membership
Member Profile: Stephen Oliver
- How long have you been a member of PHTA?
3 years.
- Why did you join PHTA?
I believe that our industry needs to work together to remain strong and I believe that organizations like PHTA provide a legitimacy for our industry.
- What committee/council/chapter do you currently volunteer with?
Retail Council.
- What do you enjoy most about volunteering?
I love to serve, I feel it is my duty to serve wherever I can be of assistance.
- What is your current occupation? How long have you been in the pool and hot tub industry?
I am the President of Jack Oliver's Pool, Spa and Patio. I have been in the industry 12 years.
- What do you love most about the pool and hot tub industry?
Every day is something different!
- How do you define success?
Being respected by your customers and peers.
- Who inspires you?
My family.
- If you could choose anyone as a mentor, who would you choose? Why?
Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. He has a way with words and seems to have worked hard to where he is in life.
- What’s one thing - either industry-related or not - you learned in the last month?
2021 will be trickier to navigate than 2020. Getting product at all, let alone in a timely fashion, is going to be a real concern.
- What’s something about you (a fun fact) that not many people know?
I love trains! Model trains or life-size, I have a fascination with them.
- What’s the last book you read?
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
- If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A medium rare ribeye with a salad
