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Leading with an Eye towards Future Growth

Prism maintains a distinct corporate mission and vision for the future. Our company leaders guide Prism’s vision and growth, which has expanded to include five office locations and divisions specializing in construction, preconstruction, critical systems, and electrical maintenance service.

Leadership

Blake Combs

President & Owner Click for more

Blake Combs

President & Owner

Blake leads Prism with a strong vision for the future. He plays a large role in establishing and managing customer relationships and providing input for conceptual estimating. Blake has worked in the industry since 1982. During his career, some positions held include, field apprentice, field superintendent, foreman, estimator and chief estimator. In 1994, Blake saw an opportunity to build an electrical firm and founded Prism Electric.

Dale Payne

Chief Executive Officer Click for more

Dale Payne

Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Dale takes great pride in being the leader of all executive officers and vice presidents throughout Prism’s organization. He exemplifies leadership as he works hand-in-hand with Blake Combs, helping him achieve his vision and direction of the company. His major areas of oversite are the Construction and Service Divisions, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Legal. Dale began his career in the electrical contracting business in 1984 and has a wide range of contracting experiences from small to very large projects. These experiences were gained in small companies, as well as large publicly traded companies where he also held executive leadership positions. Dale joined Prism Electric in 2007 and has helped guide the company’s growth to ten times its size since coming on board. Dale earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Texas, Arlington. He has held master electrical/contractor licenses in twelve states across the nation.

John Cochran

Director of Field Operations Click for more

John Cochran

Director of Field Operations

As the Director of Field Operations, John is responsible for planning, budget preparation, scheduling, subcontractor management and project delivery. His role also involves establishing procedures to improve safety, quality, and profitability of electrical construction projects. Other duties include but not limited to recruiting and development of personnel, employee evaluations, leadership, mentoring and training of subordinate superintendents | foremen, and acting as liaison between client and general contractors to develop professional working relationships.

Paul Roberts

Executive VP Service Division Click for more

Paul Roberts

Executive VP Service Division

As the Executive Vice President of the service area, Paul has ultimate responsibility for the success of the division. He spends time with customers and personally handles some accounts. His responsibilities include oversight of our customer relationships, sales efforts, personnel issues, safety, technology needs and financial performance. Paul began in the electrical service industry in 1982, as a helper. Since that time, he moved up to work as a foreman and then was promoted to service manager in 1992. He has been with Prism in this position since 1997.

John Davis

Chief Financial Officer Click for more

John Davis

Chief Financial Officer

As Prism Electric’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), John Davis has stepped into leading the accounting team with great efforts. John has been with Prism since 2008, beginning as an Accounting Manager for five years before being promoted in 2012 to Controller. With decades of accounting and financial planning experience, John has developed trusted relationships across the company, and he has helped build a team of talented professionals with the technical skills and expertise to lead an accounting group responsible for the financial affairs of Prism Electric.

John describes how he thinks of himself as loyal and dedicated, as one of Prism’s core values, he says, “I have had a plaque in my office since I started here at Prism that says Character: Live each day so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.” That sums it up for me.

Before joining Prism Electric, John started his career in the hospitality industry, working in various management roles and working his way up. John received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Stephen F. Austin University.

Vance Richardson HR Director 

Vance Richardson

HR Director

Divisional Leadership

GARLAND (HEADQUARTERS)

Bobby DeRossett

General Manager Service Division Click for more

Bobby DeRossett

General Manager

Bobby has primary responsibility for the operation of the Prism Dallas area service branch. In this role, he oversees all Dallas County customer accounts. He is also responsible for achieving sales objectives, supervising production staff and managing the budget for this service area. Bobby has worked in the electrical industry since 1978. Over the years he gained experience with a number of contractors both on the service and new construction side.

BJ Hilborn Vice President Industrial Division

BJ Hilborn

Vice President

David King Vice President System Reliability Services

David King

Vice President

Steve Markee

Director of Business Development Construction Division Click for more

Steve Markee

Director of Business Development

As lead of business development, Steve is instrumental in maintaining contact and key relationships with our clients as well as new client development. Prior to becoming our director of business development, Steve served as the project manager for our TI group and has a thorough understanding of projects from preconstruction to completion. His relationships gained and maintained during this time makes him an integral part of Prism’s future successes.

Cameron Vrzak Director of Preconstruction

Cameron Vrzak

Director of

Clinton Fiddes Director of  Estimating

Clinton Fiddes

Director of

CENTRAL TEXAS

Dwain Smith

Executive Vice President Preconstruction & Construction Click for more

Dwain Smith

Executive Vice President

Dwain Smith joined Prism Electric in 2008 as vice president of pre-construction and business development. He now leads the construction division in Austin and San Antonio. As a recognized industry leader, Dwain is an excellent communicator focused on building strong customer relationships. Dwain is experienced in all aspects of the electrical industry and brings a unique blend of expertise in business development, negotiations, estimating, design analysis and project management to his role. His background includes designing electrical systems for advanced technology facilities, cleanrooms, laboratories, hospitals, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, computer and data centers, low and high-rise buildings and multifamily developments.

James Fordham Operations Manager Construction Division

James Fordham

Operations Manager

Todd Brown Director of Estimating 

Todd Brown

Director of Estimating

FORT WORTH

Shannon Sifford Vice President Technology Division

Shannon Sifford

Vice President

Donny Gaddy General Manager Service Division

Donny Gaddy

General Manager

Chris Church Business Development Manager Industrial | Service Division

Chris Church

Business Development Manager

HOUSTON

Gary Lumsden

General Manager Service Division Click for more

Gary Lumsden

General Manager

Gary leads the Prism Electric Houston service operations, where he is actively involved in all aspects of the business. He has been in the electrical industry since 1981 and holds a Texas master electrician license. Gary began his career as an apprentice electrician and has since held many positions including service electrician, foreman, project manager / estimator and service manager. Gary ran the Houston Division of a major electrical contractor prior to joining Prism Electric in 2010.

TULSA

Ben McCord

Executive Vice President Click for more

Ben McCord

Executive

Ben McCord joined Prism Electric in 2014 to open our construction office in Tulsa. As a recognized industry expert, Ben brings a wealth of experience in the field and in building customer relationships. He has extensive experience at identifying and maintaining budget guidelines throughout the project life cycle. Ben brings a unique blend of expertise in business development, negotiations, estimating and project management to this role. Ben’s background includes projects in the healthcare, hospitality, performance venue, commercial and education industries.