Jan Girard, President

Jan is a Columbus Ohio native and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught sixth grade for four years, but resigned her position after she and her husband, Mark, started their family. One year later, in 1978, Jan and Mark founded McKee Door Sales of Columbus, Inc. From a small office located in the basement of their home, she handled all phone calls, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll. Jan continues to handle the accounts payable, but now puts her focus on managing office operations, human resources, benefits, safety, and compliance issues for the company.

Jan states, “I feel very fortunate to have started a very small company which now provides for all four of our family members, as well as all of our staff and their families. With hard work, dedication, high expectations, and an open-mind to new ideas and technology; we have proved to our customers that we can provide great products at a great value.” 

Mark Girard, Senior Vice President

Mark is a native of Columbus Ohio and after high school completed the Carpenter’s Apprenticeship program to become a Journeyman Carpenter. Mark spent several years doing general carpentry work before his assignment installing commercial overhead doors. In 1978, he spotted an ad in the local paper seeking a distributor for overhead doors which were manufactured in Illinois. After meeting with the manufacturer’s top executives, he was awarded the distributorship for the Columbus Ohio market. Starting with one truck, one trailer, a small warehouse space, and one additional installer; Mark was able to build a clientele based on quality products and quality workmanship. Eight years later, in 1986, Mark supervised and participated in the construction of a new building for the business. His role then changed to handling the sales and estimating while hiring others to perform the installations.

Mark states, “My mission has always been to provide quality products and quality workmanship allowing our customers to have confidence in us to get the job done in the best manner possible. No job is too big or too challenging for our staff.”

Brian Girard, Vice President of Operations

Brian grew up around the door business and always enjoyed being on a job site with his father. He earned his degree in Construction Management from The Ohio State University and, after an internship with a local general contractor; he joined McKee Door Sales on a full-time basis. Brian brings energy, new ideas, and skills to keep the business competitive, efficient, and growing. He helps with the operations side of the business doing estimating, sales, ordering, and scheduling.

Brian states, “It was always my desire to join the family business. I take much pride in the fact that we are family owned and how much we have grown over the years.”

Matt Girard, Vice President of Commercial Products

Growing up around the business, Matt has been directly and indirectly involved with McKee Door Sales for much of his life. During high school and after graduating from Capital University, he worked in the field in various capacities.  As a laborer Matt fulfilled whatever duties were required to complete the project. After several years, he rejoined McKee Door Sales in 2002 assisting in the office with various aspects of the business.  Now the Vice President of Commercial Products, Matt has been heavily involved in corporate branding efforts, internal and external marketing, as well as strategic planning and business development activities.

In his own words:  "I think our perspective and expectation for the services that we provide are unique in the industry. We believe that people are not just hiring us to install overhead doors and loading dock equipment-clients trust us to recommend the best equipment for their needs and application. That means being more than a cog in the design and construction process. It means developing solutions before challenges become problems, identifying cost centers before construction and developing cost effective alternatives that preserve our clients' budgets. That's the leadership and value we deliver to our clients."


 

Joe Clark, Director of Estimating Services

Dawn Cales, Contract Administrator and Service Coordinator

Nikki Skunza, Accounting and Sales Assistant