
At Viking
We Work Together As a Team
Leadership that's Guided by Our Core Beliefs
Rob Hash
President / Co-Owner
SeattleDebbie Miner
President/ Co-Owner
Portland
Rob Hash
President / Co-Owner, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks – I find Pete Carrol inspirational
Favorite Viking Project: Sierra Pacific Industries – Shelton, WA
Best sprinkler skill: Working with our customers
Spirit Animal: Turtle
Secret Talent: Running man
Defining Characteristic: Loves a good sweater vest!
Favorite food: Turkey Sandwich
Hobbies: Boating, golfing
Debbie Miner
President/ Co-Owner, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Tarr Tank
Best sprinkler skill: Figured out how my lawn sprinklers work.
Spirit Animal: Lion
Secret Talent: Musician
Defining Characteristic: One way conversations
Favorite food: Roasted garlic with warm brie cheese
Hobbies: Cooking, sewing, crafts, our farm, family
Followed by Positive Direction and Management
Mike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager
MedfordGary Coltes
Design Manager
SeattleRickie Johnson
General Manager
IdahoGrant Victor Laine
Vice President / Contact Manager
PortlandRyan Melton
Safety Director
SeattleJosh Nordwell
Service Manager
PortlandDavid Ray
Field Superintendent
PortlandChristina Tilson
Vice President - CFO
PortlandGarrett Wester
Field Superintendent
SeattleTom Wylam
Purchasing / Shop Superintendent
Portland
Mike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager, Medford
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: OSU Beavers
Favorite Viking Project: Roseburg Jordan Cover underground
Best sprinkler skill: Underground
Spirit Animal: Duck Billed Platypus
Secret Talent: I can play the trumpet
Favorite food: Mexican
Hobbies: Livestock, ranching
Gary Coltes
Design Manager, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Hawaii Warriors / Washington Huskies
Favorite Viking Project: Under Pier Projects
Best sprinkler skill: Field survey of existing conditions
Spirit Animal: Whale
Secret Talent: Amazing aim with blow gun
Defining Characteristic: Extremely efficient
Favorite food: Chicken wings, all types
Hobbies: Projects around the house
Rickie Johnson
General Manager, Idaho
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Steelers
Favorite Viking Project: Ilani
Best sprinkler skill: Customer knowledge
Spirit Animal: Deer
Secret Talent: Investigative skills
Defining Characteristic: Voice of Viking
Favorite food: Mexican “Nachos”
Hobbies: Adventures, crafts
Grant Victor Laine
Vice President / Contact Manager, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite Viking Project: St Clair Apartments
Best sprinkler skill: Getting irrationally excited about projects.
Spirit Animal: Majestic soaring falcon
Defining Characteristic: Laugh can be identified from blocks away
Favorite food: Pho
Ryan Melton
Safety Director, Seattle
Years in industry: Safety 6, Sprinkler: 2.
Years at Viking: 2.
Favorite Sports Team: Meateater.
Favorite Viking Project: St. James Cathedral. Seattle
Best Sprinkler Skill: Absorbing complaints from Fitters.
Spirit Animal: Blacktail Deer.
Secret Talent: Attention to detail on an OCD level.
Defining Characteristic: Ability to get along with just about anyone.
Favorite Food: Well marbled ribeye steak.
Hobbies: Spending time with my wife and 3 kids, hunting, exploring, off-roading, tending livestock, working on and building vehicles in my shop.
Josh Nordwell
Service Manager, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Boston Redsox
Favorite Viking Project: Astoria Coast Guard inspections
Best sprinkler skill: critical thinking through problems
Spirit Animal: Raven
Defining Characteristic: Always willing to help
Favorite food: Cheese Berger
Hobbies: hiking , hunting, golfing, spey fishing
David Ray
Field Superintendent, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Secret Talent: Coming Soon
Christina Tilson
Vice President - CFO, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Charitable Events
Best sprinkler skill: Making sure the job earns money
Spirit Animal: Owl
Secret Talent: Cake decorating
Defining Characteristic: Honest
Favorite food: Peanut Butter
Hobbies: Fitness, time with family and movies
Garrett Wester
Field Superintendent, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Tom Wylam
Purchasing / Shop Superintendent, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Mariners - Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Any job that Clarence does cause it fits.
Best sprinkler skill: Talking
Spirit Animal: Bull Elk
Secret Talent: Understand Derek
Defining Characteristic: Understanding Donny
Favorite food: Ribeye steak
Hobbies: Grandkids, hunting and fishing
Design, Engineering, Manufacturing and Safety
Attention to Detail
Dave Bateman
Designer
PortlandNorman Burrows
Seattle Shop
SeattleLucia Fung
Fire Sprinkler Designer
SeattleChris Green
Design Tech
NampaJames Huff
Seattle Shop
SeattleDonald Koval
Designer
SeattleAshley Lutz
Designer
PortlandDan McLuen P.E.
