects involving gates, access control, perimeter security, metal fabrication, and specialty construction.

His approach is centered on responsiveness, problem-solving, and delivering projects safely and efficiently while continuing to expand Trait's capabilities and customer base.

Education
B.S., Statistical Economics
Background
Helped build and scale multiple fintech companies, including Octane and GoFi
Owns
Estimating · Field execution · Development
What the partners lead

Five lines of work, one crew and one set of books

Every scope below is self-performed and run out of the same shop in Argyle, Texas.

Perimeter Security

Crash-rated barriers, bollards, anti-ram fence and gates, delegated design and PE-sealed submittals for federal and critical-infrastructure sites.

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Structural Fabrication

Shop drawings, in-house fabrication and field erection for structural and miscellaneous steel packages.

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Industrial Construction

Heavy industrial and commercial scopes — foundations, equipment support structures, hangar and plant modifications, and full site build-outs.

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Site Infrastructure

Concrete, grading, fencing and the site work that keeps a package moving without a second subcontractor.

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Water Towers

Decorative and functional elevated storage — engineered, fabricated and erected.

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The Brand Family

Trait has been building since 2020. Gate Tech Pros — our DFW gate service, repair and installation arm — launched in 2025, alongside Crash Rated Perimeter, Crash Rated Gate, Fabricate My Gate and Build My Water Tower.

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2020
Founded
2
Partners
20+
Years Experience
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