Tony began his career with The Sherwin-Williams Co. in 1976 and retired in 2019. Throughout his career Tony was tireless in his promotion of the 100+ year lifecycle of steel tanks through proper coating selection and maintenance.
Tony served many years on the Field Erected Tank Committee (from the early 2000’s until his position change in the late 2010’s) and was an author of the coating section of the Steel Tank Seminars. He was a frequent presenter at the seminars as well. Tony could always be counted on to volunteer for anything that needed to be done. Tony nominated projects for STI/SPFA awards every year including Tank of the Year award winners in 2007, 2009, 2013, and 2015 and other awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (2) and 2015.
In addition to his steel tank promotion thorough STI-SPFA, Tony was active in both NACE and SSPC (now AMPP) and AWWA where he served on the D102 Coatings for Steel Water Storage Tanks committee. Tony has contributed protective coatings articles for the Journal of Protective Coatings and Linings, American Painting Contractor, Water & Wastes Digest, Environmental Solutions, OPFLOW, Public Works, Coatings PRO, and other industry magazines and publications. He is a Contributing Author for the AWWA Handbook on Potable Water Tanks.
