CenTex Foundation Repair

Austin, San Antonio, Waco

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  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
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    • Careers
    • Media
  • Free Evaluation
  • Client Portal
    • Austin (512) 444-5438
    • Waco (254) 863-5438
  • Hot Zone Tracker
    • Is your home in a problematic area? Just type in your address to see

Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Leadership

Jeff Griffith

Jeff Griffith

President

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Being an introvert, I love dealing with people, daily : )

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
1) All you really have is your word. Don’t compromise it. If you say you’re gonna do something, honor a commitment, then do it. Even if it costs you to do it. 2) Know your banker, personally.

What would be your personal motto?
Get busy living, or get busy dying.

What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Analytical, data driven and laid back.

What are three of your pet peeves?
Clutter, indecision and being on time.

 

Isaac Benavides

Isaac Benavides

VP of Sales

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job, I’d probably be…”
A whitewater guide.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
You will fail many times before you succeed.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Catching up on news.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can fix anything that doesn’t involve technology

What are three of your pet peeves?
Tardiness, dishonesty and bad drivers.

 

Enrique Comparan

Enrique Comparan

VP of Operations

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Being able to manage daily challenges with our great team and still smile at the end of the day.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Be open, ready, and not afraid for opportunity to come your way

What would be your personal motto?
Just keep on swimming.

What are some causes you care about?
Equality!

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I play the drums. Poorly, but I do my best.

 

Foundation Specialists

Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt

Foundation Specialist

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Fixing problems

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Never trust a skinny cook or a fat doctor.

What would be your personal motto?
Keep on keepin’ on.

What are some causes you care about?
Helping children with debilitating illnesses, recovery from addiction and abused women and children.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Drinking coffee and catching up on news

 

Dean Zubkoff

Dean Zubkoff

Foundation Specialist

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Solving problems case by case.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
If you don’t lie you never have to remember what you said.

What would be your personal motto?
What you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear a word you’re saying.

What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
Being able to explain our repair methods in clear English.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I play golf.

Derek Seaback

Derek Seaback

Foundation Specialist

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Meeting our customers.

What was the most important thing you learned before high school?
That was too long ago!

What are some causes you care about?
Diabetes, Cancer and Crohn’s Disease.

On Sunday Mornings, where can you usually be found?
In the kitchen cooking breakfast.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I’m a pretty good bowler.

Kenny Wallar

Kenny Wallar

Foundation Specialist

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job I’d probably be…”
A superhero or a bum.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Be yourself no matter what.

If you could invent a holiday what would it involve?
It would definitely involve FOOD.

On Sunday mornings where can you usually be found?
Drinking coffee on my back porch.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I have double jointed fingers.

Nick Pratt

Nick Pratt

General Manager - Waco Office

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
When we’re able to help someone out that has lost hope on ever fixing their home, thinking it’s not worth anything.

Also, telling someone who’s been losing sleep at night waiting to hear what we have to say about their home…and letting them know it’s repairable and not going to cost a million dollars, or that what they’re experiencing is normal.

Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job, I’d probably be…”
Building new homes or living the “salt life” on the Texas coast and selling BBQ!

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
“I have two that I think of often! One, my dad told me “”nothing is free, you have to work for everything in life, never assume anything and count on no-one to help you through””…he was 100% correct!

2nd best one was- I was looking to move way out in the country at a young age…an old man who I admired very much gritted his teeth and told me to “”stay in the city, make your money as long as you can…then you can have a place like this!”” I remember it really took the wind out of my sail at the time and bruised my ego a little! ha! “

What are some causes you care about?
Make a Wish Foundation, Back the Blue, Wildlife management and Coastal Conservation.

What are three of your pet peeves?
People that don’t do what they say their going to do, Tailgaters, and anyone asking for a well-done steak! That’s just un-Texan!

 

David Braden

David Braden

Foundation Specialist

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Finding solutions to people’s problems. Or getting to tell them there is no problem!

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Treat others the way you want to be treated.

What would be your personal motto?
Adapt and overcome!

What are some causes you care about?
Veteran welfare and mental illness.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
On the golf course or on the back patio with a cup of coffee and my dog!

 

Erik Lancaster - Foundation Specialist

Erik Lancaster

Foundation Specialist

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What is the most inspiring part of your job?
A home is typically the biggest investment a person has. So I enjoy helping people who have real problems with their foundations find solutions that will last a lifetime.

What was the most important thing you learned before high school?
My mom is an accountant so I learned early on about saving  money and setting up accounts for my future.

Complete the following sentence: “In another life, I’m pretty sure I was…”
A professional supercross racer. I love motorcyles!

What would be your personal motto?
Work hard, play hard!

What are some causes you care about?
I love animals. So anything to do with making sure they have good homes and good care.

Austin Blackmon - Foundation Specialist

Austin Blackmon

Foundation Specialist

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job I’d probably be…”
Hunting and Fishing for a living

What was the most important thing you learned before High School?
Nothing in life is free, you have to work for it.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.

What are three of you pet peeves?
Smacking when you are eating, being disrespectful to others, and driving slow in the fast lane.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Cooking breakfast for my beautiful wife and kids.