Engineer
SeattleChris Michalke
Designer
SeattlePaul M. Nipper
Protection Designer
PortlandBrian Schroeder
Design
MedfordDuane Wyatt
Seattle Shop
Seattle
Dave Bateman
Designer, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite Viking Project: Lamb Weston Pasco Exhaust Ducts
Best sprinkler skill: Getting along with coworkers
Spirit Animal: Snuffleupages
Secret Talent: It's a secret
Defining Characteristic: Little dark cloud
Favorite food: Pizza
Norman Burrows
Seattle Shop, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 7.5 Years
Years at Viking: 5 Years
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Every single one…
Best sprinkler skill: Welding
Spirit Animal: Sea Bass
Secret Talent: Cut grooving
Favorite food: Chipotle
Hobbies: Metal sculpting, traveling, reading and body building.
Lucia Fung
Fire Sprinkler Designer, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Miller Middle School, P234 NAS, Pier 54 Building
Best sprinkler skill: Planning, design, document, survey
Spirit Animal: Doggie
Favorite food: Italian Pasta
Hobbies: Cooking
Chris Green
Design Tech, Nampa
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Viking Project: Simplot Foods
Spirit Animal: Rottweiler
Secret Talent: Won the world dart championships in 2009 and played 3rd base for a softball team that won the World Series in 2016.
Defining Characteristic: Laid back and easy going
Favorite food: Hot wings or prime rib steak
Hobbies: Whitewater rafting, fishing, softball and darts
James Huff
Seattle Shop, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 8 Years
Years at Viking: 5 Years
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Every project is an opportunity for me to grow and refine my skills.
Best sprinkler skill: Custom fabrication
Spirit Animal: Shiba Inu
Secret Talent: I speak Japanese
Favorite food: BBQ
Hobbies: Restoring our Uniflite Sport Fisher, fishing of course, camping, golfing and all of the home improvement projects my wife says “will be easy”.
Donald Koval
Designer, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Best sprinkler skill: Autocad and 3d autocad
Secret Talent: Can tear apart and fix almost anything
Favorite food: Pizza
Hobbies: Snowboarding, riding motorcycles, playing with my son, fishing, playing video games
Ashley Lutz
Designer, Portland
Years in the Industry: 1 year 2 months
Years at Viking: 1 year 2 months
Favorite sports team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite Viking Project: Microchip Bulk Silane
Best sprinkler skill: Questioning everything I do
Spirit Animal: Anything that sleeps a lot
Favorite food: Potatoes
Hobbies: Hiking and relief printmaking
Dan McLuen P.E.
Engineer, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Maple Valley League (Grandsons)
Favorite Viking Project: 255 S King St (North Lot)
Best sprinkler skill: All around knowledge
Favorite food: Hamburgers
Hobbies: Motorcycle riding, golf
Chris Michalke
Designer, Seattle
Years in the Industry: Started as a Union sprinkler fitter in 2007, then moved into design in 2022.
Years at Viking: 2 Years
Favorite sports team: USA Surf Team
Favorite Viking Project: Microsoft Campus Modernization
Best sprinkler skill: Technical Tap
Spirit Animal: Dolphin
Secret Talent: Can drive any type of vehicle or equipment.
Favorite food: Steak
Hobbies: Boating, Wake Surfing, Surfing, and Snowboarding.
Paul M. Nipper
Protection Designer, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: “Give them bread and circuses, they will never revolt” Juvenal
Favorite Viking Project: CHS Kalama Grain Terminal
Best sprinkler skill: Complex, industrial, retrofit --- you know the stuff that has VIKING written all over it!
Spirit Animal: Ssssssnake
Secret Talent: Writing and speaking. Whether on camera or microphone, or in print, I was granted the gift of using language to express myself rather well.
Defining Characteristic: I am a spiritual Being, temporarily in this human experience.
Favorite food: Thai!!
Hobbies: Raising kids / being a Dad… not a hobby but I’ve been at it for 23 years now, and have 14 or so to go… I better like it! Organic gardening, hanging out with friends and family, camping, spiritual retreats with family / the Tribe, writing, and deep philosophical discussions and Spirituality with fellow Church members: the conversation never ends… WHO are we, WHY are we here… what does it all mean.
