L-R: Grady Ashley, Patrick Taylor, Amy Coffel and Chad Kuepker

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“Things have progressed tremendously since 2008,” said territory manager Grady Ashley.  “In the beginning, we had five employees and today we are up to 20.  We are getting ready to open our second location.  We don’t have an exact time frame right now, but it is looking like early summer.

“I live on the north side of Houston in Spring, so it will be convenient to drive to and from work.  In addition, many of our contractor customers live and work on that side of town too.”

Ashley says last June, the company had a “Summer Sizzler” event for employees and customers.  

“It was really hot last summer, so we wanted to keep things cool,” Ashley said.  “We are in the process of planning another event for 2010.”

Justin Tankersly is also a territory manager and Chad Kuepker is the assistant branch manager.  Patrick Taylor handles inside sales and Amy Coffel takes care of accounting and insides sales.  The company owner is Ron Ross.

“Patrick is an avid fisherman,” Ashley said.  “He goes hybrid bass fishing at Lake Conroe.  The last one he caught was 9.7 lbs.

“Amy loves baseball, college football and spending time with her teenage daughter.”

Ashley says he is a football fan and has season tickets to the Houston Texans games in the fall.

“For fun, I play on a co-ed soccer team with my wife,” Ashley said.  “We like to participate with several of our friends.”

  Southern Shingles provides building materials and roofing supplies to roofing contractors and builders.  –ab

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