Ed Jernigan, CEO Mr. Jernigan is the CEO and co-founder of FASFLO Waterproofing Systems. He developed the entrepreneurial spirit early in life growing up next to a farm owned by his grandfather, who was a farmer, carpenter, and owner of a sawmill. Mr. Jernigan’s parents encouraged him during his childhood years by allowing him to grow his own vegetables and setting up stands to sell fruits and vegetables as well as helping his grandfather. He also had a paper route and several other money making ventures. In high school, Mr. Jernigan earned letters in four sports, was a member of the BETA Club and Honor Society, Class President, and Editor of his senior yearbook. He earned a scholarship to play basketball at Campbellsville College and also played on the baseball team. He was active in the Young Republicans Club, a member of the Student Senate, and President of Carter Hall Dormitory. Mr. Jernigan also made the Deans List several times. He received his BBA Degree from Eastern Kentucky University. After graduating from EKU, Mr. Jernigan held several accounting and management positions with the following companies: Clark Equipment, Boone Contracting, and Irvin Industries. He also started his own accounting practice which he operated for five years. Although he built the accounting practice into a successful business, Mr. Jernigan decided he did not want to follow that career path. He sold his practice in 1978 and accepted the Controller’s position for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. He was later promoted to the Administrator’s position. During the three (3) years the Mr. Jernigan was in this position the Health Department greatly increased revenue sources and the annual budget more than doubled to over 10 million dollars with over 300 employees. In 1983 Mr. Jernigan purchased a franchise from America’s largest waterproofing company and began a new business. As the business flourished, he purchased a blanket franchise for the Southeast. He owned and operated 8 offices in 6 states. Mr. Jernigan’s offices earned several National awards for growth, production, and overall achievement and produced several of the top salesman awards. Mr. Jernigan sold his waterproofing franchise business in March of 2000, and co-founded FASFLO Waterproofing Systems with Richard Ruiz, who is the founder and President of FASTEEL Foundation Systems. Mr. Jernigan became a FASTEEL dealer in 1993 and developed a close working relationship with Richard Ruiz. Over the years Richard and Ed have discussed the feasibility of developing a waterproofing method that combined the best features of the ones available while eliminating as many of the weaknesses of the current waterproofing systems as possible. Working with the University of Kentucky’s Center for Robotics and Manufacturing, FASTEEL’S own engineers, and utilizing their extensive experience. Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Jernigan have developed a top of the line waterproofing method that is technically superior to all other systems. FASFLO waterproofing systems is available to all current and future FASTEEL dealers, and to every area that has waterproofing problems. Mr. Jernigan and Mr. Ruiz are committed to making FASFLO Waterproofing Systems available to all customers who have a water problem. Through their Nationwide dealer network, their vision of innovation, excellence and commitment to the solving of water problems will be achieved while giving customers the best product available.
		RICHARD RUIZ Mr. Ruiz is the founder of FASTEEL® Foundation Technology, Inc., Fas-Fab, Inc., Advanced Fas-Dam, Inc. and co-founder of FASFLO® Waterproofing. He grew up in the home construction business working with his father and other contractors. He holds a BS degree from Central State University of Oklahoma in Business Administration with minors in History and Psychology. He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. From 1970 to 1976 Mr. Ruiz owned a real estate and home building business where he was involved in foundation stabilization. From 1976 to 1985 he worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in a number of sales and management positions, which included the training of sales people and managers at their general headquarters in St. Louis. Even during the time employed by Southwestern Bell, Mr. Ruiz kept his hand in custom home building and remodeling. After leaving Southern Bell, he held seminars and trained sales and management people for several different firms. He was employed as vice president-sales by a St. Louis firm in the foundation stabilization industry and provided the leadership which resulted in the tripling of revenues during that period. In founding FASTEEL®, Mr. Ruiz established a corporate mission to “Set the Standards of Excellence” in the foundation repair industry. It is his belief that no single piering system can be the solution for all foundation failures. His company’s commitment to research and development has resulted in several patents on multiple innovative piering systems. FASTEEL® has been named one of the top 25 companies in the St. Louis area and Richard himself has been twice nominated as “Entrepreneur of the Year”.
		Bruce Crawley A career media and advertising professional, Bruce Crawley joined Fasflo as a founding member of the Square 1 agency team after operating his own general, full-service agency for 11 years. Bruce attended the University of Kentucky, where he obtained his BA in Telecommunications and MA in Human Communication. While in school he worked as a part-time disc jockey, research director, fill-in news anchor and advertising copywriter for local commercial radio stations. After graduation, Bruce wrote and produced commercials for a wide variety of advertisers for central Kentucky radio and TV stations. On that creative experience he built the foundation for his advertising agency, learning the ropes of media planning, account management, and business operations "in self defense."  Before joining Fasflo and Square 1, Bruce had accumulated a roster of clients including retailers, banks, and governmental accounts, along with numerous Addy Awards and Citations for creative excellence. His clients have uniformly appreciated his honesty and integrity in handling all aspects of their business, as well as the creativity he has brought to their advertising. In addition to Bruce’s advertising career, he continues to stay involved with the University of Kentucky community. As adjunct faculty he has taught undergraduate classes in Basic Public Speaking, Intro to Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Advertising Principles and Advertising Message Preparation. Most recently he has developed a specialized course in Ethics for students majoring in Advertising and Public Relations. Bruce is an active member of his church, and is a volunteer youth soccer coach. He is married to Lee Ann and together they have two daughters, Abigail and Rebekah. The Crawleys live in Lexington.
