Charles Antis- RCS Influencer

Founder/CEO of Antis Roofing & Waterproofing Charles began his career as a roofing professional in 1984. Since then, he has become one of the most trusted names in the Southern California roofing industry, as well as an inspirational business leader championing social corporate responsibility. A well-respected and widely known roofing expert, entrepreneur ...

Colin Sheehan

Colin Sheehan is an intern at RoofersCoffeeShop® working as a reporter. He is an undergraduate student on track to graduate with a B.A. in English this December 2020. Colin loves working remotely as a writer/reporter and is planning on continuing to do so after his internship and graduation. Colin also writes songs and performs for the band Ellsworth, a collaborative project between him and his partner Megan. 

Danny Kerr- RCS Influencer

Director of Assessment Professional Danny learned two important things as a young age: to work hard and be humble in everything he does. Coming from a modest family, he was forced to create his own success in life. As a Dyslexic student in school, he was treated differently throughout his upbringing and ...

Greta Bajrami- RCS Influencers

Chief Executive Director Greta Bajrami is the CEO and founder of Golden Group Roofing located in Westborough, Massachusetts. Greta migrated to the USA at the age of 9 from Tirana, Albania. Greta Bajrami grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts where she attended Worcester State University. While attending her senior year in college, ...

Heidi J. Ellsworth- RCS Influencer

RoofersCoffeeShop.com, HJE Consulting, Chairperson for National Women in Roofing Heidi J. Ellsworth, is a partner with RoofersCoffeeShop.com.  She has been working in the roofing industry since 1993 and has held positions with Malarkey Roofing, Carlisle Construction and EagleView Technologies, Heidi also founded her current roofing-focused sales and marketing consulting group in ...

Karen Cates - PHD, Author

Karen Cates has been a consultant to the roofing industry for nearly 25 years. She is a founding faculty member of the National Roofing Contractors Association’s Future Executive Institute (FEI) where she focuses on leadership and people management. After nearly 26 years on the faculty at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School ...

Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor

Karen L. Edwards has been a marketing professional for 30 years and has focused the past 20 years on marketing for the roofing industry. Having worked at both Carlisle Syntec and EagleView, she has led prominent industry marketing and contractor marketing programs. Karen now owns her own consulting business, Casimir ...

Lauren White, RCS Reporter

Lauren joined the RoofersCoffeeShop® family in 2019 as a reporter.  She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and a Masters in Arts and Teaching from the University of Portland. Seeking a way to combine both degrees, she found success through writing articles to both teach and promote products ...

Mandy McIntyre - RCS Influencer

Mandy McIntyre, Operations Officer, 1st Choice Roofing Company  Mandy McIntyre is the Service Operations Manager at 1st Choice Roofing Company in Cleveland, Ohio.  Mandy grew up surrounded by construction, as her parents operated their own general contracting business – it was only natural to find a career that was cultivated from her roots. ...

Martin Stout- RCS Influencer

President of Go Roof Tune Up, Inc. Mr. Stout is the President of Go Roof Tune Up, Inc. The company  focuses  primarily on; inspecting, reporting, repairing and warranting single family homes. Go Roof Tune Up is active in Southern and Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, Washington and Florida. He currently serves on ...

Michelle Boykin - RCS Influencer

Michelle Boykin is the Chief Operating Officer and Integrator of Rackley Roofing Company, Inc.  Michelle joined Rackley in 2010 and has assisted in the exponential growth of the company across Tennessee.  She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Middle Tennessee State University.  Michelle is heavily involved in ...

Mike Pickel- RCS Influencer

Director of Construction Operations Mike Pickel has 40 years of experience in both residential and commercial construction having started out as a framer, then he moved into project superintendent roles and spent years working as a project manager where he managed multi-million-dollar projects from start to finish. Mike co-founded Georgetown, Texas-based Texas ...

Rudy Gutierrez - RCS Influencer

President & CEO, SHELL Roofing Solutions Group Over the last twenty-five years I have developed strategies for companies with a focus on sustainable construction and energy efficiency. My experience in single-ply membrane systems, geo-thermoplastic membranes and chemical liquid applied systems was instrumental in developing market share for Carlisle Construction Materials.  I am ...

Seth Pietsch - RCS Influencer

President - Integrity Insurance & Bonding Inc Seth T. Pietsch was born with a competitive spirit having come from a family of six boys. Having to work exceptionally hard for everything he got instinctively became second nature. Seth began working in the insurance industry in December of 2007 at the start of ...

Thea Dudley - RCS Influencer

In her three decades of work as a credit and collections officer, Thea Dudley has trekked across deserts to recover goods, taken FBI interrogation classes to learn negotiators’ “tells” and suffered through more lame reasons for extending credit then she can count. She knows how to decide who's worthy of ...