Company Overview
The Best…by Choice
Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. is a national provider of painting services. Established in 1978, our reputation is based upon adding value for our clients. Our philosophy is “YOUR CUSTOMER IS OUR CUSTOMER” therefore; every decision made is made with our customer in mind. Our management team is recognized for thinking “OUTSIDE OF THE BOX” when it comes to providing customer solutions. Continuous improvement is our company’s mission & our onsite team leaders are encouraged as well as rewarded for suggesting new ideas that create efficiencies and or extend the overall life cycle of the products and services that we provide.
What makes us unique within our industry is that we insist on all projects being completed by our in-house staff of dedicated trained painters. The most frequently asked question we receive from potential new clients is “how can we self perform all of our work across the country and still have one of the most competitive pricing models in the industry”? Once we share our company’s unique place in the market it is easy to see why we have had so much success in this national multiple site market. This is made possible by three parts: First is that the location in which our work staff resides has one of the least expensive costs of living indexes in the country. The Southeast has a lower cost of living index than any other region of the US. All of our craft either live in Georgia, Florida, Texas, or South Carolina. This allows us to pay top wages for our region, while still being well below the national average hourly rate for a skilled journeyman painter.
Our dedicated work teams take great pride in the accounts they are assigned and are rewarded for any ideas that improve quality and service or lead to an overall cost reduction for each client. If given 20 locations or more per year, we will guarantee a 3% reduction in labor cost each year for up to three total years when given a minimum of 20 locations annually.
Finally, our vendor partnerships give us a competitive advantage due to our volume purchasing and deep discount programs that we have in place with the top national manufactures of paint in the country (i.e. Sherwin Williams, Glidden, and PPG). When you combine our lower average labor cost with a 35% discounted rate on the high cost of insurance, then package that with the best prices on materials in the business, you can see how we can provide consistent quality, at prices that are as or more competitive than local and regional providers.
Benise-Dowling’s greatest strengths are our dedicated employees coupled with great personal communication practices. Our dedicated staff wants to be a part of your facilities team. They take pride in working for your customers. Secondly, we believe that clients today expect their vendors to have all of the most up to date internet management systems in place so all parties can access key information on jobs in progress. Where we differentiate from the crowd is we go out of our way to learn everything we can about you. We encourage our project managers to have as much face to face time with our clients as possible to gain the insight that we feel is required to add the most value. We are confident that this is the backbone of any long lasting partnership. In addition to our employees and their communication practices is our “Golden Rule Policy: Do it right the first time”: We are a company that wants to earn your business on every level. We hold every team member accountable for “Total Team Integrity”. It is what is expected by everyone that works here and is part of our total teams goal to always do what we say when we say it and when we said we would do it. Finally, is we stand behind our product unconditionally by providing what we call a “Real Warranty”: Everyone says that their work is guaranteed, but I have seen way too many companies leave the customer holding the bag on what should be covered under a standard warranty. I think the most educated question I have ever been asked by a potential client was for us to provide them a reference list of 3 clients that we had problems with so they could see how we resolved those problems. We believe that this is a sure fire way for a potential client to judge a company’s integrity and overall character.
What makes Benise-Dowling stand above the rest is our staff of over 180 dedicated individuals who bring so many decades of experience to each and every client’s project. We have had the opportunity to provide our services in 40 plus states including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Our clients include some of the largest retailers in North America such as (Firestone, Publix Super Markets, Regal Cinemas, & Delta Air Lines). We have also had the privilege to be part of some of the highest-profile projects in the Southeast: the conversion of Phillips Arena to the State Farm Arena for the Atlanta Hawks, as well as re-imaging of Grant Field Football, Baseball, and Softball at Georgia Tech’s Protective Stadium, GA Correctional Institutions, CNN, and CDC. Please allow us to provide you with a list of references that come from the same industry that your facilities operate. We look forward to earning our place on your facilities management team.
