Ryan Marsh’s entry into the pool industry wasn’t exactly planned.
“I begrudgingly took a job cleaning pools in 2009 to help supplement my music career,” he says. “I would work during the day cleaning pools and then race home to write, teach or play music. I never intended to stay in the industry as my degree is in music performance/management.”
Over time, the pool industry began to pull him in as his role expanded. After a couple of years of cleaning pools at Hawkins Service Company, he was promoted to service department manager, where he learned how to handle repairs, wiring and leak detection and eventually took over full profit and loss responsibility for the pool division. This hands-on experience opened up even more doors, leading him to a marketing manager role overseeing a broader range of home services, including HVAC, electrical and plumbing.
In 2017, Marsh joined Zodiac Pool Systems (Jandy) as a territory sales manager in Nashville. His move to the sales side of the business marked a pivotal moment in his career. He soon became fully entrenched in the pool industry and gradually drifted away from the music scene.
“I realized that the pool industry is a fun industry where you can still be creative, have passion for what you do and make a great living,” he says. “I focused a lot of my energy from creating music to mapping out my career in the pool industry.”
After a promotion that brought him back to his roots in Florida, Marsh used his network to help grow the Jandy brand in the central Florida market.
Over the years, Marsh’s interaction with hundreds of pool builders and repair companies gave him insight into what separates the successful from the less successful. This insight, along with his drive for innovation, pushed him to start his own company, Siteworx, where he serves as president.
“I hope I can create an environment where people want to work, feel empowered, stay engaged and have a desire to succeed no matter what their role in the company is,” he says.
For Marsh, the pool industry’s constant variety is what keeps him energized.
“You could be a skilled chemist one day but need to speak with a mechanical engineer the next all while knowing how to change someone’s home network to a 2.4ghz system and needing to plumb in a new pump the following day,” he says. “No two days are the same and the knowledge base needed to execute your job at a high level is a rabbit hole I’ll never get tired of.”
Marsh is actively pursuing multiple trade licenses to deepen his expertise and expand his business. He hopes to leave his mark by pushing for higher standards in the industry, advocating for quality over cutting corners and emphasizing innovation.
“We can combine better planning and design with technology to help grow our reach and integrate what we do into the day-to-day of most consumers,” he says “I’d like to be remembered as someone who kept my foot on the gas pedal when it comes to creating fresh design and quality construction.”
