As CEO and founder of Supreme Roofing, Tim Rainey has over 40 years of experience in the roofing and construction services industry. He started in the roofing industry in 1977 as a laborer in the union and worked his way up through the ranks to Vice President. In 1987, he created Supreme Roofing and has managed its growth through the past three decades. Under his leadership, Supreme has grown to be one of the largest commercial roofing companies in Texas and has expanded to operate offices in Massachusetts (serving the entire New England area) and Oklahoma.
In addition to his role at Supreme, Tim is an active leader in the roofing industry, where he has served a key role on many roofing industry boards and committees. His dedication to the commercial roofing industry is evidenced by the time he has donated on NRCA’s Executive Committee as Vice President (07-09) and NRCA’s Board of Directors for a decade. In addition, Mr. Rainey has chaired and provided leadership on numerous association committees, as well as the Board of Trustees for the Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress, NRCA’s foundation. He is also an elite member of NRCA’s Political Insiders Council. In 2010, Tim served as President of the North Texas Roofing Contractors Association (NTRCA) and is the recipient of the organization’s most prestigious annual award, the Industry Leader Award.
Tim has also spearheaded numerous community service projects, including the roofing project for The Women’s Center of Tarrant County, winner of the national 2009 Gold Circle Service to the Community Award from the NRCA, Sunshine Village in Massachusetts and, most recently, organized an effort in partnership with NTRCA members to donate high quality body armor for police officers in the Double Oak Police Department in Texas.
“Mac” manages the day-to-day operations of the company, with an emphasis on estimating/project management, production and safety. He has worked in the roofing industry for 35 years, 25 of those with Supreme Roofing where he started as a Superintendent and worked his way up to Operations Manager, Vice President and Senior Vice President before becoming President in 2012.
His favorite projects are those that present multiple logistical challenges, including the DFW Airport, GM Assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, and Abbot Laboratories in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. Mac is a leader in the industry, where he has served on the board of the NTRCA, and at Supreme, where he enjoys mentoring the next generation of roofing professionals.
When he isn’t working, you’ll find Mac enjoying time with his wife, four children (including a son who works at Supreme) and his precious granddaughter.
Craig has had roofing in his blood since he was born. He officially started working for Supreme during his senior year of high school, as part of Supreme’s apprentice program, then worked as a Junior Estimator during college summers. After graduating from the University of Alabama in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in finance management, Craig started working for Supreme full-time, managing the service department until being promoted to Vice President in 2016.
He loves being surrounded by a great team that works together to take care of others and being able to provide customers with quality roofs and exemplary customer service. His favorite projects include those that others either say can’t be done or want to avoid, “because Supreme loves rising to challenges and successfully completing complex jobs.”
In addition to his role at Supreme, Craig is active in the roofing industry, where he is currently on the Board of Directors and is a past board president of NTRCA, a board member of RCAT and a member of MRCA, NRLRC and Alliance for Progress.
A common quote referenced by Craig, “Kindness is something you can’t give away because it keeps coming back to you.” With those thoughts in mind Craig brings a big passion for the community and helping others. Craig has helped guide efforts to support the Ronald McDonald Foundation, servicing any of their waterproofing or roofing needs free of charge. Likewise, under his guidance, Supreme supports the Sunshine Village in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Supreme’s efforts with Sunshine Village include funding of educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
With nearly 20 years of roofing industry experience, Todd Gilmore started his career as a sheet metal installer. Fifteen years ago, he joined Supreme, where he worked his way up through the company’s sheet metal department, from Foreman to Superintendent to Manager. His combination of industry knowledge, communication skills and managerial talent made him the perfect choice to head operations for all of Supreme.
In this role, he is responsible for project scheduling, managing project superintendents, facility management and fleet management. He enjoys the knowledgeable, supportive team at Supreme and the pride everyone has in their work. “I especially enjoy the challenge of being held every day to a higher standard.” Among his favorite projects are high profile sheet metal projects, including the Gaylord Texan and the Radio Shack World Headquarters.
