CINCINNATI — STACK Construction Technologies announced the addition of Mike Sabol to its executive leadership team, joining in a new role as vice president of enterprise sales. Sabol most recently hails from GoContractor, bringing over 20 years of construction technology sales expertise to STACK.

In a previous position at Newforma, Sabol’s sales strategy helped scale their business from $8 million to $40 million in four years. This metric was a huge selling point for STACK, as the company continues to focus on growth in the subcontractor market with recent acquisitions of solutions in the bid retrieval and construction management space.

“We’re thrilled to have Mike head up our enterprise team here at STACK,” said Phil Ogilby, STACK co-founder and CEO. “As we continue to move upmarket, we need enterprise leadership that’s laser-focused on both our growth and the unique needs of our subcontractor customers. We’re confident that Mike is the right person to expand our presence in the market.”

In his new role, Sabol will focus on a proactive enterprise sales strategy and oversee the enterprise sales team. His main goal is to focus on risk reduction in construction through leveraging STACK’s comprehensive technology platform. He will report directly to Ray DeZenzo, STACK’s chief operating officer.

“For a business to thrive, creativity is imperative. I analyze data to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and make thoughtful changes that affect the bottom line,” said Sabol.

Thriving in a sales environment, Sabol loves building teams that believe in a common pursuit of profit goals and can be honest about their strengths and weaknesses. Although nothing is weak about his proven results in past roles — his strategy works.

“The moment I walked into the office, it felt like a team,” said Sabol. “Phil and Ray really understood how I would fit into the business, rather than the mindset of if I was qualified for the role.”

BELOIT, Wis. — AccuLynx announced the launch of an online Customer Portal to help roofing contractors provide better customer service while saving them time. This secure, self-service website, which is designed for use with an AccuLynx account, gives contractors an easier way to provide project updates to their customers, answer questions, offer financing, request or receive payments and more.

"For many contracting businesses, managing customer relationships is challenging, especially when things get busy. The AccuLynx Customer Portal helps contractors stay on top of customer relationships by automating the process of keeping customers informed throughout a job and providing the tools that make communication and payment collection easy. Contractors can exchange messages with customers, share documents and photos, receive payments, and even offer financing," said Mark Rattin, vice president of product at AccuLynx.

Instead of emailing individual documents, making phone calls, or driving back and forth to job sites, roofing contractors can share relevant information stored in their AccuLynx job file directly to the portal. Once a customer is provided with a unique login to the portal, they will be able to see the specific information that is shared with them, including relevant documents, appointments, delivery dates, cost, payment history and invoice balance.

"Customers today expect a high level of service from contractors," said Mike Stein, CEO of AccuLynx. "That includes on-demand access to their projects, the ability to get immediate answers to their questions, and a convenient way to make payments. Our new Customer Portal, along with the many other features in AccuLynx, helps roofing contractors take their service to the next level without increasing their workload."

The Customer Portal is the latest addition to the AccuLynx platform, which is used by thousands of roofing contractors across the U.S. and Canada. It is designed for roofing contractors who are focused on delivering superior customer service while running an efficient operation. By providing customers with 24/7 access to their projects as well as self-service capabilities, roofing companies that use the Customer Portal benefit from improved capacity and customer satisfaction.

The Customer Portal, which can be customized with a company's branding, is an optional feature available in AccuLynx.

LEHI, Utah — Ben Hodson, CEO and co-founder of JobNimbus, has been recognized as a Utah Business CEO of the Year Honoree. The honor comes just as the software company celebrates its ninth year in business. JobNimbus is a leading customizable CRM and project management platform for contractors.

The award recognizes 20 CEOs in various industries who have led their organizations with strength, courage and endurance, and have made it their mission to change the way business is done in Utah. Hodson is one of five recipients who is both CEO and founder. JobNimbus was founded in 2013 after Hodson and his partners saw a need in the roofing and contractor management industry. His leadership has led JobNimbus to grow over 300% in just three years.

“Ben is one of those leaders where after spending three minutes with him, you say, ‘I need more Ben Hodson in my life.’ He massively cares about every single member of our JForce, our customers, and our company mission,” said Jared Olsen, JobNimbus vice president of people experience. “One of Ben’s superpowers is his ability to be transparent. Each week Ben gets in front of the entire company, and when we walk away, we feel like we can breathe fire, and we have clarity on what the business needs that week. Ben is the leader others aspire to be.”

Hodson is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for improving lives. Many of his companies have gone on to become successful ventures. After graduating from the University of Washington, Hodson started and ran various companies, including Venafi (a security software company that later sold for $1.15 billion), RepeatSys (a software consulting firm), CrankLeft (an entertainment company), and now JobNimbus. Hodson has made it a point to pay it forward and share the business lessons he has learned throughout his career. His lessons can be viewed on the JobNimbus YouTube series Building Business, as well as What Makes A CEO.

“I believe in our company mission, which is to ‘Make Contractors Heroes.’ Seeing customers fix their businesses, hire more people, and get closer to achieving their dreams is just so powerful,” Hodson says. “It animates everything we do at JobNimbus. Along with that, each of our team members gets to level up daily as we make a positive impact in the world and grow ourselves into the heroes we want to be.”

CHICAGO — Jobba announced the promotion of Steven White to chief transformation officer. White has been with the company for six years and played a key role in the product development and branding of Jobba. In his new role, White will lead Jobba teams and initiatives focused on industry transformation, product design, marketing and sales.

“When we say customer-driven focus, it means we're driven by the needs and desires of our customers,” said White. “So everything we do is designed to help our clients with their pain points, their issues and provide them with leadership and vision to grow their businesses.”

Jobba helps roofing contractors manage every aspect of their business from selling to service to invoicing – all on one platform. This allows contractors to automate and track the key areas of their business and eliminates the need to use dozens of technology applications.

“I spoke with a contractor recently who was using 26 different technology apps to run the different areas of their business, which just isn’t manageable," White said. "These apps are not designed to talk to each other, which creates the need for manual workarounds increasing labor and rework. The average contractor is spending over 50% of their time doing the paperwork and manual workarounds generated by all these apps.”

Jobba’s platform also connects contractors to the broader roofing ecosystem with features that allow them to interact with manufacturers, distributors and service providers. One of Jobba’s latest integrations is with the Pegnato Roof Intelligence Network — providing contractors with an opportunity to obtain work with major accounts they couldn’t normally access.

The Castagra Roofing Scholarship Program is now open for applications for its second year. The scholarship supports individuals pursuing a career in roofing or similar fields.

Scholarship recipients will receive a $1,000 award. The awards are not renewable, but applicants can reapply each year so long as they meet the eligibility requirements.

Applicants to the Castagra Roofing Scholarship Program must be:

• Pursuing a post-secondary education in college or vocational programs in roofing or a similar field. Similar fields must be applicable to the building industry (construction, waterproofing, etc.)
• Passionate about innovation and/or sustainability
• An American or Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• Castagra Products Inc. employees and their family members are ineligible

Applications must include a 500 to 1,000 word essay detailing their educational and career goal objectives, and how they plan to contribute to the roofing industry. Special consideration is given to applicants who are passionate about innovation and/or sustainability.

The winner of the 2021 scholarship was Sarah Dalby, an architectural engineering student at the University of Texas. She is pursuing her degree to learn about structural methods and materials in order to design a sustainable solution to help the homeless. She is researching 3D printing technology and how it can be expanded in order to 3D-print houses with organic materials.

The deadline to apply for the program is Aug. 29. Recipients will be selected on Sept. 1. For more information and to apply, visit castagra.com/SCHOLARSHIP.