Locations
BluSky Southern California
Key Contacts
Owners, Principals & Senior Executives
Jason Cain's Bio
Jason, who is the longest acting Vice President with BluSky, opened the company’s first branch office in Colorado Springs in 2009. Through the service and development of a loyal customer base and reputation for doing the right thing, this office became a model for success that BluSky continues to replicate across the country today.
Jason is an expert in the industry with more than 16 years of service. His professional knowledge is a culmination of experience in property loss damage assessment and project management, profit center management and operations, sales and business development, industry certifications and affiliations, and continuing education. Jason is Certified Restorer #625, as designated by Restoration Industry Association, which is a certification program that is widely recognized as the pre-eminent training program in damage repair.
In early 2016, Jason was asked to join the Senior Leadership team of BluSky, which directs the strategic and long-term goals of the organization. Between his desire to mentor and grow other leaders of BluSky locations and the need of the organization for an added team member at this level, Jason will be moving to the Senior Leadership team full time in 2017. Jason’s expertise in building and running an office will provide the experience necessary to help lead the company as BluSky continues to grow and prepare for the future.
Kent Stemper's Bio
As CEO, Kent is responsible for maintaining BluSky’s history of 96 Proof customer service, its award-winning status as one of the Best Places to Work, and growing the company.
Exceptional customer service and driving a remarkable culture are the foundation through which Kent focuses on driving financial success and growth in enterprise value. His history of driving value-added results and achieving corporate goals and growth in enterprise value is evidenced by his key role in leading three companies through successful acquisitions. He is known most for his strong work ethic, uncompromising integrity, results-oriented approach, and focus on people as the driver for results.
Kent’s business experience has been broad and varied. For much of his career, Kent has been in a corporate finance role, which includes holding multiple Chief Financial Officer positions. Many of his finance roles included heavy operational experience, and Kent has had direct management responsibility for manufacturing, supply chain, business development, information technology, and human resources. Kent has operated with companies in all stages, from start-up operations to Fortune 500 firms, and has had two rotations internationally spanning five years in Europe and Asia. He began his career as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche in public accounting.
Kent is known for speaking and writing on several topics including mergers and acquisitions, company culture, and business social responsibility.
Kent received his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business, majoring in Accounting, from Colorado State University.
Kent has been involved with Boys & Girls Clubs for 20 years, and is a board member for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Kent is also on the board of Mentor Colorado and is a member of the Denver chapter of Legatus. Kent is a committed husband and father. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have 3 sons: Kyle, Eric and Andy.
Operations
Steve Brown's Bio
As National Director of Restoration, Steve Brown is responsible for equipping, educating, training, coaching, motivating and assisting all BluSky employees and locations to excel in the field of restoration and customer service.
Steve began his career in the property restoration industry more than 25 years ago after serving in the USMC. He joined BluSky in 1994 and was named National Director of Restoration in 2017. Since 1996 he has managed restoration & environmental projects in more than 20 states including response to widespread natural disasters.
Steve holds the highest industry certifications from organizations such as ACAC, IICRC & RIA including the Certified Restorer designation (CR#648), Water Loss Specialist designation (WLS#67) and the Council-Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant credential. Steve is a license qualifier for BluSky in multiple states in the fields of Asbestos Inspection, General Contracting, Mold Assessment, and Mold Remediation.
He has engaged in expert witness testimony and consulting, and is a subject matter expert and trainer on various restoration, environmental and construction subjects.
Steve currently lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife Barbee and son Rob. His daughter Tori, son-in-law Ben, and grandson Cole reside in Norfolk, VA where Ben is stationed with the United States Navy. Steve enjoys recreational slow-pitch and modified fast-pitch softball as the team’s pitcher since 2004, as well as spending quality time with his family somewhere near the water.