At re:fab, we work with the goal of “Everyday Until It’s Finished” as our internal motto.
Team
Dave is also the President of our sister brand, re:fab Living, and has been a Licensed Broker in the Real Estate business for over 20 years. With a huge involvement and background in the Southcoast area, Dave knows the ins and outs of this region's unique neighborhoods, needs, and features. Whether he is purchasing and flipping properties, managing short-term rentals or supporting his property maintenance team, Dave's main focus is making sure each client is extremely satisfied with every transaction from start to finish.
Constantly elevating his team, giving back to the community and finding unique solutions to industry challenges keep Dave busy – along with his five children, wife, Cheryl and several dogs and horses. In the rare event he’s not in the office, you can find Dave on a golf green, the ski slopes of Maine or relaxing with his family on the beach.
In 2020, Peter joined the re:fab team as our Director of Business Development, also overseeing our Recruitment and Development department. When it comes to paint, Peter’s areas of expertise are in sales, marketing, estimating, production, lifecycle cost analysis, budgetary cost analysis, product specifications and paint coatings failure analysis.
Over the past 40 years, he has received many awards and accreditations including:
- certification with the Rhode Island Small Business Entrepreneurial Training Program
- OSHA-10 certification
- KTE-Tator, Inc. paint coatings safety & health certification
- Sherwin-Williams ArmorSeal® epoxy advanced floor coatings certification
- Color Institute of America certification
- CertaPro Painters LTD Operations General Manager of the Year
- Sherwin-Williams Masters and President’s Club Recipient
During his time at Sherwin-Williams, he was an assistant manager, commercial sales rep, and specification consultant. He then went on to open his painting consultant firm for 2 years. Mark’s 42 years of experience pairs well with re:fab’s 31 years.
Before working in the paint industry, Mark worked with his dad at his real estate company. Instead of further pursuing a career in property management, Mark chose to start his career with Sherwin-Willams. We like to say he made the right choice! Over his 40 years at Sherwin-Williams, Mark won many awards including, Architectural Account Executive of the Year for Sherwin-Williams, The American’s Group. He also worked on over 5,000 projects. One of his most memorable projects was working with a team that painted the Providence Place Mall. He has also made many connections within several industries.
His specialty in the painting industry is architectural and industrial resinous floors, paints, fireproofing, sealants and marine coatings. Within his short time with re:fab, Mark has already hit the ground running and is coordinating in-house trainings for fireproofing and marine coatings.
In the Mid 90's, Mark became an architectural specifications salesperson, calling on New England architects and interior designers, working to find the right performance materials for commercial and residential projects with various hard surface materials. Working with both nationally recognized brands, he fought to keep and improve market share, while also building brand awareness of other, lesser-known brands, building "Brand Champions" and increasing sales.
In the last 2 years, Mark learned a new appreciation of commercial project estimation, the challenges and the steps required to bring a bid to clients requesting pricing.
Throughout his growth, some important tenants are ingrained in him:
- Listen, clarify, and listen again.
- It's not the sale, it's the relationship you want.
- Do what you say when you said you were going to do it.
- If you can't get it done in time, communicate.
- Show up.
- Find the clients problems, help them see it and feel the pain, get them to ask you to solve it, not sell them on a solution first.
- Show appreciation.
You are part of a team; the team wins because it takes a team to win.
Sergio brings estimating & project management experience to re:fab. His skill set consists of developing and completing estimates from drawings and specifications, including cost base analysis on materials and labor estimates for residential and commercial buildings. His knowledge of multiple estimating platforms will assist the estimating teams' capabilities.
Over the last three decades, Paul has been in many positions within the painting industry, from painter, foreman, franchise manager, franchise owner, sales and operations manager, estimator, and everything in-between. Being in several departments within painting industry, Paul has gained the knowledge and the know-how when it comes to all things paint.
Paul has also worked for many painting contractors, from local contractors in Connecticut, to national ones all over New England. Paul has earned many awards from previous companies, including Northeast Commercial Sales Associate of the year, twice.
Paul’s 36+ years of experience is a true advantage for our already well-seasoned team and for our clients. Paul brings not only a different set of eyes to every project, but he brings the experience to show his know-how to the rest of the team, whether they have been in the industry for 1 or 30 years.
Fun Fact: Sarah is also a big animal lover, always looking for new animals to befriend. She currently has 2 cats and 2 dogs of her own. She likes to draw and write in her free time and also loves to go on hikes and mini road trips with friends and family.