Your HOme Dream Team
Matt
CEO and Owner
Matt opened M. Carlson Painting in 2001. He saw the need in the market for reliable, accountable, and professional painting crews and knew he could fulfill the demand. 20 years later, Matt’s vision has gone from a one-person crew to a nationally growing home improvement company. The success M. Carlson Painting has experienced comes from the team’s dedication to doing the job right and on time.
Matt enjoys spending time with his kids, coaching, skiing, doing yard work with his wife, and golfing.
Charity of Choice: The First Responders Foundation supports key programs, provides funds for other initiatives for first responders, and allows the Foundation to accomplish the mission of serving and honoring first responders and their families and building appreciation and respect for their work.
Adam
Chief Operating Officer
A former business coach, Adam brings his experience leading small businesses to M. Carlson Painting. In his role as Chief Operating Officer, he’s responsible for creating an incredible experience for our customers and team members.
Adam is married with two young boys. He is an avid reader, a John Maxwell certified trainer, speaker, and coach, and participates in long-distance endurance events, including completing 3 ironman triathlons and a 50-mile race.
Choice of Charity: O.U.R. has made a significant impact in the fight to end sex trafficking and sexual exploitation by rescuing and supporting thousands of survivors in 30 countries and 50 U.S. states.
Candace
Customer Experience Manager
With a degree in public relations and background in financial industry, Candace help develop and execute MCP’s business plan. Candace enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, biking, kayaking, yard work, walking dogs, and traveling.
Charity of Choice: Secondhand Hounds
Joel
Training and Development Manager
Joel started painting 10 years ago and in a short time, went from a crew member to lead, to a business owner. Joel joined MCP in 2019 and has taken on the role of Training Development Manager to help train our crews to strive for excellence in their work and service.
Joel enjoys his work, spending time with his family, soccer, camping, bicycling, driving ATVs, enjoying the lakes in the summer, and outdoor activities.
Choice of charity: St. Jude’s Research Hospital. The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion, or a family’s ability to pay.
Kelly
Marketing and Operations Director
Kelly has owned her own business for over 19 years and has been a graphic designer for the past 10 years. She loves putting a personal spin on her work and enjoys the creativity part of creating unique things. In the past five years, she has developed a passion for photography and though her favorite is capturing her kid’s sports, she loves using her photographic eye in creating ‘freeze frame’ moments.
Kelly enjoys watching her 4 kids play the sports they love, traveling-usually for sports tournaments, photography, camping, and hanging out with my family and dog!
Charity of Choice: Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, which is near and dear to her family, as her mother passed away from ovarian cancer in 2018. (OCRA) is the oldest and largest ovarian cancer charity in the world.
Kyle
Sales/Project Manager
Kyle has been in the painting business for over 20 years. His business background and experience in painting and leading painting crews have helped Kyle know the “ins” and “outs” of the full painting process. Kyle is one of our Sales and Project Managers.
Kyle enjoys climbing, camping, fishing, skiing, outdoors, and spending time with his family.
Choice of charity: The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion, or a family’s ability to pay.
Marissa
Director of Operations
Marissa worked in the service industry for 8 years and worked as a physical therapist assistant for 2 years. She also has experience helping run the operations and scheduling for a construction company.
Marissa’s talents in building and optimizing systems make all the day-to-day operations of the company run seamlessly. She is the glue between our team, our crews, and our customers. Her ability to juggle all the information that flows through her office is a huge key to the amazing experience our team provides.
Hobbies: Volleyball and Golf, lake in the summer, traveling, going to concerts and live music, and spending time with family and friends
Charity of Choice: American Brain Tumor Association. This is near and dear to her heart (and head) after being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor at the age of 22
Shanna
CFO
As the owner of Golz Accounting Services, Shanna brings over 17 years of experience to M. Carlson Painting. She enjoys working with small business owners and is dedicated to helping her clients grow their businesses. Her role and responsibilities include the day-to-day bookkeeping and strategic growth initiatives. Shanna holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography from St Cloud State University.
Her interests involve cooking, photography, traveling, and spending time with her family and two dogs.
Charity of Choice: A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation. She and her mother were founding members of the organization. Since losing her mother to lung cancer in 2009, she remains passionate about raising awareness around this deadly disease.
Woody
Sales/Project Manager
Woody has been in the finishing business for over 30 years. His knowledge and experience in the industry help MCP customers receive the best approach to their projects and get them done correctly.
Woody enjoys refinishing furniture, amatuer silversmithing, rockhounding and lapidary, and paleo archeology, spending time with his wife of 25 years, granddaughter, and dog.
Charity of Choice: Missions Inc. A safe place for victims of abuse and addiction to get the help that they need.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Andrey
Sales | Project Manager
Andrey has been in the painting business for over 8 years. Originally from Minnesota, Andrey painted with the M. Carlson Painting Minnesota team prior to moving to Utah. After moving to Utah, Andrey helped setup the M. Carlson Painting Utah office. Andrey also has a background in loading roofs which he did for 2 years as well as being an operations manager for 3 years.
Andrey enjoys spending time with his family. He loves exploring the outdoors, being in the mountains, hiking, and fishing.
Charity of choice: Save the Children is devoted solely to serving children’s needs and securing their rights. Save the Children works in over 100 countries, including the U.S., reaching over 100 million children each year.
Monica
Sales | Project Manager
Monica started in the painting business 12 years ago in Texas. Her experience is in
commercial projects as well in high-end residential projects. Monica brings a great experience for contractors and homeowners.
She loves the industry that she works for and pays close attention to details and a lot of organization as well.
She likes the outdoors, hiking, snowboarding, off road trips, and traveling.
Charity of choice: Wigs for Kids, a great charity with a great goal! Helping children look after themselves and live their lives!
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Johnny
Sales | Project Manager
Previously owning a home remodeling company, Johnny has experience with remodeling kitchens, basements, and bathrooms, as well as flooring painting and popcorn removal. Jonny has been in the remodeling/painting industry for over five years but previously with his own company for about two years, before he worked with his crew for M Carlson Painting. He then moved out to Indianapolis to become a project manager for M. Carlson Painting and help us start our Indiana branch.
Jonny likes to watch movies, go to the park with his family, go camping, attend church activities and sports too.
Charity of choice: Big brother big sister of central Indiana.
