Staff Bios
John Helander
John lives in Warrenton, Virginia and manages the Mid-Atlantic and Metro NY and LI region for BluGreen Solutions. He has spent his entire career in the Green Industry. His focus was irrigation and lighting but he has experience in all aspects of the Landscape business. John uses his knowledge and contacts in the industry to help our customers succeed.
Clark Graham
Clark lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and manages sales in the Southeastern market. Clark grew up in the families manufacturers rep. business and started working as an independent lawn maintenance/irrigation contractor while in college. Since the late 1970 Clark has worked in a various sales management positions for the irrigation manufacturer LR Nelson Corporation which was acquired by Signature. Clark is a highly respected professional in the industry and well connected to his territory.
Tony Manna
Tony lives in the Buffalo area and manages the Upstate / Western NY territory as well as some key accounts in the Albany area. Tony has experience as an owner of independent rep agency, a landscape lighting contracting business and managing a landscape product distributor. His passion, drive and experience are an asset to our organization and our customers.
Christopher Pine
Chris lives on Cape Cod and is the principal of BluGreen Solutions and IrriTech Training. Chris’s experience in the industry includes many years as a landscape and irrigation contractor and regional sales management with irrigation manufacturers. Chris is an experienced trainer, consultant and holds many certifications in the irrigation, landscape and landscape lighting industry.
Olga Shvayko
Olga’s background in retail management, customer service and financial services, coupled with an undergraduate degree in Management Science and Marketing allows her to support and develop our sales team, marketing and business systems.