		Steve Jernigan Steve is a graduate of Woodford County High School and attended Eastern Kentucky University were he studied architecture. After attending the university, he went to work with his father who had several locations for one of the nation’s leading waterproofing franchises. He has concentrated his career in this area since 1988, having studied may different situations and resolved many challenges. This understanding of waterproofing makes him an essential part of FASFLO. Working directly as a laborer, he learned the pros and cons of the waterproofing industry. Steve quickly worked his way through the ranks to become crew supervisor and production manager. While in these positions, he received several awards for high production and production quality. In 1993, he obtained his original certification in foundation repair, and has provided hands-on technical training in waterproofing as well as foundation repair. For years he has enjoyed the challenge of resolving several wet basement and foundation problems. This experience has more than qualified Steve to write FASFLO’s technical manuals used to train dealers throughout the U.S. Out of the office, Steve is the father of three beautiful children, and enjoys spending time with them and his wife. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, fishing, horseback riding, and softball. Steve’s most recent challenge involves team penning and team roping. He and his family are involved in the community church as well as the local school system. As a family man, integrity, honesty, and common courtesy are a priority.
		Angela M. Hicks After Ms. Hicks completed her education in 1982 she began working full time for a successful entrepreneur named Wallace Wilkinson who later became Governor of Kentucky. During her more than 20 years working closely with Governor Wilkinson and his wife Martha, her duties covered many areas of business. She was responsible for compiling and maintaining financial records of various companies, such as a 4000 acre farming/cattle/dairy property, luxury air charter, limousine service, coal and timber properties, large hotel, commercial rental properties and a large downtown apartment high rise. Ms. Hicks organized and set up records on two gubernatorial campaigns. She compiled and prepared the contributors lists and quarterly accounting reports. Her reporting records received state approval after being audited for the Martha S. Wilkinson for Governor Campaign requiring no contribution refunds, which is a commendable accomplishment. It was necessary in her position to establish good relations with the executive air charter clients who would often fly private charter. She negotiated discounts and specialized services for their flights and often followed up to ensure their trips were handled with the professional service expected when servicing elite clientele. She was also responsible for coordinating annual company events and parties as well as coordinating gifts for employees and business associates. Ms. Hicks approved the leasing and repairs of twenty luxury condos located in the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort, Kentucky. She negotiated management fees with the leasing firm and was responsible for maintaining the décor ensuring the color schemes and furniture did not become out dated nor tattered. In 2002 Ms. Hicks met Mr. Ed Jernigan and became part of the management team for Fas-Flo and STS Enterprises, Inc. She is responsible for overseeing the day to day office operations as well as maintaining the financial records, which includes compiling weekly cash flow and margin analysis. She is a detailed-oriented professional with over twenty five years of experience at all levels of business and is dedicated to her work. Ms. Hicks continually strives to achieve her goals and assist others in achieving theirs. She is instrumental in the success of the day to day operations of the office.
		Cathy L. Crowe Ms. Crowe is a graduate of Breathitt County High School. She graduated from Morehead State University with a degree in nursing. After following her dream for a number of years as a nurse and working as a supervisor, she left the field to pursue a career in customer service. She is service oriented and often volunteers with the American Heart Walk and mentored Girl Scouts throughout the years while her daughter was an active member. She also was a member of Health Organizational Students of America while in college. Ms. Crowe’s years in nursing has given her the needed experience to help people. It has made her sensitive to their need which in turn helps her relate to their problems. It puts her on a more personal level with the customer.
		Wayne S. Campbell Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Henry Clay High School and began working in the waterproofing and foundation repair industry immediately after completing his education. He now has more than 20 years experience in the business. He started his career as a crewman and has worked his way through many levels in the company. After mastering his skills as a member of the crew, he moved up the ladder to Job Foreman training many men along the way. He eventually was promoted to Production Manager overseeing every aspect of all jobs, while maintaining the stock and inventory, and managing personnel. He then furthered his career by moving into home inspections. Mr. Campbell is a vital member of our team. His experience and vast knowledge in the field allow the company to utilize him to inspect potential jobs as well as jobs in progress, follow up on production, problem solve and aide in training the crew members.
		T. Scott Bailey Mr. Bailey graduated from George Rogers Clark High School and joined the Army in 1986 where he was an Artillery Specialist while serving our country. He completed his four years in the military and was Honorably Discharged in 1990. He returned home to pursue a career in management. He has been working in the waterproofing and foundation repair industry since the mid 90’s, and has extensive knowledge and experience in the field. He began his career as a crewman and worked his way up to Job Foreman, and was promoted to Production Manager. His responsibilities as the Production Manager include training, customer service, overseeing jobs, maintaining inventory and managing all aspects of the crews.