Kore Roofing is special. The Scottsdale-based, full-service roofing contractor hopes to become a one-stop shop for all home improvement needs.
“This is what will hopefully become a home services company, where we’re going to make it our business to help,” says James Power, Kore Roofing’s chief of staff and operations.
“That not only applies to residential and commercial property owners and their roofs but other projects and areas within their properties — home remodels, bathrooms, kitchens, floors and home additions — all under one roof.”
Kore Roofing certainly makes it its business to help, caring about the community — its employees and clients. Power has been with the company for about two months. He’s longtime friends with Todd Belfer and Jim Wallin and Blake Toolan. Kore Roofing is something he’s needed for a while.
“We’ve all been really close,” he says. “Working together has been a long time coming. We’ve done other projects and investments together. “I’m working with a lot of people I’ve loved and known for a while. It’s a dream come true.”
Power met the three business partners through recovery meetings several years ago.
“My whole point of reference about recovery was a bunch of people in a room, and it was weird,” he says. “I was nervous about going. However, I was welcomed with open arms by a group of like-minded men. It was something I hadn’t experienced since getting out of the Marines in 2012.”
Power is used to pressure and hard work, having been in Marine Infrantry, First Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Suicide Charley company. He was trained as a rifleman, mortarman, machine gunner, and deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. During the war, Helmand was considered the most dangerous area of the country, as it was a hotbed of insurgent activities.
“It’s what I signed up for,” says Power, who graduated from Prescott High School in 2009. “In the sixth grade, I saw the Towers go down in class. I just remember watching the television and wanting to do something. Even at that age, 9/11 was burned in my memory.
“I signed on the dotted line to go in at 18. I didn’t tell my parents before signing. I told them where I was going. I left in August. I had a three-month summer and left.”
When Power was discharged from the Marines, for a little more than four years, he, admittedly, lost his way. When he sought help, the recovery meeting was “a saving grace, so to speak.”
“They’re just a great group of guys,” he says. “From there, I started to go to meetings that my sponsor and a few others recommended. That’s where it all started.”
Kore Roofing hosts the Level Up Program, which gives back to those in recovery — especially during the employees’ early stages. They learn how to live their lives again.
“It feels good,” Power says. “Oftentimes, we don’t get a chance to see things come full circle in our lives. This reminds us where we once were and where we are now. Gratitude comes with it.”
Power has worked with other startups and says he thrived wearing multiple hats, a “utility player,” if you will. He’s all about getting the job done.
“As chief of staff, when I get a directive, I take the initiative and make sure Blake has everything top of mind that he needs to know.
“From there, I work on priority. That spans operations to sales to marketing and design and inventory. I make sure everything has what they need to do the best work possible. I give our people the best tools. I thrive under that thesis, if you will, because it really offers a fair amount of autonomy.
“When that happens, people find more creative ways to get things done and faster. That’s the beauty of it.”
Kore Roofing
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480-550-8029
www.koreroofing.com
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