You will not find an organization or group of people who are more passionate about painting than the Benise-Dowling group. We all have fun doing what we do, which is working hard to provide our clients with the best possible product at the most competitive price possible. Painting is a passion for all of us here and it is contagious. We feel that this passion shows up in the finished product on each and every project that we deliver. Give us the opportunity to show you why Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. is “the best by choice”.
Meet Our Team
Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. has an incredible team of over 200 employees.
Officers
Curt Dowling
Curt earned his Bachelors in Marketing at Georgia State University from 1986-1989.
Curt served as President of Prestige Painting & Wallcovering, Inc. from 1989 –1997. Then, he merged his company with Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. in 1997.
Curt has been a part of the Benise-Dowling team for 19+ years. He provides direction for all business development staff and project managers in seven specific market segments.
He is a career minded business owner who spends most of his free time with his loving wife and family. He lives life with an attitude that if you work hard you can afford and deserve to be able to play hard. Curt feels like each step in life is like a new chapter in a book and he is very fortunate to be the main character in a really great book.
In Curt’s free time, he enjoys landscaping, writing and recording music, putting on firework shows, and most of all his two granddaughters and huge loving family.
Tanya Dowling
Tanya has served Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. for 12+ years. She began as a New Construction as a sales representative. After the first year, her responsibilities grew to sales, and program management of special projects. Tanya has been a Senior Project Manager for 10+ years. Her role is to manage sales, estimating – physical takeoffs and blueprints, value engineering, job starts, project planning and execution, product recommendations, and specifications, cost control and management, billings, and collections.
On a personal note:
Tanya states that God has blessed her with her husband Curt Dowling and two amazing children, Johnathan and Kerstin with a bonus of her daughter-in-law Bailey. She continues that she is also blessed with two beautiful granddaughters, Tinley and Skylar. She has a huge family that she loves to spend time with as much as possible. They enjoy vacationing together, every holiday and any other excuse they can find to throw a party!
Leadership
Joshua Jackson
Joshua earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in May of 2018. During his time at college, he played collegiate baseball for the ABAC Stallions.
Josh’s experience with operations management began in high school and continued throughout his summers in college as he worked and eventually managed a large watermelon farm in South Georgia.
In his free time, Josh enjoys the outdoors with hobbies including hunting, golfing, and fishing. He and his wife, Kerstin have two sons, Noah and Tate.
Jim Horn
Jim has been a Senior Project Manager here at Benise-Dowling for the last 18 years and before that, brings over seven years of Facility Maintenance Management experience at Johnson Controls, Inc. and Siemens Energy & Automation.
Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee in 1991 and his Master of Business Administration at Christian Brothers University in 1994.
His free time is shared with his wife Beth, and together watching their three sons participate in various sporting events at the high school and collegiate level, and occasionally finding some time to travel.
Will Rice
Will is a Georgia native who received his Bachelor’s Degree from Mercer University. He has been accepted into the MBA program there and intends on completing that program in the near future.
He has a strong background in project management. He has spent the last 10 years managing projects in both the residential and commercial markets. His attention to detail and organizational skills are what allows him to successfully manage multiple projects at one time. He understands the importance of communication and team work. He also believes in always being upfront and honest. He takes great pride in each of his projects and wants to provide the best quality product to all of our clients. Will always has a smile on his face, a positive attitude, and tries to pass that on to everyone he’s around.
In his free time, Will enjoys spending time with his wife Harmony and family. He loves to be outdoors doing physical activities. Will and Harmony love to travel and their favorite hobby is eating as they are big foodies.
James Cregan
Owned a small painting company in New York out of high school and continued through college. Moved to Atlanta and started with Benise- Dowling over ten years ago working for Home Depot division estimating, scheduling, and running paint crews. Since then, James has been involved in estimating, supervising crews and running work on projects ranging from small commercial build outs to national roll outs.
James Cregan is married and has two kids that take up most of his free time. The rest of his free time is spent working around the house and spending time with family and friends.
