Chris Sullivan joins Fenix Group

Chris Sullivan Fenix GroupChris Sullivan joins Fenix Group and has been recently appointed vice president of sales for the construction division of the company. Sullivan is one of the industry’s problem solvers for specialty performance coatings and decorative concrete admixtures. The Fenix Group represents the brands of TK Products, SureCrete and also Concrete Coatings. Sullivan’s responsibilities include managing all sales activities for the construction division.

Prior to this appointment, he was the vice president of sales at ChemSystems Inc.; national sales manager for QC Construction Products, a division of Bomanite Corp.; and a technical sales representative for Bayer Corp. in its polyurethane and inorganic pigments divisions.

Sullivan is an expert in the decorative concrete industry since 2005. He specializes in troubleshooting and problem-solving, with a focus on sealers and color-related issues.

Sullivan has been a presenter at the World of Concrete trade show since 2004 and the Concrete Decor Show since 2009, as well as at dozens of other trade shows, symposiums and technical seminars worldwide.  He has written extensively on different aspects of architectural concrete for various magazines including Concrete Decor, Concrete Expressions, Durability and Design, Concrete Homes and Concrete Products.

More about Sullivan

Sullivan has written the “Concrete Questions” column for Concrete Decor for the past several years and also created an online technical forum for Concrete Network. He has authored more than 200 articles about decorative concrete, with a focus on explaining and solving common installation issues.  He has also published four books dealing with decorative concrete trends.

In 2015, he was the 19th member inducted into the Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame. The American Society of Concrete Contractors appointed him as the decorative concrete specialist in 2019. Sullivan was also certified as an American Concrete Institute examiner for decorative concrete flatwork finisher and associate certification. He is the technical consultant for Bomanite International Ltd.

Sullivan received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a business and math minor from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Vicki, and children, Connor, 23; Brady, 19; and Amelia, 17.

About The Fenix Group

Fenix Group is an industry leader in providing coating solutions for the industrial, commercial, construction, concrete and decorative markets. They have the premium brands TK Products, SureCrete Design, Concrete Coatings, Sierra Company and Burke Industrial Coatings. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Fenix has manufacturing locations in Florida, Minnesota, and Utah, and also continues to seek complementary acquisitions in other parts of the United States. For more information visit www.fenixspc.com.

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