About Poor Boy Pallet

I worked with my father before I was a teenager. Of course, at that time I only worked for cheesesteaks!

It was in those years working with my father that I learned the value of hard work and getting the job done.

In 1989, I enlisted in the Navy for 4 years. After the Navy, I worked a couple of odd jobs before going to school for computers. After a brief career in the computer industry, I realized it wasn't the kind of work I wanted to be doing. I returned to work with my father, who was working part-time in the pallet business. In 1998, I started my own business.

In 2007, my brother Dennis and I partnered to create the company we are today.

I have been married for 20 years and have two daughters, one of which is a Marine. My other daughter is married to a service member in the Air Force, and has the job of raising my four grandchildren.

It all started in 1964, when my mother and father... just kidding!

I started working with pallets when I was around 11 years old. My father and I would do cleanup for my uncle's company. Growing up, I worked for different pallet companies doing every job available, ranging from repairs to forklift operator to truck driver to operating and maintaining a tub grinder. Over time, I stepped away from the pallet industry and began working in construction. For 15 years, I operated heavy equipment and made it my mission to learn how to operate as many different kinds of equipment as I could. In fact, I enjoyed working with the equipment so much that when I applied for a job I wrote "I was like a kid in his sand box playing with his Tonka toys." I didn't get the job, but I wasn't discouraged.

When Gary first started his company, I helped from time to time with electric and plumbing on the side. I even helped repair pallets occasionally. When Gary approached me to be his partner, I was hesitant. However, when I saw how hard Gary was working to make his company work, I knew it was time. In 2007, we partnered together, and the rest is history.

I have been happily married for 16 years, sharing 10 kids and 11 grandchildren with my wife, Beth.