
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
Victory Alexander
Contract Administrator
PortlandTy Allan
Design / Sales / IT
SeattleDave Bateman
Designer
PortlandMike Baxter
Estimator / Area Manager
MedfordDwight Bickler
Senior Estimator
SeattleRandy Bowron
Estimator
NampaGary Coltes
Design Manager
SeattleJennifer Etcheson
Estimating / Project Coordinator
NampaLucia Fung
Fire Sprinkler Designer
SeattleDevin Ganz
Designer
PortlandChris Green
Design Tech
NampaBrezil Hamilton
Service Admin
PortlandRob Hash
President / Co-Owner
SeattleRickie Johnson
General Manager
IdahoHeather Knight
Assistant Bookkeeper - Payroll
PortlandDonald Koval
Designer
SeattleGrant Victor Laine
Vice President / Contact Manager
PortlandBrett Lawatch
Senior Designer
BoiseKish Marler
Service Dept Sales / PM
SeattleEmma Mayfield
Purchasing Assistant
PortlandDan McLuen P.E.
Engineer
SeattleDebbie Miner
President/ Co-Owner
PortlandPaul M. Nipper
Protection Designer
PortlandJosh Nordwell
Service Manager
PortlandPortland Shop Crew
Shop Crew
PortlandJake Perdue
Designer / Estimator
MedfordDavid Ray
Field Superintendent
PortlandSeattle Shop Crew
Shop Crew
SeattleBrian Schroeder
Design
MedfordBrianna Stalwick
Purchasing Agent
Christina Tilson
Vice President - CFO
PortlandNick Valentine
Service Manager
IdahoDavid Wagner
Field Superintendent
PortlandRachel Warnke
Service Admin
SeattleBernie Wester
Vice President / OPS Manager
SeattleGarrett Wester
Field Superintendent
SeattleTom Wylam
Purchasing / Shop Superintendent
Portland
Victory Alexander
Contract Administrator, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Spirit Animal: Goose
Favorite Sports Team: Oregon Ducks Football
Favorite Food: Chinese
Secret Talent: I can find just about everything my husband has misplaced.
Defining Characteristic: Loyal
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
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
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
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.
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
Devin Ganz
Designer, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: 1995 Chicago Bulls
Best sprinkler skill: Best at everything
Spirit Animal: Fox
Secret Talent: If someone has told then it’s not a secret!
Defining Characteristic: Always cold
Favorite food: Bacon Cheese Burgers
Hobbies: Beer & Board games
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
Brezil Hamilton
Service Admin, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite Sports Team: What is sports?
Favorite Viking Project: Any high-rise!
Best Sprinkler Skill: Types really loudly
Spirit Animal: Black cat
Defining Characteristic: Optimistic
Favorite Food: Mexican & Korean
Hobbies: Gardening, music, reading, eating, memes
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
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
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
Brett Lawatch
Senior Designer, Boise
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Favorite sports team: Seattle Mariners – There’s always next year…
Favorite Viking Project: In-rack sprinkler system at Simplot in Caldwell that protected frozen potato products at -10°. The project included 6 separate double inter-lock pre-action systems and over 2,500 sprinkler heads in the racks.
Spirit Animal: The online quiz says I am a bear… I do like to hibernate.
Defining Characteristic: What defines me more than anything is my amazing dad skills. I don’t mean to brag but my kids are awesome and I know I’ve played a significant role in their lives.
Favorite food: Give me a medium-rare prime rib with some creamy horseradish, a loaded baked potato and a cold beer and I will be a happy guy.
Hobbies: I really enjoy the game of baseball. I play a lot of rec league softball and coach my boys baseball teams. I also have a decent bobble head collection that continues to grow.
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.
Emma Mayfield
Purchasing Assistant, Portland
Years in the Industry:
Years at Viking:
Best Sprinkler Skill: Pointing at ceilings in restaurants.
Spirit Animal: One quiz said Condor, another said Beaver – not sure what the take away is.
Defining Characteristic: Determined
Favorite Food: Chicken strips with ranch
Hobbies: Being active, time with family and my dog Cooper.
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
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
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
Portland Shop Crew
Shop Crew, Portland
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
Seattle Shop Crew
Shop Crew, Seattle
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
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
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:
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