At $45M, he finally stepped out of the day-to-day. Here is how.
Patrick built Allegheny Exteriors into four locations across western Pennsylvania. The hardest part of growing was not selling more. It was letting go.
- Who
- Patrick Dunmore, Founder and CEO
- Company
- Allegheny Exteriors
- Trade
- Roofing, siding, and windows
- Where
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Size
- $45M a year
- Team
- 4 locations, 180 employees
- 4 locations
- running the same playbook
- One set
- of reports for the leadership team
- Patrick
- reviews weekly, coaches daily
Four locations, four ways of working
Patrick started Allegheny Exteriors in 2006 with one crew and a used truck. By 2023 it had four locations, roofing, siding, and windows, and about 180 people.
Each location had grown up with its own way of selling and running jobs. Patrick was the only person who could see across all four, and that meant he could never step away.
Why he switched
He wanted one playbook across every location: the same presentation, the same Good, Better, Best packages, and the same way of running a job from signing to final payment.
Now every rep presents from the same deck, every job runs on the same record, and the leadership team reads one set of reports across all four locations.
“I was the only person who could see all four locations. That meant I could never leave.”
What changed at work
His location GMs run their operations with the same numbers Patrick sees. His COO runs the weekly meeting.
Patrick reviews the week on Monday and spends the rest of it on strategy, hiring, and the occasional ride-along because he misses it.
What changed at home
His son, Liam, plays youth hockey, and Patrick coaches the team. That means 6 a.m. ice times and weekend tournaments in Erie and Cleveland.
He says he did not grow the company to spend more time at the office. It took him eighteen years to act like it.
“I didn't grow the company to spend more time in it. It took me eighteen years to act like it.”
What Patrick runs on Revcore
What it replaced
- Four locations, four sales processes
- Reports built by hand for leadership
- Patrick as the only view across the company
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