Caleb Van Brunt wanted to find an alternative to some of the model rocket parts he was buying. “I wondered if it would be more lucrative to 3D print them, and so I bought my first 3D printer with the Christmas money I had saved up,” Van Brunt says. His dad, David Van Brunt, who…
What began as a fun summer job turned into a career for Jess Aldinger. She worked her way up in the Moyer Indoor | Outdoor retail store — first as an associate, then as manager — and also had stints in customer service, sales and in the field. She began her career at the company…
Lori Bryant learned how to care for her family pool by watching her dad, who died early last year. Like many during the COVID shutdown, Bryant had extra time on her hands — and decided to clean pools for extra income. “I think what pushed the idea was the fact that whenever I would call…
Tyler McClure’s love of outdoor living design was sparked by his high school job working for a local landscaping company. The owner took McClure under his wing and showed him the design and build process. Although the company focused on landscaping, building swimming pools and water features was often part of the job. After earning…
Josh Himme started as a laborer/helper at Professional Pool Services in 2013. After a couple of years at the full-service pool company, Himme knew he’d found an industry where he could thrive. He stayed at Professional Pool Services for five years, doing everything from running construction crews to service, sales, project management and basic design….
From washing dogs and digging trenches for conduit to managing retail locations and casting metal figurines sold at the Grand Canyon, Collin Parrish has had a lot of jobs. But when he began working as a service subcontractor for a pool company, he fell in love with the industry. A couple years later, he started…
When Daniella Rodriguez was dating her husband, JC, in 2016, she saw how passionate he was about the pool industry. He worked for his father’s company, Silver Springs Pools — and would stretch himself thin. Rodriguez was working as an esthetician but in her free time learned to use Pool Studio to help JC. “My…
JC Rodriguez was uninterested in being involved in his father’s pool business, Silver Springs, in El Paso, Texas. But he eventually started working as a pool designer and “quickly found out the industry ran in my blood,” he says. In addition to designing pools, he’s also worked as a construction supervisor and sales rep for…
Carlos Gonzalez had impressed the folks at Texsun Pools — so much so that when he quit cleaning pools after it conflicted with his college class schedule, they created a new position for him with greater flexibility. Gonzalez was put in charge of fixing all the vac-sweeps for maintenance customers. After that, revenue for cleaner…
The pool and hot tub industry has moved Allen Jerabeck from New York to Florida to California and back. When he graduated college, he joined Poolcorp’s MIT management training program in Jacksonville, Florida. Following that, he went to northern California, continuing his career with Poolcorp as a business development representative. He stayed for five years,…
Brandon Cox’s first job in the pool industry was cleaning filters. His parents, Patrick and Darling Cox, had a pool-cleaning route, and Cox’s main responsibility was washing out the filters once they got home. After a stint building acrylic spas, Cox’s parents joined Hines Pool and Spa in Austin, Texas, as a service technician and…
Alan Wiles was looking to get out of retail when the opportunity to join his sister, Ana Manning, at Manning Pool Service came along. Now he works alongside her, his brother-in-law and his brother. He started as a maintenance technician, and has risen up to salaried maintenance manager. In his role, Wiles says staying up…