Brian Schroeder
Design, Medford
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: None, I don’t really follow sports
Favorite Viking Project: Any that I have been a part of
Best sprinkler skill: To soon to tell
Spirit Animal: Cat
Secret Talent: That information is G15 classified
Defining Characteristic: Easy going
Favorite food: Brownies
Hobbies: Mountain biking, radio controlled cars, metal working and general “tinkering”
Duane Wyatt
Seattle Shop, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 31 Years
Years at Viking: 2 Years
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: All of them. They’re all unique and challenging.
Best sprinkler skill: Diversity
Spirit Animal: Eagle
Secret Talent: Recognizing needs
Favorite food: Steak & potatoes
Hobbies: Anything outdoors!
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Service, Sales and Administration
Building Relationships
with Our Valued Customers
Ty Allan
Design / Sales / IT
SeattleMike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager
MedfordErin Beard
Accounting Clerk
PortlandDwight Bickler
Senior Estimator
SeattleRandy Bowron
Estimator
NampaJennifer Etcheson
Estimating / Project Coordinator
NampaKristine Ferry
Office Administrator
PortlandCharity Huff
Office Administrator
SeattleRickie Johnson
General Manager
IdahoHeather Knight
Assistant Bookkeeper - Payroll
PortlandKish Marler
Service Dept Sales / PM
SeattleJosh Nordwell
Service Manager
PortlandDavid Ray
Field Superintendent
PortlandBrianna Stalwick
Purchasing Agent
Simonne Valdez
Service Admin
SeattleNick Valentine
Service Manager
IdahoDavid Wagner
Field Superintendent
PortlandRachel Warnke
Service Admin
SeattleBrian Wecker
Estimator
PortlandBernie Wester
Vice President / OPS Manager
Seattle
Ty Allan
Design / Sales / IT, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Sierra Pacific Saw Mill – Shelton, WA
Best sprinkler skill: Using Autocad, Navis and Revit
Secret Talent: I can typically fix anything, from computers to cars
Favorite food: Club Sandwich
Hobbies: Woodworking & golf
Mike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager, Medford
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: OSU Beavers
Favorite Viking Project: Roseburg Jordan Cover underground
Best sprinkler skill: Underground
Spirit Animal: Duck Billed Platypus
Secret Talent: I can play the trumpet
Favorite food: Mexican
Hobbies: Livestock, ranching
Erin Beard
Accounting Clerk, Portland
Years at Viking: 6 months
Favorite sports team: Seattle Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Helping with all the potlucks.
Best sprinkler skill: Have not figured that out yet, but willing to learn
Spirit Animal: Tiger
Secret Talent: Singing
Favorite food: BBQ & Sushi
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, choir
Dwight Bickler
Senior Estimator, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seattle Mariners
Favorite Viking Project: Working with outside contractors
Best sprinkler skill: Estimating difficult projects
Spirit Animal: Tiger
Secret Talent: Getting along with anybody
Defining Characteristic: Sense of humor
Favorite food: Mexican
Hobbies: Snow skiing, poker and woodworking
Randy Bowron
Estimator, Nampa
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Detroit Tigers & Lions
Best sprinkler skill: Bidding 'em
Spirit Animal: Horse (Not Jack-Ass!) It's been confused before.
Secret Talent: It's still a secret.
Defining Characteristic: Friendly
Favorite food: Texas BBQ
Hobbies: Dirt bikes, road bike / Harley's, RV'ing
Jennifer Etcheson
Estimating / Project Coordinator, Nampa
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite Sports Team: Michigan State Spartans
Best Sprinkler Skill: Running & jumping through them
Spirit Animal: Bull
Secret Talent: Rodeo Queen – Nyssa Night Rodeo Queen 1992
Defining Characteristic: My work ethic
Hobbies: Riding horses, gardening, watching MSU sports, watching NASCAR, and boxing.
Kristine Ferry
Office Administrator, Portland
Years in the Industry: 1 ½ yrs
Years at Viking: 1 ½ yrs
Favorite sports team: Greenbay Packers
Favorite Viking Project: Wizards Dragon Keep (like the name )
Best sprinkler skill: Answering the phone
Spirit Animal: Clouded Leopard
Favorite food: Green Machine Sushi at Bamboo
Hobbies: Puzzles
Charity Huff
Office Administrator, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 2
Years at Viking: 2
Favorite sports team: Denver Broncos, it is a love/hate relationship.
Favorite Viking Project: Event planning
Best sprinkler skill: Being adaptive and continuing to learn on my feet.
Spirit Animal: Bear, 1000% momma bear.
Secret Talent: Veterinary medicine
Favorite food: Indian
Hobbies: Traveling, camping, fishing, photography, crafting, woodworking, home improvement projects.
