Our Team

The People Behind FnD Piers

Foundation work is bought on trust, and trust attaches to people rather than to a company name. These are the people accountable for what we build and for what we publish here.

Leadership

Who runs FnD Piers

Norman Vaughan, founder and president of FnD Piers

Norman Vaughan

Founder, President, Co-Owner

Known as "Stormin Norman," Norman is a Texas entrepreneur who grew a foundation pier business into a multi-million-dollar operation. His reputation in the industry rests on his word being good, and the company's culture of faith, resilience and integrity comes from him.

Bill Vaughan, CEO and co-owner of FnD Piers

Bill Vaughan

CEO, Co-Owner

Bill is the driving force behind the company's recent decade of growth. His helical pier expertise is practical rather than theoretical, rooted in field work: as the company puts it, he is a man in the trenches, or more accurately, in the holes. He is the technical reviewer of record for content on this site.

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Jordan Russell, president of operations at FnD Piers

Jordan Russell

President of Operations

Jordan drives operations, managing the team and the equipment and owning pricing and proposals. He is known for attention to detail and for the next-day response commitment the company makes on non-specialty helical work.

Chuck Denman of Denman Drilling, mentor to FnD Piers

Chuck Denman

Mentor

Chuck Denman of Denman Drilling brings 50 years of hands-on experience working with rigs. He serves as a mentor to the company and is, by the standards of this trade, a definitional foundation expert.

Benson Agbortogo, growth partner at FnD Piers

Benson Agbortogo

Growth Partner

Benson has spent over a decade in business growth consulting, working with CEOs on scalability and market leadership. He is a business advisor to FnD Piers rather than a foundation practitioner.

Kurrie Murphree of FnD Piers

Kurrie Murphree

Bookkeeper

Kurrie has worked in small business operations since 1986 and joined FnD Piers in July 2016. She holds a Management degree from the University of Houston with a minor in HR, and handles bookkeeping, accounts payable and payroll.

Carrie Murdock of FnD Piers

Carrie Murdock

Office Manager

Carrie keeps the day to day running, handling client relations, administrative support and every part of office management. She is usually the person a customer speaks to first.

Accountability

Who is responsible for what you read here

Technical guidance on this site is reviewed by Bill Vaughan, CEO and co-owner. If a page states a measurement threshold, an installation standard or a claim about what our work will do, he is the person accountable for it being accurate. Questions about anything published here can be directed to him.

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Foundation questions get answered by the people who manufacture and install the product.