Tom Ayars Email & Phone Number

Nantucket, Massachusetts And New Haven, Ct

I have enjoyed and been good at building and repairing things since I was a child. In 1980, after graduate school, I started working building and finishing furniture, I then worked for a home improvement company doing siding, storm windows and painting. I then apprenticed for 2 years with a third-generation painting and wallpaper contractor and when he retired in 1985 I started my painting and wallpapering contracting business while living in Ithaca New York- a town chock full of 19th and early twentieth homes, including my own vintage home built in 1878 which I restored inside and out.I moved my business to New Haven and Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1998, restoring many of the Elm City’s vintage homes.Today I am extending my business model to Nantucket, where my wife Kathy and I have been vacationing since the late 1990’s. In 2010 we purchased a small cottage in town that I have been renovating and redecorating. Over the years we have invested ourselves in the community, visiting year-round, and supporting the not-for-profit and for-profit businesses. Services Offered: Interior and Exterior painting, Wallpaper installation and removal, Plaster and drywall repair, Window glazing and restoration, Decorative floor and wall painting, Finish carpentry, wood rot repair, Wood floor finishing and refinishing, Bathroom and Kitchen renovation and remodeling,Historic restoration and probably whatever else you need done to keep your house in top shape. Just ask and if it is something I do not do well, I may know someone who does!

Waterbury, Ct

Responsibilities included troubleshooting the installation, configuration and the use of the companies’ Civil Engineering hydraulics and hydrology modeling software. Support was conducted over the phone, by e-mail and IM in a busy office environment and in person at workshops. • Conducted extensive product testing, quality control and assurance on new versions of Haestad software, company website and the company’s Customer Relationship Management Solution.• Researched new technologies, training opportunities and kept abreast with developments in hardware and software.• Took the initiative to sell clients new versions of software that met their project needs. Attended and assisted with company software seminars.

Ithaca, New York Area

• Worked in a busy high-pressure office coordinating the execution of large commercial millwork fabrication and installation projects. • Responsibilities included acting as a liaison between the engineering department and the shop, dealing assertively with contractors and suppliers about scheduling of installations, deliveries and the overseeing of installations. Also worked in the finishing room.

Ithaca, Ny

Under third generation master painter and paper hanger, acquired decorating skills that were applied to projects in historic homes in Ithaca, New York.

Ithaca, Ny

• Scope of work included roofing, insulation, siding, and storm windows, remodeling and painting. Led an installation team. • Created a magnetic, inside storm window department by setting up a fabrication shop, building the equipment to cut Plexiglas, established installation procedures.

Ba, Religious Studies

BA in Religious Studies

2 Years Of Coursework, Theology/Theological Studies

2 years of study for a Master of Divinity