David Etley started with Supreme Roofing in 2013 and currently serves as the senior estimator and project manager. His previous experience in the construction industry goes back to 2006 when he worked for a fire protection company. His roofing career started when he came on board with Supreme. Etley was born and raised in Mansfield, Texas, and he enjoys golfing when time permits and spending time with his family. He graduated from Mansfield High School, completed his bachelors from University of Texas at Arlington and carries his OSHA 30-hour certification.
His favorite part about working in this industry would be working through challenging estimates and projects. The art of putting together a good estimate, being awarded the project, and then managing the project from start to finish, gives him great satisfaction in what he is doing. In the end, it gives him a sense of pride knowing he was pivotal in the success of the project and ensuring the customer was also completely satisfied.
In terms of a favorite project, he cannot pick just one. He really enjoys putting his best effort forward on all the projects he is rewarded regardless of size or scope.
Will Messer manages Supreme’s service department, overseeing operations, sales, scheduling, project management, account management, new technology implementation and process improvement. He enjoys helping clients manage their roof assets, determining which roofs need replaced vs. which roofs can be repaired to extend their serviceable life and implementing preventative maintenance programs to prevent leak issues.
Will began his career almost 20 years ago as a laborer at a general contracting firm and worked his way up through the ranks before joining the Supreme team in 2012. He started in a service sales role, moved to Service Estimator/Project Manager and was then promoted to Service Manager. He says that the most rewarding part of his job is helping customers resolve tough leak issues and implementing processes and technology to better serve customers.
He started in the roofing industry nearly 15 years ago as a laborer and quickly advanced to Foreman then Estimator before joining Supreme to start the New England office almost 5 years ago. Jon runs operations for Supreme’s New England office, which serves Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Maine and Rhode Island.
Jon holds a Construction Supervisors License (CSL) in the state of Massachusetts, an OSHA 10 certification, an asbestos certification, an aerial/boom lifts certification and is an active member of the North/East Roofing Contractors Association (NERCA).
Jon enjoys the unique challenges that inevitably arise each day and roundtabling them with the Supreme team to develop the best and safest solutions for each customer. Jon says, “The people I work with are some of the hardest working individuals I have ever met, who realize that a team is more important than any individual.” His favorite projects include college campus buildings, because of their old, architectural beauty. “Some of them are hundred-year-old buildings, which you can’t find anywhere else in the country,” Jon states. Outside of the office, you’ll see Jon coaching his son’s basketball team and finding other ways to serve his community.
Like many others on the Supreme management team, Tim Magoon started in the roofing industry as a laborer and worked his way up through hard work and dedication. With close to 15 years of experience, Tim’s first decade was spent specializing in slate and custom copper fabrication, where he worked as a laborer, Foreman, Superintendent and Safety Supervisor before coming to Supreme.
Tim manages Supreme’s service department, overseeing operations, sales, scheduling, project management, account management, new technology implementation and process improvement. He is OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 certified; holds an Asbestos Certification, a Lead Certification, a Hydraulic License and Scaffold CPT. Tim’s favorite part of his job is working directly with building owners to develop the right roofing solutions for their specific properties.
Jeremy started with Supreme in August of 2019 and spent time in the roofing industry since August of 2005. Jeremy has spent time at just about every trade in this industry – as a laborer, apprentice, foreman, project manager, service estimator. Jeremy now serves as a Chief Estimator in the Massachusetts office.
A native of Chicopee, Massachusetts, Batchelor graduated from Chicopee Comp in 2005 as a vocational student. He carries certifications in project management, supervisor courses, OSHA 10 Lift and Lull license, and as a rigging and signal person.
He says his favorite project to work on during his 15 years in the industry would have to be the Wellesley Office Park they are currently on. It has all different types of challenging components that I enjoy being a part of.
In growing his expertise, Batchelor has always found that having a roofing background accelerated his understanding and management of projects in this industry.”
