Rodney Ruebsahm Send email Mr. Ruebsahm has been President and CEO of Armko Industries, Inc., since its inception in January of 1983. He received an MBA degree in 1972 with concentration in management, marketing, and finance. Prior to starting his own company, Mr. Ruebsahm was employed with ATI, from 1972 – 1982, where he was involved in the diagnosis of roof issues on all types of buildings and their surfaces. He has continued to coordinate and design roofing programs for several state entities of Texas as well as municipalities and private industries. He has also directed the training of countless employees of other companies and public entities in becoming knowledgeable about roofs, their problems, and the best long-range maintenance procedures. He has given numerous lectures and seminars on roofing to organizations such as Texas Association of Hospital Engineers, Building Owners and Managers Association and different state agencies of Texas. Mr. Ruebsahm is constantly being consulted on various articles by trade magazines and has written a chapter on the Design, Function and Maintenance of the Built-up Roof System for the Building Owners and Managers Association published manual. Memberships Roof Consulting Institute Construction Specifications Institute Mike Barton Send email Vice President of Armko Industries, Inc. Education University of Houston - majoring in Business Administration Experience Registered Roof Consultant (RRC). Recognizing the need for qualifications and standards in an unregulated industry, Roof Consultants Institute (RCI) developed the RRC program whereby roof consultants can establish their credentials. The RRC title represents a high level of competence, experience, and ethics, as well as a commitment to continuing education. A Registered Roof Consultant must have demonstrated certain minimum requirements regarding education, personal work experience, character, and ethics. Affiliate member of RICOWI (Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues). RICOWI is a not-for-profit corporation established for the purpose of education and research. Affiliate members include educational and testing facilities, academia and others involved in the science of roofing. Team member of RICOWI Wind Event Investigation Team. The goal of this program is to determine and generate reports that will document roofing systems that fail or survive major wind-storm events that will provide educational materials for roofing professionals to design wind resistant roofing systems. The data will be used to improve building codes, roof systems, building design, and educate the industry and public. Lectured extensively to Contractor, Architectural, School Administrator, Plant Engineering and Facility Director groups, as well as to Purchasing Agent and Risk Management groups, sharing lessons learned from numerous moisture intrusion roof investigations. Memberships American Institute of Plant Engineers Construction Specification Institute National Roofing Contractors Association Roof Consultants Institute - Registered Roof Consultant (Registration #0172) Affiliate Membership in RICOWI, serving on the Wind Event Investigation Team (WIT) Dean Miller Send email Education Graduate Electrical Engineer, University of Arkansas, 1965 Experience Plant Engineering and Corporate Engineering staff positions for Pillsbury Company, 1970 through 1975 Roof Sales and Consulting since 1975   Numerous projects completed for institutional, commercial and industrial clients. Developed specialty roof designs including high humidity designs for the Pulp and Paper Industry. Assisted manufacturers in product development and need definition for Pulp and Paper Industry high humidity roofing systems. Authored various articles for trade journals on design and maintenance of roof systems and development, and management of roofing programs for multiple-building facilities. Conducted seminars for various organizations and clients. Subjects have included Non-destructive Testing, Roof Maintenance, Long Term Roof Management Planning, Roof Design, and Specialty Roof Design and Evaluation for the Pulp and Paper Industry. Presented paper on Pulp and Paper Industry roofing design at international Engineering Conference (The TAPPI Engineering Conference, 1992, was advertised as "PROVIDING A WORLDWIDE FORUM FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH"). Currently have responsibility for nationwide development of ARMKO's Pulp and Paper Industry Roofing Division. Responsibilities include supervising sales and consulting personnel, personnel development and training, contractor training and Pulp and Paper Industry sales and marketing. Jack McGovern Send email August 1983 to present - Armko Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX   Roof System Specialist. Responsibilities include all phases of roof analysis and design of existing facilities including problem analysis and site investigation, design of new system, budget planning and project cost estimation, specification writing, contract administration and project management. January 1981 to August 1983 - Construction Management Services, Philadelphia, PA   General construction services including Project Assistant, contractor coordination and scheduling, marketing and bidding. Memberships National Roofing Contractors Association Roof Consultants Institute Mike Perry Send email Education Bachelor of Science, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science (1982) Roof Industry Education Institute Continuing Educational Seminars on Roofing Technology Experience 2001 to present – Armko Industries, Inc   Has performed roof survey and analysis to assist in establishing roofing needs for customers. Responds to clients with reports and documents. Provides documentation for budgeting, recommendation of appropriate applicable roof systems, specifications, daily progress reports of projects and assisting in close out documents and reports for client’s projects. Provides clients with pre-bid or proposal meetings to ensure work to be performed is understood by the contractors prior to bidding. Assists with bid openings and responds with recommendations of qualified contractors. 