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Halat Interview on green roofs.

Tom Halat is the green roof design/contractor that I plan to work most closely with to advance the cause of Green Roofing.

Tom is a son of Riverwest, the integrating community where I helped raise my family.

Schooling at St. Mary of Czestochowa

Tom is Past Director National Roofing Contractors Association and Past President Wisconsin Roofing Contractors Association, as well as lecturer at Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; International Maintenance Institute; Institute for Real Estate Management University of Wisconsin - Madison, the College of Engineering, and the
Building Inspectors Association -Southeastern Wisconsin Region

I am starting with Tom for a number of reasons. Most important is the fact that I have been impressed with Tom’s competence, creativity, modesty, and work ethic for over 20 years in his capacity as Sales Manager at Christensen Roofing during the 1980s and 1990s and his current work with Pioneer Roofing in the new millennium. Tom and I have successfully handled the kind of extremely complex challenges the roofing industry presents for over two decades. I cannot remember one instance when Tom disappointed me, my crews, my clients, his clients, anyone.

Don McNamara, president of Christensen Roofing, introduced me to Tom about 20 years ago. McNamara chose my company, Community Roofing, as the residential roofers he would send referals to. Tom was his sales manager who I reported to. I was able to learn quite a lot about Tom’s handling the role of point man between Christensen clients, their sales force, and their roofers. I was quite impressed.

At the Riverwest Co-op

When Tom teamed up with Pioneer Roofing a few years back, I continued our relationship by referring commercial projects to Tom, including Lee Barczak’s Avalon Theatre.

Green Roofing requires a roof design/contract “point person” of the highest order. The costs of a flat roof that springs leaks or is improperly designed are spectacular to imagine. It is with a full knowledge of the risks involved that I stake my hard won reputation on the competence and integrity of Tom Halat, a son of Riverwest, Milwaukee, most competently advancing the cause of Gree Roofing in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes.

Here is Tom’s resume:

THOMAS J. HALAT
Biographical Data Sheet

Employment:1980 - present. Employment in the Roofing Industry

Education:University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Professional

Organizations:Immediate Past President, Association for Facilities Engineering Milwaukee Chapter 12

Colleague, Institute of Real Estate Management

Former Member, Board of Directors, Building Owners and Management Association.

Member, Sales & Marketing Executives. Certified Sales Executive

President, Real Estate Alliance for Charity

Industry & Other Activities:

Past Director National Roofing Contractors Association

Committees served:

Total Quality Management, Contractor Management Committee, Asbestos, Wind Committee, Substance Abuse, Spanish Language Task Force, Convention Task Force, and Public Relations.

Past President Wisconsin Roofing Contractors Association

Lecturer

Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

International Maintenance Institute

Institute for Real Estate Management University of Wisconsin - Madison

College of Engineering

Building Inspectors Association -Southeastern Wisconsin Region

Past President Association for Facilities Engineering, Chapter 12

Past Florentine Opera Club - Public Relations Chairman Committee

Member: Alliance Française de Milwaukee

Member: 440th Air Force Reserve Community Council

Tom Halat at Pioneer Roofing