Megan Smith
Megan Smith started working for Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. helping accounting and then moved over to Office Manager for our Powder Coating Department. She now works as the sole Accounts Receivables Liaison for the Liquid Department and also as a Project Engineer. She has a passion for customer service, believing that keeping the customer first allows us to foster stronger relationships and perform at a high level for our customers.
She spends her free time with her amazing children, Tyler and Briella, and husband, Chuck. She has a strong sense of family and is lucky to consider those at work part of her extended family. She loves anything her children and is always open to new adventures.
Jason Hauch
Jason will earn his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Kennesaw State University in December of 2021.
His experience in construction began as office support, and eventually estimator, for a metal ceiling manufacturer. He believes in integrating the takeoff and estimating process with technological aids to increase efficiency and reduce error.
In his free time, Jason likes to relax with his friends and build potato guns. He is on a quest to discover the most energetic propellant for launching spuds.
Aaron Simpson
Aaron has been a painter for 38 years. He started in New York in the Union and worked his way down until he came to Benise-Dowling in 1997. Aaron is now in his 21st year and has always enjoyed the opportunities this company offers to its employees if they are dedicated and work hard. Aaron appreciates his current position as Field Superintendent where he primarily focuses on the Aviation segment.
When Aaron is not working, he enjoys spending time with my family, watching movies and supporting their favorite sports teams.
Tim Sensat
Tim has been in the painting industry since 1983 where he owned his own business for 11 years and involved in the commercial realm for 27 more. During this time, he has managed projects for over 35 years and is in his current role of Senior Superintendent for 4 years.
He started in an apprenticeship program with the union at Heartline and Thomas and has a long history with Benise-Dowling in the late 80’s with Mike and Paul(original owners). Tim’s philosophy on succeeding at a job is to learn as much as possible from your elders in the field and increase your knowledge through training whenever possible.
Tim is a certified Minwax stainmaster, and is proficient in applying dryvit coatings, STO products, elastomeric coatings, automotive finishes, Lumar alcohol stain, intumescent coating, electrostatic painting, lacquer, epoxy, urethane, polyurea, and fluoropolymer coatings.
The three most important things in his life are God, Family, and Job and he is completely devoted to each. Tim’s philosophy on life is to treat people the way you would want to be treated. This statement resonates deeply in Tim.
Tim is at home at Benise-Dowling and he considers everyone part of the family. This mindset and his passion to continue to grow shows that he will always fly The Benise-Dowling flag!
Guy Cook
Guy, who goes by Mikey, earned his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 2018. During that time he served as the manager for the intramural sports department for the college.
After graduation, Mikey worked as a welder and quickly moved into management positions within that company. He has experience as a safety coordinator, a foreman managing crews and supplies, as well as a project manager.
Mikey says that God has blessed him in many ways throughout life. In his free time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, landscaping, and spending time with his family and friends. He loves to make people laugh and ensures that everyone has a great time.
Powder Coating
Louie Boncyk
Louie earned his Bachelor of Business Administration with a Finance major from Texas State University in 1990.
Louie has over 18 years experience with PPG through acquisition and 28 years overall in the Paint Industry where he has held Senior Leadership roles in Sales, Operations and Marketing throughout his tenure.
The foundation for his proven track record is the philosophy that successful leaders respect and appreciate their employees; collaborate with their customers; and focus every action with high ethical standards.
In his free time, Louie enjoys being in the outdoors hunting, golfing, biking, exercising, water sports, etc. He has been happily married for over twenty years to Jennifer and has two daughters Taylor and Morgan.
Andy Phillips
Andy Phillips has been employed with Benise Dowling and Associates, Inc. as their Oxford, Ga Powder Coating Plant Manager since June of 2011. Andy’s almost 30 years of extensive powder coating and managerial experience brings an incomparable level of quality and customer service to Benise Dowling customers. His common sense attitude and lead by example work ethic allows him to work well with his employees and get the best product possible produced for his customers!