Field Operations

Florencio Leija

Florencio Leija

Field Superintendent

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Complete the following sentence: “In another life I’m pretty sure I was…”
An explorer or someone who discovered.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
The best piece of advice I’ve been given is to never give up!

If you could invent a holiday, what would it involve?
It would definitely involve coworkers, family and food.

What would be your personal motto?
“Todo Para Delante”, meaning everything moving forward.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I love to cook and I am a creative builder.

Florentino Saenz

Florentino Saenz

Field Superintendent

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job, I’d probably be…”
A Mechanical Engineer.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Always do everything right.

Complete the following sentence: “In another life I’m pretty sure I was…”
A dentist.

What would be your personal motto?
Always fight for what you want.

What are some causes you care about?
Poverty and the planet Earth.

Administration

Jennifer Comparan

Jennifer Comparan

Accounting/Payroll Director

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job I’d probably be…”
A (plant) nursery person.

What was the most important thing you learned before high school?
CPR and First Aid.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Be kind. Always.

What would be your personal motto?
Life is better outside.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I’m pretty fluent in Spanish. I am working on a collection of rare plants (tropicals). I’d like to backpack the Appalachian Trail. I still love yoga after 25 years.

Marcie Masters

Marcie Masters

Administrative Director

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Complete the following sentence: “In another life, I’m pretty sure I was…”
A Victorian Lady…. I could see me wearing one of those dresses!

If you could invent a holiday, what would it involve?
It would definitely involve roses, chocolate cake and percussion. Shake your maracas!

What would be your personal motto?
The fruits you enjoy are a direct result of your labor.

What are some causes you care about?
Kids that need good homes. If I had room, I’d take them all!

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I am a registered plumber’s apprentice, I can run a chainsaw and I play a pretty mean tambourine.

 

Melanie Benavides

Melanie Benavides

Operations Manager

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
No day is the same! There are always new people to talk to and new tasks to encounter.

Complete the following sentence: “In another life I’m pretty sure I was…”
An air traffic controller!

If you could invent a holiday, what would it involve?
Medical Occupations actually getting time off like the rest of us.

What would be your personal motto?
Through Christ all things are possible!

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue.

Miranda Borders

Miranda Borders

Lead Inspection Coordinator

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Complete the following sentence: “If I wasn’t so good at my job, I’d probably be…”
If I wasn’t so good at my job I would start a Llama Sanctuary for people suffering with PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression.

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Know your worth.

What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
20 years of customer service experience, memory retention, and flexibility.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Watching The University of Alabama football highlights or Texas Country Reporter.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I can spit out random animal facts at the drop of a hat. Did you know a gathering of Flamingos is called a Flamboyance? Fact!!

Stephanie Sexton

Stephanie Sexton

Permit/In-House Coordinator

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What’s the most inspiring part of your job?
Being able to interact with the public, and working with a group of awesome co-workers.

Complete the following sentence: “In another life I’m pretty sure I was…”
Party Girl!!

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Treat every person you meet with respect.

What would be your personal motto?
Encourage myself to be the person I am, even when going through difficult times.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Spending time with my family & friends.

Megan Crump

Megan Crump

Warranty Coordinator

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Complete the following sentence:  “If I wasn’t so good at my job, I’d probably be…”
An event planner or own and run a taco truck. Did I mention that I love food!!

What is the best piece of advice you were given?
Be so rooted in your being that nobody’s absence or presence can disturb your inner peace.

What are some causes you care about?
Animals and reducing our carbon footprint. Trying to teach my daughter the importance of leaving this planet better than we got it.

On Sunday mornings, where can you usually be found?
Outdoors soaking up the sunshine and feeling the grass between my toes.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I love cooking and baking, when I’m not in the kitchen I enjoy glass etching and making custom cocktail glasses.

Jamie Castillo

Jamie Castillo

Inspection Coordinator

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Complete the following sentence:  “In another life I’m pretty sure I was…”
In another life, I’m pretty sure I was a lion tamer!

What would be your personal motto?
“A woman is like a tea bag. You don’t know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

What are some causes you care about?
I am a parent of three boys, two of which have special needs. I believe that God put me on this earth to advocate for kids like mine, and their parents.

What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?
I was born with a level of servitude that just can’t be taught. I will go above and beyond to make sure I make a lasting impact on each person I cross paths with.

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?
I enjoy cooking low and slow on a good ole smoker. I smoke some of the best brisket and ribs you’ve ever had! Girls love to BBQ too!

 

Austin Office

CenTex Foundation Repair Austin
1120 E 52nd St
Austin, TX 78723

Phone: (512) 444-5438

Waco Office

CenTex Foundation Repair Waco
710 S Robinson Dr
Waco, TX 76706

Phone: (254) 863-5438

Locations We Serve

Austin TX
Waco TX
Temple TX
Georgetown TX
Round Rock TX
Killeen TX
Liberty Hill TX
Dripping Springs TX
Wimberley TX
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Pflugerville TX
Lockhart TX
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Kyle TX
Buda TX
Harker Heights TX
Belton TX
Taylor TX
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