1978-2001   Served as Director of Facilities for multiple Public School Districts with responsibilities including managing multi million dollar budgets, scheduling and overseeing multiple projects, scheduling employees and contractors for work to be completed throughout the District. Responsible for providing a comfortable and safe environment conducive to learning for the students of the Districts. Served on design and long-range planning committees for the districts. Memberships AIA American Institute of Architects, Associate Member ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers CEFPI The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International NRCA National Roofing Contractors Association RCI Roof Consultants Institute TASBO Texas Association of School Business Officials TSA Texas Safety Association   Jim Barton Send email Education University of Houston, majoring in Business Law Registered Roof Observer Experience 1991 to present - Armko Industries, Inc.   Has performed roof analysis and established priorities for roofing, made recommendations and budgets, provided bid documents, quality assurance and detail preparation for schools, municipalities, hospitals, government, and blue chip private industry accounts. Presides over pre-proposal and pre-construction meetings. Specializes in working with Architectural and Engineering firms in assisting with roof design. Maintains multiple facility accounts. Has personally written over two million square feet square feet of roof specifications (2,111,000) representing 77 buildings Memberships   American Institute of Planning Engineers Construction Specification Institute National Roofing Contractors Association Roof Consultants Institute Registered Roof Observer (Registration #0202) Dennis Hearn Send email Regional Vice President/ Roofing System Specialist. Experience March 1983 to Present – Armko Industries, Inc. Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christie and Lower Rio Grande Valley   Responsible for over 500 New and Reroofing projects throughout the State of Texas. Responsibilities include roof analysis, site investigation, budget planning, contract administration, specification writing and project management for Architects, School Districts, Colleges, and various State agencies. Memberships   Roof Consultants Institute Field Observers Randy Lawrence Send email Education 1976 High School North Branch, MN G.E.D. Windham School District 1982 Experience 2000-Present Armko Industries, Inc. Field Inspector: Assist with roof survey reports, core analysis and evaluations, pre-bid and pre-construction meetings. Conduct leak investigation and offer recommendations. Provide communication between customer, contractor and architectural personnel, helping to solve situations before becoming problems. Conduct daily roof inspections, documenting daily reports with photographs during all stages of roofing progress from start to finish. Conduct final roof inspections. Have complete job history on computer disk. 1985 –2000 Fort Bend Independent School District, Sugarland, TX Roof Repairman: Investigate, locate and make all necessary roof leak repairs. Identify other non-roofing related leaks and assist in repairs. Monitor all district roofs and recommend and perform roof maintenance. Re-roof all composition shingle temporary building roofs. Conduct routine roof inspections on all roofs under warranty and notify district management, contractors or manufacturers of any needed repairs. Help plan roof replacement priority list. Inspect all new roof system applications in progress. Outline preventative roof maintenance program. Memberships Registered Roof Observer Patrick McCarthy Send email Education North Platte Senior High School – North Platte, NE – Graduated 1977 Central Technical Community College – Hastings, NE – Welding Roofing Apprenticeship Program Local 139 – Lincoln, NE – Journeyman Certificate - Fall 1984 Corporate Roofing Program – Beers Corporation, Atlanta, GA – 1996 Experience 1999 to Present Armko Industries, Inc. Flower Mound, TX. Director of Field Services 1995 - 1999 Independent Roof Consulting 1978 - 1995 Work experience in field with various contractors Application of roofing material on commercial buildings. Application of sheet metal, single-ply, Modified Bitumen Built-up Roofing (asphalt and coal-tar pitch), slate, tile, wood, metal, copper and composition roofing materials. Start to finish application of EPDM roofing products according to specifications. Supervision of specialty work crews. Evaluation and Testing Construction Documents and Specifications Construction Management and Planning Quality Assurance Observer Memberships Roof Consultant Institute Rodrigo Martinez Send email Has over ten years roofing experience in the Roofing Industry. Responsibilities include, roof observation, Project coordination with general contractor and sub contractor for the scope of work. Coordinate construction documents with architectural firms Memberships Roof Consultant Institute   Copyright © 2005-2006 - Armko Industries, Inc. All Rights Resrved.