It’s been a tough economy for a few years now, so when someone is hiring it makes big news. Jasper Contractors Inc. has made big news recently by opening offices in Phoenix and New Orleans and bringing hundreds of jobs to those markets.

Scott Riopelle’s gritty background growing up in Detroit prepared him to become one of Colorado’s most successful roofing contractors over the past decade.

Metro Construction, Inc. was founded in 2007 with an aggressive yet strategic growth plan with the goal of expanding into 14 offices over the first six years.

Bill Chambers, President of Bill Chambers Roofing located in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., started the company in 1994 with a kettle, a pickup truck and his tool bags.“Since then we have grown to be a good size company with 80 employees and a great management staff,” said Chambers, who is co-owner along with his wife, Kara, the secretary and treasurer of the company.

Through hard work and determination, Nick Yadron, President of M&M Home Remodeling Services located in Crete, Ill., continues to build on a customer base that his father, Mike, first started to cultivate 35 years ago.

Thomas Martin started out in residential roofing, but the President of Metropolitan Construction Systems Inc. in Holbrook, N.Y., knew it was just a matter of time before he entered the commercial market.

Christian Madsen is the President of Madsen Roofing & Waterproofing Inc. in Sacramento, Calif. He’s also the current president of the Western States Roofing Contractors Association (WSRCA). Roofing Contractor caught up with Madsen to get his insights on the roofing industry, and he shared his plans for leading his company and the association into the future.