Nadia Beane 28COOJack’s Magic ProductsJacksMagic.com Despite her father Jack encouraging Nadia Beane to work in whatever field she wanted, she found her passion at Jack’s Magic Products, the chemical company he founded 30 years ago. “Through high school and university, I worked in all aspects of the company — from receptionist to tradeshow coordination to…
Averi Edwards 28COO and service managerEdwards Pool ConstructionAndover, KansasEdwardsPoolConstruction.com Averi Edwards grew up around the pool industry and swimming on weekends at the lake or her grandparents’ pool, eventually joining the swim team. Her father, Steve Edwards, started a service company before she was even in elementary school that offers service, remodeling and building. Averi…
Noah Nehlich 39CEO/founderStructure StudiosStructureStudios.com A homework assignment in 2001 inspired Noah Nehlich, then 19, to eventually build Pool Studio, software that fundamentally changed the way swimming pools are designed and presented. Through many ups and downs, which included investors threatening to walk away and close the company more than once, and Nehlich spending his last…
Mike Leone 28OwnerPool Office ManagerPoolOfficeManager.com During high school, Mike Leone worked for a neighbor’s service company in Cleveland, Ohio, riding along with a senior technician. He started his own service company in 2011, and when an established company in the area went out of business, Leone’s business grew rapidly. “Overwhelmed with customers and employees, I…
Manning Pool Service HoustonManningPoolService.comPhotography by Derek Salyer David Manning, 29, Maintenance managerAna Manning, 29, COOJeffrey Manning, 31, Repair manager As of January 2020, the baton of ownership for Manning Pool Service in Houston, Texas, will be passed to the second generation: Brothers Jeffrey (Jr.) and David Manning and David’s wife, Ana. Jeff Sr. — who…
I am so excited to share PoolPro’s inaugural 30 Under 40, where we honor the underrepresented next generation of swimming pool industry leaders with much-deserved recognition. Some of these will be familiar faces, and others will be as new to you as they were to us. I hope you see yourself in their stories — either…
Cody King 31Zodiac Pool SystemsTechnical sales managerZodiacPoolSystems.com Cody King is a third-generation pool industry member. His grandfather, Doug Wilson, started Wilson Pools in Cartersville, Georgia, which his family still owns and operates. King did both construction and pool service for the family business growing up, and while he attended Ole Miss, he ran a pool…
Julie Johnson 37Store managerMission Pool & SpaMission Viejo, CaliforniaMissionPoolSupplies.com Three years ago, Julie Johnson applied at a Leslie’s Pool Store simply because she was on the hunt for a job and there was one near her house. “I had a retail background and thought I would just be ringing up pool toys,” Johnson says. “Little…
Matthew Boranian 36OwnerDoctor PoolKailua, Hawaiiyelp.com/biz/the-pool-doctor-kailua Matthew Boranian has been in the pool industry off and on since 2005, when he started as a swim instructor during college. It was there that he developed a desire to pursue a career in water chemistry. He worked for a few independently run businesses, and in 2012 was diagnosed…
Beau DeRohan 35OwnerGreat White Pool and SpaBoise, IdahoGreatWhitePoolAndSpa.com Beau DeRohan’s pool industry career began 18 years ago when his mom bought a hot tub. The company she’d purchased it from needed extra help, and DeRohan was paired with an experienced technician to learn the ropes. Over six years, DeRohan learned plumbing, electrical, pumps, filters and…
Austin, TexasPatriotPoolAndSpa.comPhotography by Thao Nguyen Hal Denbar, 36, PresidentNathan White, 37, Repair manager and company integrator Last year, INC magazine named Patriot Pool & Spa the fastest growing pool-industry company in the country. Based in Austin, Texas, it services nearly 800 pools a week and has more than 35 employees. Hal Denbar founded Patriot in…
Andrew May 29OwnerTriton Pool ServiceCumming, GeorgiaTritonPoolServiceGA.com Andrew May used to work in the automotive industry, traveling to auto shows as a product specialist, presenting for brands like Toyota, and as a performance driving coach for Porsche — which he still does when can find the time. “The problem was, I always had to travel and…