PRO-CUT - Key Persons
Brad Bolyard is the Vice President of Operations at J.R. Boehlke, Inc.
As the VP of Operations, Brad is responsible for most of the day-to-day functions of the business from beginning to end. Brad is the Lead People Person, the Head of Sales and the Brand Manager. In addition to these exciting job duties, Brad meets with customers and vendors, trains team members and schedules jobs. In just two years, Brad has helped transform the internal processes at J.R Boehlke, Inc., completely overhauling human resources, marketing and internal operations.
Prior to rejoining the J.R. Boehlke, Inc. team in early 2018, Brad worked with the Senior HR Leadership team at one of Wisconsin's largest publicly traded companies. There Brad led the digital delivery of performance management processes for over 25,000 associates worldwide.
Before joining the corporate world, Brad served in the US Army for six years. Brad served in the Armor Corps as a Humvee, MRAP and tank gunner before becoming a battalion operations sergeant his final three years. As an operations sergeant, Brad was responsible for the schooling and training of over 850 Soldiers in the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, TX. While stationed at Fort Bliss, Brad deployed to Iraq twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. During his deployments, Brad provided security, training and support for an Iraqi Police Academy, Iraqi Police Provincial Headquarters and trained the Iraqi Army on the proper use and maintenance of the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank.
Brad was raised in Germantown, WI where he met his wife of 15 years (2005), Shauna, in the 7th grade. Shauna is a nurse manager at one of Wisconsin's premier teaching hospitals. Together they have three children: Cameron, Harper and Kenley. When Brad is not hard at work, he's running the children to all of their swim, soccer and basketball games all over the Midwest.
Jason Boehlke, President & Founder, has been in the asphalt industry since he was 10 years old. He has been getting his hands dirty for the past 28 years and learning a lot along the way. Jason is open to new ideas and continues to stay up with the ever evolving industry.
He is an avid sports fan. He was a four sport athlete in high school, going to state individually and as a team in football, wrestling and track & field his senior year. His crowning achievement was winning the 1998 Division 2 state Football Championship after posting a 14-0 record, and being named 1998 North Shore Conference Player of the Year, All-Conference, All-Region, All-State and a two way starter and team captain in the prestigious Wisconsin Shrine Bowl.
Jason graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater with a degree in Economics. He is a proud father to a beautiful little girl, Blair, and is also the proud owner of two great Danes.
Lauri was born and raised in Washington County but has spent most of 2003-2020 as a modern day vagabond. She graduated from UW Eau Claire with a degree in Kinesiology. She even surprised herself to complete her college coursework in 4 years as on multiple occasions she left the country for several months at a time to play or coach rugby. An opportunity to work as a Strength Coach at the US Olympic Training center in 2008 threw her career intentions off course. Trainer to the US Bobsled & Skeleton team at that time, what was meant to be a "try it once" sort situation turned in to a several year career traveling internationally and competing for the US National skeleton team in pursuit of the 2022 Olympics. A hamstring tendon tear during Team Trials in October 2019 curbed her ability to be competitive at the start and entering the next season she was invited to join the coaching staff which she still maintains today. She has had the opportunity to coach on 3 of the 4 international race circuits, two Youth Olympics, coached Ghana at the 2018 Olympics while collaborating with her US colleagues, and has assisted many other nations as well. She has mastered the art of thrifty travel and has been to almost as many countries as her years in age.
Lauri began working at J.R. Boehlke, then Pro-Coat & Pro-Enterprises, in 2010. As the peak season for landscaping and pavement services were a near-perfect alignment with her offseason, it created an ideal situation for seasonal employment. She left Wisconsin for 3 summers to give other locations a try, and found herself back in Wisconsin March 2020 to be closer to family and return to work as the Office Manager at J.R. Boehlke. She finally has one foot on the ground as a first time home owner in Mequon, but she plans to keep her passion for sport and travel alive by coaching throughout the winter and returning to Mequon on her off weeks as she for the first time in her adult life calls one place "home".