Our Founders

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John Tampa

Founder/CEO

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Nash Patel

Founder/Chairman

Operations

Doug Marks – Vice President of Operations

Denise Vanderpool – Regional Director of Operations

Merlin Wan – Regional Director of Operations Full Service

Cristina Tampa – Regional Director of Operations

Sales

Lorraine Johnson – Regional Director of Sales

Jan Baird – Regional Director of Sales

Aaron Watz – Regional Director of Sales

Human Resources

Gabriela Sirbu – Director of Human Resources

Donald Rickett – Director of Employee Relations

Jenifer Prokofiew – Corporate Director of Training & Development

Marcella Tampa – Corporate Administration

Sweta Singh Neha – Recruitment Specialist

Anthony Cintron – Payroll Admin

Accounting

Scott Desai – Controller

Flor Guzman – Office Manager

Ihsan Aljundi – Corporate Internal Auditor

Cassie Sears – Senior Accountant

Valarie Reid – Purchasing Director

Archana Joshi – Accountant

Matt Saraswat – Accountant

Madhurri Reddy – Accountant

Donovan Johnson – Accountant

 

Engineering

Daniel Tampa – Director of Development & Renovation

Jim Hotka – Regional Director of Engineering

Joshua Smith – Area Director of Maintenance

IT

Luc Stringer – IT Manager

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