The Foam School Team
The Foam School team consists of our primary instructor, Jim Davidson, Dave Penta Equipment/Application Specialist, John Sesic Marketing/Advertising, Matt Kenner Building Sciences, and Chuck Edwards Technical Services. Between the five members of the Foam School team over 50 years of foam experience is brought to the classroom. You can breathe easy when attending the Foam School, because our collection of experts will ensure that you get the knowledge and training you need in order to realize your business's success.
Jim Davidson
Lead Instructor
Jim has been part of the spray foam industry since working alongside his father, who was one of the pioneers of the spray foam industry starting back in the mid 1960's. Jim has worked with spray foam and the equipment from its early days all the way to its modern and advanced equipment in place today. Growing up, Jim worked installing foam and coatings on roofs, tanks, poultry barns and everywhere else spray foam could be applied. In 1981, Jim and his brother Dennis started their own spray foam roofing and insulation company which expanded into protective coatings and paint systems, fireproofing, and general construction.
With Jim's experience in spraying over 10,000,000 square feet of spray foam roofing and countless other items and applications, and his experience as a full time foam, coatings, and equipment instructor, CPi is glad to have Jim on board as our new Foam and Roofing School Spray Foam Professor. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming training schools, where you will have the chance to gain all of the knowledge and experience from Jim Davidson and CPi's new partnership.
Dave Penta
Equipment/Application Specialist
Dave has been working with spray foam for over 10 years and has been part of CPi for the past year as well. Dave brings a combined level of experience as an applicator and as CPi's leading rig and systems expert that makes him a unique expert on the spray foam business as a whole. Dave understands the mechanics of owning and running a spray foam business, from the details of the equipment, to the costing and handling of jobs. With Dave's daily role in working with spray foam contractors throughout the country, you will be certain to benefit from all of this experience throughout the Foam School course.
John Sesic
Marketing and Advertising
John has been with CPi for nearly three years and has a vast knowledge of the spray foam industry and how it relates to consumers. He has specialities in the online forum, graphic design, and tradeshow development that he can pass down to each and every student that comes through the Foam School. John will help you understand what it is that makes consumers what spray foam, what questions you are likely to face, and how to promote your business in the ever growing spray foam marketplace.
Chuck Edwards
Technical Service and Maintenance
Chuck is one the best spray foam technicians CPi has to offer and will take countless hours and all sorts of scenarios and pass that knowledge down to you as you go through the Foam School. Each day Chuck spends hours working on all types of spray foam equipment, from new to old, rebuilding, cleaning, and repairing. You will work hands-on with Chuck throughout the Foam School in taking apart guns, pumps, and the proportioner itself to understand the inner workings of each piece of equipment you will encounter throughout your time in the spray foam industry.
Matt Kenner
Building Sciences
Matt is the resident expert of the science of the industry. Building Science, codes, best practices, and more are integral and time-consuming part of learning and flourishing in the spray foam industry, CPi and the Foam School will take some of that responsibility ourselves, and we do that by providing Building Science experts like Matt. Matt has a deep and thorough understanding the IBC/IRC codes books and has the experience in working with Architects and Specifiers that can help you land those big jobs we all hunt for.