Rickie Johnson
General Manager, Idaho
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Steelers
Favorite Viking Project: Ilani
Best sprinkler skill: Customer knowledge
Spirit Animal: Deer
Secret Talent: Investigative skills
Defining Characteristic: Voice of Viking
Favorite food: Mexican “Nachos”
Hobbies: Adventures, crafts
Heather Knight
Assistant Bookkeeper - Payroll, Portland
Years in the Industry: . I worked for 8yrs in the banking industry before transitioning into the Payroll/Accounting field in 2015.
Years at Viking:
Spirit Animal: Butterfly
Secret Talent: Billiards
Defining Characteristic: Kind & Personable
Favorite food: Pizza
Hobbies: Scrapbooking and spending time with my family
Kish Marler
Service Dept Sales / PM, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: The St. Louis Cardinals (Sorry, I’m not originally from Seattle)
Favorite Viking Project: Industrial Containers (My first Viking job)
Best Sprinkler Skill: All of them, I just really love being a Sprinkler fitter
Spirit Animal: An Eagle
Secret Talent: Feeding people & making people laugh
Defining Characteristic: Loyalty
Favorite Food: Steak and Dr. Pepper (Dr. Pepper is a food group in my family
Hobbies: Being a Dr. Pepper connoisseur, finding amazing local restaurants and dive joints, baseball, running, reading, movies, music (I am a music fanatic) trivia, eating, cooking, and anything that involves large groups of people.
Josh Nordwell
Service Manager, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Boston Redsox
Favorite Viking Project: Astoria Coast Guard inspections
Best sprinkler skill: critical thinking through problems
Spirit Animal: Raven
Defining Characteristic: Always willing to help
Favorite food: Cheese Berger
Hobbies: hiking , hunting, golfing, spey fishing
David Ray
Field Superintendent, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Secret Talent: Coming Soon
Brianna Stalwick
Purchasing Agent
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Chicago Cubs
Favorite Viking Project: Community of Hope – Charitable events
Best sprinkler skill: Learning new sprinkler skills
Spirit Animal: Honey Badger
Secret Talent: I can flip my eyelids
Defining Characteristic: Determined & Reliable
Favorite food: Chicago stuffed pizza
Hobbies: Team Mom
Simonne Valdez
Service Admin, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 2 Years
Years at Viking: 2 Years
Favorite sports team: I’m true to the blue!
Favorite Viking Project: n/a
Best sprinkler skill: Not losing my mind completely when dealing with the sprinkler fitters.
Spirit Animal: Cat
Secret Talent: I’m a skilled flautist.
Favorite food: I’m biased. Filipino Food!
Hobbies: Camping, fishing, and doing my nails.
Nick Valentine
Service Manager, Idaho
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Portland Winterhawks
Favorite Viking Project: Washington High School
Best sprinkler skill: Being mean to apprentices.
Spirit Animal: Donkey
Secret Talent: Yo-Yo Skills
Defining Characteristic: Swamp Rat
Favorite food: Mexican
Hobbies: Motorcycle riding, shooting guns.
David Wagner
Field Superintendent, Portland
Favorite sports team: WSU, Go Cougs!
Favorite Viking Project: Teton Hangar
Best sprinkler skill: Keeping things in perspective.
Spirit Animal: Turtle
Secret Talent: Hammock fabrication
Defining Characteristic: Contemplative
Favorite food: There are too many good foods to choose a favorite.
Hobbies: Always something, never the same thing.
Rachel Warnke
Service Admin, Seattle
Favorite sports team: Seattle Sounders
Favorite Viking Project: Fire pump test at Fiberon
Best sprinkler skill: Hunting down the fitters for paperwork
Spirit Animal: Liger
Secret Talent: Handling my service manager on a day-to-day basis
Defining Characteristic: Sarcasm
Favorite food: Pizza
Hobbies: Golf and Reality TV
Brian Wecker
Estimator, Portland
Years in the Industry: 35 Years
Years at Viking: 2 Years
Favorite sports team: The 49ers
Favorite Viking Project: Canby High School
Best sprinkler skill: Communicating & walking the customer through the fire sprinkler process during the project.
Spirit Animal: Wolf
Secret Talent: Reading People’s Body Language
Favorite food: Steak
Hobbies: Hiking, Shooting Guns
Bernie Wester
Vice President / OPS Manager, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Mariners
Favorite Viking Project: North Lot
Best sprinkler skill: Project Management
Secret Talent: Sweet talking Chrissy
Defining Characteristic: Hobbit feet.
Favorite food: Spicy food
Hobbies: Reading