Jason Novo was born and raised Concord, California (east Bay Area), and early in life found himself on construction job sites. He started as a carpenter, then worked his way up to being a project foreman, and eventually a project manager. Initially he focused on residential remodeling, but eventually is career lead him to the telecom industry overseeing the installation of cell phone towers and associated infrastructure throughout Washington, Idaho and Oregon.

Luckily for Life Design Build, the telecom work introduced Jason to Central Oregon, were he decided to settle in Prineville. As a congruent lifestyle decision, he also made the conscious decision to go back to swinging a hammer, where he was happiest, focusing on framing and building custom homes.

In his free time, you can find Jason with his son, Dominick, building and collecting LEGO, fishing, watching sports (football, basketball and baseball), and smoking meats (he has 4 or 5 different smokers).