Presenter Information
Name: David Brown, Johnnie Elliott and David E. O’Bryan
Title: David Brown-Business Development Manager, Johnnie Elliott-Architectural & Engineering Business Development Manager, David E. O’Bryan Jr.-Architectural & Engineering Business Development Manager, Rust-Oleum Corporation
Background:
David Brown has been an active member of the painting community for over 25 years. David learned the paint trade by working with his father, a union painter, for the School Board. David joined Seal-Krete, an architectural coatings manufacturer, in 1992, and worked his way up to become the product technical expert and head product trainer. Currently David is the Business Development Manager for Rust-Oleum Brands / Seal-Krete HP, a manufacturer of high performance floor coatings including epoxies, polyaspartics, urethanes, and urethane concretes. In this role David leads training on Seal-Krete High Performance products in US and Canada conducting training classes on application and techniques. David currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree from Southeastern University, NACE Certified Coatings Inspector Level 1, ICRI - Certified Concrete Slab Moisture Test Technician, MPI, PDCA, and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).
Johnnie Elliott started in the paint and coatings industry in 1979 when his father bought a local paint store in Jacksonville, FL. While in college at Florida State University he began working at another local paint store in Tallahassee, FL, before beginning a 25 year career working for coating manufacturers.
In August 2014 he became an Architectural & Engineering Business Development Manager for Rust-Oleum offering specification assistance, product knowledge, and continuing education programs. He holds the NACE Certified Coatings Inspector Level 3, SSPC Concrete Coatings Inspector (CCI), and WRCLA Specialist Certifications.
David O’Bryan grew up in a union painting family in the Chicago area and started working in the sales side of the paint industry out of college in 1990. He has worked in different capacities from management to sales. In 2009, he became involved with the architectural and engineering community as the Architectural Sales Manager for Akzo Nobel. In that role, he provided design and specification assistance, product knowledge, and continuing education programs. In April of 2010, he joined the CSI and began working towards certifications. In September of 2010, he successfully passed the CSI Construction Documents Technologist certification.
In June 2012, he became the Architectural & Engineering Business Development Manager for Rust-Oleum offering specification assistance, product knowledge and continuing education programs. After taking on that position, he joined NACE and SSPC to continue his education and certifications in the construction industry. It has been an integral part of his career development, knowledge, and has helped to create numerous relationships in the architectural & engineering community that will continue for years. He holds the NACE Certified Coatings Inspector Level 3, SSPC Concrete Coatings Inspector (CCI) as well as the MPI Architectural Coatings Technologist Level One Certification.