Andy is driven to give customers quality work in a timely manner. His top priority is to make the customer happy.
Andy is married to Sarah Phillips and they reside in Madison, Ga with their awesome son, Garrett.
Ronnie Glover
Ronnie Glover started his career at Bensie-Dowling in 2003 as a temp worker on a one-day assignment. Through hard work and dedication, Ronnie has worked his way through the ranks to become Plant-Manager at the Decatur Powder Coating facility. Ronnie is a hands-on manager, who not only leads his team by example, but also works with them side by side to ensure the highest quality finishing and superior customer service for the end customer with maximum efficiency. Ronnie is the longest tenured employee in our Powder Coating division and serves as an example of the rewards of hard work, determination, and perseverance.
Jennifer Boncyk
Jennifer was born and raised in South Florida and completed her undergraduate studies at Florida State
University in 1991. Her careers have included Managing and Expansion of Big Box Home Improvement
Stores as well as Pharmaceutical Sales across multiple states. She has opened and run her own business,
as well as managed other small businesses with great success. This experience has given her the unique
blend of developing, designing, marketing, managing, and selling in various industries.
Jennifer prides herself on her work ethic, organizational skills, and attention to detail. She values the
importance of consistent communication, truly working together as a team, and a no-nonsense/common
sense approach to achieving a common goal. She believes an ‘all-in’ approach is the recipe for success.
Her free time is focused on anything involving her close-knit family, Louie, Taylor & Morgan. She has a
passion for yoga and has taught classes and workshops for over a decade. She believes health and
nutrition are the cornerstones to be able to enjoy a successful ‘all-in’ life.
James Mathis
I am a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional with over 26 years of experience in the field of Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Continuous Improvement. My expertise lies in developing and executing successful strategies that drive business growth. I have a proven track record of delivering results with lean transformation. In my current role as a Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager, I am responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s Quality, Estimating & Continuous Improvement processes. I am passionate about staying up to date with the latest trends and lean practices. In my free time, I enjoy creating art and exploring new places. Feel free to connect with me to learn more about how Benise-Dowling can add value to your product.
Dalia Garcia
Dalia Garcia, initially a temp worker back in 2009, has steadily progressed through various roles to become the Shipping and Receiving Manager as well as handling Accounts receivable and Accounts payable at the Oxford location. Dalia, with her strong work ethic, organizational skills, and keen attention to detail, prioritizes consistent communication with customers. She believes in a common-sense approach to achieving shared goals, emphasizing effective teamwork. Dalia’s commitment to professional integrity and a proactive attitude makes her an asset at Benise Dowling & Associates, Inc.
Dalia enjoys spending time with her loving husband, Nicolas, and her amazing children; Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jackie and Alexandria Garcia and grandkids (Isaac, Noah, & Eileen).
Accounting
Charles Walker
Chuck graduated from Troy State University May, 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and accounting.
After graduation he began a 22 year career in public accounting which included financial audits, reviews and compilations, tax compliance, accounting systems design, computerized accounting system installation and support. His career touched on many industries such as health care, oil & gas distribution, retail sales, software development, manufacturing and a heavy emphasis in construction.
In 2007, Chuck left public accounting for an opportunity to work for Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. as the company’s CFO. During this time he has managed the accounting department and oversaw the implementation of new accounting systems specialized for the construction and manufacturing divisions.
Kim Young
Kim Young is the payroll and human resources administrator at Benise-Dowling with over 15 years of accounting experience and 8 years employee benefits experience.
Attended Clark Atlanta University and Georgia Perimeter College major in Accounting.
1991 Graduate from National Centers for Paralegal Training with an ABA approved Certificate as a Certified Paralegal.
Co-Treasurer for Release to Reunion non-profit organization since 2012. Kim enjoys traveling and spending time with family.
Leanie Forges
Leanie is a New York native that’s been in Atlanta since 2002. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Liberty University in May 2020. Leanie has 8 years’ experience in Accounts Payable. She loves traveling and spending time with family and friends.