Chris Cavanaugh 34OwnerCavanaugh Pool, Spa & PatioMadisonville, KentuckyCavanaughPool.com Chris Cavanaugh is a third-generation pool professional. He started helping out in the family business when he was a teenager, installing pools, helping in the store and doing service calls. After college, it didn’t take long for him to return home. “I came back and took over…
Justin Lex 33Service and renovations managerSwimming Pool Services Inc.Waukesha, WisconsinSwimmingPoolServices.com Justin Lex joined Swimming Pool Services in 2011 at the recommendation of a friend who was an employee. He started doing service and maintenance work in the field and eventually moved into the office. By 2013, he became the service manager. This year, he added…
Taylor Technologies The team at Taylor Technologies includes a number of young professionals poised to grow the company and industry. Here’s what they had to say about each other. Josh MaulerAssembly managerIn his 17-plus year career at Taylor, Josh has become known as a leader and problem solver. He values integrity and trust, both of…
Dustin Kauffman 34Aquatics sales managerProMinent Fluid Controls ProMinent.us Dustin Kauffman started at ProMinent in fall 2010. It was a winter job that would get him through until spring, at which point he’d return to his career as a PGA-certified golf professional. But he never left ProMinent. Kauffman has moved through several positions: Pump sub-assembly, receiving…
Spartan Pool & Patio Norman, OklahomaSpartanPoolAndPatio.com Jordan Demeter, 34, Co-ownerSam Stroud, 34 Co-owner Sam Stroud and Jordan Demeter both lost a parent to cancer when they were preteens. Then their parents married each other. Already best friends, they also became step brothers. Demeter’s grandfather, Don Demeter, owned Pools by Spartan and had been installing vinyl-liner…
Chet and Aly Goudy 36 & 34OwnersGoudy PoolsSeverna Park, MarylandGoudyPools.com Aly Goudy remembers the day her boyfriend called to asked if she wanted to lifeguard at the pool he managed. A college freshman, Aly thought mixing work and romance was a bad idea, but she took the job. Fifteen years and two kids later, Aly…