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Jeff Tinlin
PACP
I was honored to be part of the
PACP team and one of my more
memorable events was Sept. 11,
2001. The entire team was assembled in a basement in Atlanta
hashing out the final details of the
program that day. We emerged at
noon to a world that had changed
forever.
I eventually left Pearpoint in
early 2004 after they had been
bought out and the dynamics
had changed. I needed another
challenge. An opportunity came
up to become a partner in an existing company that was wanting
to move into the sewer inspection market with a new product.
Alliance Technology was building
components for other manufacturers in our industry. They hired me
to become the sales director and to
help them move forward with inspection equipment for the lateral
inspection market. We developed
and branded the Insight Vision
line of pipeline inspection equipment and soon after, the Vutek
push camera line. We did quite
well, as our approach was to establish our product with the more
traditional sewer equipment dealer
market in the U.S. Our sales eventually reached $3 million annually
and we were going strong until the
market collapse of 2008/2009.
The economic downturn basically forced myself and the other
minor partner, George Milkowski,
to leave the company and pursue
other careers. George moved on
to run the Cues Midwest Service
division out of Waukesha, WI, and
I joined LMK Technologies. For
me, it was again time for a new
challenge. I had known Larry Kiest,
who owns LMK, since his early
days in the industry working out
of his garage. He had since built a
very substantial company and was
looking to expand his sales team.
I joined LMK and began to learn
about the ever-expanding market
of CIPP lining and technology, especially the lateral lining market.
Understanding the T-Liner and the
need for sealing the laterals from
the main up onto the property of a

home was, and is, a very important part of our industry in the
attempts to reduce and eliminate
infiltration and inflow in a sewer
collection system.
After one year at LMK, the Jack
Doheny Companies approached
me with an opportunity to open
up and develop the territory of
Illinois and Wisconsin. During
the almost three years that I was
with Doheny, I renewed my PACP
Trainer status with NASSCO and
dove feet first into PACP training
again throughout the Midwest.
Since then, I have trained nearly
1,000 participants and still enjoy
training to this day.

Training
While I know that my primary role
as a PACP trainer is to educate on
the importance of proper coding
and compliance to the PACP program, I also use the platform of
trainer to share my knowledge of
the industry and the new technologies that are emerging to help our
field become stronger and more efficient. I always try to do this in an
objective manner to help students
become familiar with all of the
aspects that apply to our market.
Observing and coding of observations and defects is just the first
step. Problems that are found need
to be repaired. I like to use tangible
samples in my classes of liners and
other products that come after inspection and will be used to rehabilitate collection systems.
My desire to learn all aspects of
the industry, coupled with amazing opportunities that leading
companies have offered me over
the years, has led me to become
more involved with the rehabilitation side of our market. I am
currently the general manager for
CIPP Robotics, a full-line distributor of the IMS robotic cutting
equipment and UV curing systems.
I like to be on the cutting edge of
our market, and this is proving to
be a great opportunity.
In addition to the role at CIPP
Robotics, I have also started my
own company, Specialty Trenchless Products. My son Dillon, who
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