Our people make the difference.
It’s that simple. Collectively, the DCS team has hundreds of years of experience getting color right in concrete. All kinds of concrete—from precast to manufactured stone veneer, cast stone, segmental retaining wall units, concrete pavers, concrete masonry units, concrete roof tile, and more.
Leadership
Jim Crawford
President
Jim Crawford has been at DCS since 1976 and has been a major force in creating the long-term vision for the company. He designed and built the company’s line of liquid color dispensing equipment, an area that he still focuses on today.
Cindy Nowak
Vice President of Operations
Cindy Nowak has been involved in virtually every facet of DCS’ operations beginning in 1978, having held a wide range of administrative and management positions within the company. Cindy helped develop, install, and maintain the processes central to DCS’ quality, lab, and administrative services. As Vice President of Operations, she oversees all facets of the manufacturing, quality control, and shipping of DCS’ pigments.
Cathy Higgins
Vice President of
Sales & Marketing
Cathy Higgins has been a driving force in customer care and expanding the company’s sales since 1984. She has been an active participant in a number of concrete products trade associations including the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the National Concrete Masonry Association in the group’s Manufactured Stone Veneer Division, and the Cast Stone Institute. Cathy has also been active in shaping ASTM standards for color in concrete.
Jimmy Crawford
Vice President of Development
Jimmy Crawford joined DCS in April 2013 and is primarily responsible for the identification and cultivation of future growth markets for DCS. He is actively involved in several trade associations across the industries in which DCS operates. Jimmy handles project management and implementation for all IT projects and DCS’ color dispensing systems. With a graduate degree in information systems, Jimmy brings a fresh perspective to the leadership team.
Sales & Support
Tim Nowak
Laboratory/Quality Control Manager
Tim Nowak manages DCS’ laboratory and is charged with overseeing quality control—both raw materials selection and production—and for the company’s final products. Tim has been with the company since ____, beginning in production. Among his many responsibilities, Tim helps customers get the color they are looking for: “I’ve had people bring in everything from a chunk of a building to a paint swatch to try to have us match it.”
Sharon Christiansen
Office Manager and Purchasing Manager
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John Bobo
Colormaker
John Bobo has been with DCS for 25 years and has experience across all of the company’s product offerings—liquid, dry, and custom small bags. John has seen and done it all.
Wally Litza
Colormaker
Wally Litza has been with DCS for nine years, He started in production and has experience across a wide range of the company’s production operations.
Ron Meiszberg
Sales
Ron Meiszberg has [managed sales?] at DCS for 18 years, after years of experience in the concrete products business. His experience at a large midwestern concrete products company helped him understand the customer’s point of view: “We fill our customers’ needs instead of forcing them to buy off-the-shelf products.”
Chris _____
Sales
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