At Viking
We Work Together As a Team
Builds relationships with our valued customers
Designs with attention to detail
Fabricates with precision
Manages with dedication
Follows leadership that's guided by our core beliefs
Ty Allan
Design / Sales / IT
SeattleDave Bateman
Designer
PortlandMike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager
MedfordErin Beard
Accounting Clerk
PortlandDwight Bickler
Senior Estimator
SeattleRandy Bowron
Estimator
NampaNorman Burrows
Seattle Shop
SeattleGary Coltes
Design Manager
SeattleKristine Ferry
Office Administrator
PortlandLucia Fung
Fire Sprinkler Designer
SeattleChris Green
Design Tech
NampaCharity Huff
Office Administrator
SeattleRob Hash
President / Co-Owner
SeattleJames Huff
Seattle Shop
SeattleRickie Johnson
General Manager
IdahoDonald Koval
Designer
SeattleGrant Victor Laine
Vice President / Contact Manager
PortlandDaniel Lewis
Service Manager
SeattleAshley Lutz
Designer
PortlandDan McLuen P.E.
Engineer
SeattleMike Meier
Field Superintendent
NampaDebbie Miner
President/ Co-Owner
PortlandRyan Melton
Safety Director
SeattleChris Michalke
Designer
SeattlePaul M. Nipper
Protection Designer
PortlandJosh Nordwell
Service Manager
PortlandJake Perdue
Designer / Estimator
MedfordDavid Ray
Field Superintendent
PortlandJeremy Schram
Designer
PortlandBrian Schroeder
Design
MedfordBrianna Stalwick
Purchasing Agent
Christina Tilson
Vice President - CFO
PortlandSimonne Valdez
Service Admin
SeattleNick Valentine
Service Manager
IdahoDavid Wagner
Field Superintendent
PortlandRachel Warnke
Service Admin
SeattleBrian Wecker
Estimator
PortlandBernie Wester
Vice President / OPS Manager
SeattleGarrett Wester
Field Superintendent
SeattleAngela Wolfkiel
Office Administrator
NampaDuane Wyatt
Seattle Shop
SeattleTom Wylam
Purchasing / Shop Superintendent
PortlandMichael Youell
Designer
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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”.
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
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
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
Daniel Lewis
Service Manager, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 18
Years at Viking: 11
Favorite sports team: Seahawks
Favorite Viking Project: Pier 54 – Under Pier Pipe Replacement / Boeing 45-01 Open Head Deluge Testing
Best sprinkler skill: Service work
Spirit Animal:Honey Badger
Secret Talent: I can ride a unicycle.
Favorite food: Beef Ribs
Hobbies: Sailing, Dirt biking, Home projects.
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
Mike Meier
Field Superintendent, Nampa
Number of years in the industry: 32 years
Years with Viking: 2 years and 3 months
Favorite team: Boise State Broncos
Favorite job to date for Viking: Lamb Weston American Falls
Best trade skill job: Coordinating large crews
My spirit animal: Mallard
My secret talent: Bird whisperer
Favorite food: Sushi
My hobbies: Hunting and fishing.
Blessed to be here!!
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
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.
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.
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
Jake Perdue
Designer / Estimator, Medford
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Bronze Medal winning 1992 US Men’s curling team of Rob Nichols, Raymond “Bud” Somerville, Tim Somerville, Mike Strum and Will Strum.
Favorite Viking Project: Columbia Plywood in Boardman, OR. It was the first mill site I got to design entirely from underground, to roof systems, to under machinery and catwalks.
Best sprinkler skill: I don’t know if it is my best, but I have enjoyed getting and doing more pump and pump room design.
Spirit Animal: According to the failsafe methods implemented by brainfall.com, it’s the whale
Secret Talent: I bake a pretty darn good chocolate chip cookie
Defining Characteristic: It would be between my perfectly symmetrical and breathtakingly handsome face and my modesty.
Favorite food: Turkey Pot Pie
Hobbies: Spending time exposing my daughters to the outdoors that I have loved my whole life. Fishing, softball, woodworking.
David Ray
Field Superintendent, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Secret Talent: Coming Soon
Jeremy Schram
Designer, Portland
Years in the Industry: 3
Years at Viking: 3
Favorite sports team: Go 9ers!
Favorite Viking Project: ART Tower, Gardner Middle School, Carlton Grain Tower
Best sprinkler skill: Running through them on a hot day
Spirit Animal: Tiny pig in red rubber boots
Favorite food: Tacos!!!
Hobbies: Cycling, Brewing, Camping, Traveling
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”
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
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
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
Garrett Wester
Field Superintendent, Seattle
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Angela Wolfkiel
Office Administrator, Nampa
Years in the Industry: 9 months
Years at Viking: 9 months
Favorite sports team: Boise State Football and Denver Bronco’s
Favorite Viking Project: Not sure…Nick won’t take me to see a project!
Best sprinkler skill: One that goes around and around and spray’s water
Spirit Animal: Dachshund
Secret Talent: I love to bake
Favorite food: Taco’s and Pizza
Hobbies: Camping, traveling, and spending time with family
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!
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
Michael Youell
Designer, Seattle
Years in the Industry: 2
Years at Viking: 2
Favorite sports team: Los Angeles Lakers
Favorite Viking Project: Microsoft
Best sprinkler skill: Organization
Secret Talent: Can fall asleep anywhere
Favorite food: Chicken Fried Steak
Hobbies: Spending time with my son and playing basketball.