Staff Bios
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.
Brian Sheehan
Brian lives in Southern New Hampshire and manages the Northeast region which consists of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Brian has over 25 years of experience in the green industry, including irrigation, lighting, landscape & hardscape supplies, and turf management. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Southern New Hampshire University and a Turf Grass Management Degree from the Stockbridge School at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Brian’s broad knowledge and commitment to providing value to his clients make him a valued resource in the field.
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.
Tom Rivers
Tom brings decades of experience across the green industry, with deep expertise in sales leadership, business development, and channel management. Tom has held key sales and management positions with leading industry organizations including Rain Bird, Garden America (Richdel/Irritrol), Orbit, Toro, and K-Rain. His career has spanned responsibilities supporting landscape contractors, national accounts in both professional and retail segments, and the development and management of high-performing sales teams. Tom’s multi-faceted background gives him a true national-level perspective on the green industry and an unmatched understanding of customer needs across diverse markets. Based in South Carolina on Lake Marion, Tom lives with his wife and is the proud father of three grown daughters.
Bob Byrnes
Bob Byrnes has been in the irrigation and landscape industry his entire career. Beginning in Southern California in the mid 1980s, Bob learned how to design and install systems that would adequately water a landscape while being tested in extreme drought conditions. He has worked in the field and in distribution. He managed the irrigation and lighting segment of a large design/build firm in CT for close to a decade. His passion is the environment; his expertise is water conservation.Bob has also designed and consulted on many landscape lighting projects throughout the northeast. Lighting has always been a service Bob has offered to his satisfied clients, and his expert guidance has resulted in hundreds of installations.
Phil Hernandez
Phil has spent his entire career in the water industry, with extensive experience in irrigation, plumbing, and water system applications. He was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he currently lives with his wife and their four children—Jude, Jack, Benjamin, and Bernadette (Birdie). Outside of work, Phil and his family enjoy spending summers at their lake house in Michigan. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, boating, and four-wheeling.
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.
