Expert Conversations
Roofing Road Trips Podcast: Wayne Altizer
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Topps continues to be successful with roof coatings and multi-use cleaner. The Vice President of Topps Products, Inc., Wayne Altizer, has been in the roofing industry for 25 years. Wayne is helping to grow the 30-year-old company, which recently changed ownership. With a seamless transition ...
Roofing Road Trips Podcast: Reed Hitchcock
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. ARMA is helping to educate the industry, combat the labor shortage and raising awareness about recycling asphalt. Reed Hitchcock, the vice president of the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA), speaks with Karen Edwards, RoofersCoffeeShop® editor, at the 2020 International Roofing Expo about some issues the industry faces ...
Sales Transformation Group Welcomes New Sales Team Podcast
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Founder of the Sales Transformation Group shares how he got started and introduces new sales team members. Ryan Groth, founder of the Sales Transformation Group, has found a unique connection between sports and the sales world. Ryan talks with Heidi Ellsworth, RoofersCoffeeShop® partner, about how he ...
All About Cotney Construction Law on the Roofing Road Trips with Heidi Podcast
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter Trent Cotney shares what makes Cotney Construction Law unique. Coming from a family of construction professionals, Trent Cotney has a passion for giving back to the industry. His company, Cotney Construction Law, which he started seven years ago, has a robust repertoire of practice areas, including: ...
Stories from the Roof Podcast: Mike Hicks
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. With his first taste of roofing at age six, Mike now successfully runs a drug-free roofing company and managed not to go bankrupt. “Sometimes I feel like I was born on a roof,” Mike Hicks shares. Starting at age six painting installation caps for his father’s ...
Roofing Road Trips Podcast with Heidi: Carol Perkins
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Heidi welcomes Carol Perkins, Director of Marketing, North America, IKO to chat about how she got into roofing and the history and success of IKO. In this episode of Roofing Road Trips Podcast with Heidi, we hear from Carol Perkins of IKO. Carol shared with Heidi ...
Stories from the Roof Podcast: Mark “Lefty” Holencik
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A self-taught roofer, Lefty started his own company and hired his two sons to work with him. Mark Holencik, known to everyone as Lefty, started contracting construction work in 1980 when he was just 25 years old. Now the owner of Holencik Exteriors in Coplay, ...
Podcast Shares How Generations Benefit from Working Together - Heidi and Vickie Show
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Hear 12 ways to better utilize and value the young people in your company. The Heidi and Vickie Show is centered around discussing issues that affect the roofing industry. In this episode, Vickie Sharples and Heidi Ellsworth, both RoofersCoffeeShop® partners, discuss a blog Heidi wrote concerning ...
Corey Johnston Delivers Tips and Tricks to Roofers - Stories from the Roof Podcast
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. From roofing at age 15 to Contractor Support Specialist, Corey has come a long way. Having been a roofer his entire life, Corey Johnston has a wealth of knowledge to share with other roofers. In his interview with Vickie Sharples, RoofersCoffeeShop® Partner, he explains how he ...
The Inside Scoop on Roofing Day and the NRCA - Roofing Road Trips Podcast
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Reid Ribble shares his perspective on Roofing Day, highlights, and NRCA membership benefits in this compelling Podcast. Roofing Day in Washington, DC is a successful and well organized event. When they say the event is for everyone in the industry, they really mean it. Participants ...







