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Professional Roofing: What is the most unusual roofing project you've performed?
McReynolds: In summer 2003, we reroofed a Bank One building in downtown Denver. The building was 345 feet (105 m) high. We did not have access to a crane for the project, so our only access was the roof hatch. We had to jackhammer a 6-inch (152-mm) concrete slab in a 540- by 10-foot (164- by 3-m) area and take the debris down 26 stories in 5-gallon (19-L) buckets. We used more than 12,000 buckets.

Why did you become a roofing contractor?
My father worked for GAF/Ruberoid, now known as GAF Materials Corp., Wayne, N.J., for 25 years. He then opened a wholesale business, Roofing & Wholesale Supply, in Davenport, Iowa, before he passed away. My brother also has been in the industry for more than 30 years. The industry seemed to fit me.

What was your first roofing experience?
In high school, I loaded roofing materials by hand. I was paid $1 per square for three-tab shingles. On a tough day, I would load 40 squares (about 120 bundles). I think they weighed more than I did.

What are your favorite items on your desk?
My newest CD—William Hung, the guy cut from "American Idol." He has to be the world's worst singer, but I can really get others in the office pumped up when I play his versions of "Hotel California" or "Rocket Man." You really can't believe how bad this guy is!

What do you consider your most rewarding experience?
We started using the H-2B temporary worker program to enhance our work force during our peak season. Two people from our office go to Monterrey, Mexico, to meet our workers, help them get visas at the consulate, facilitate the border process and then ride on a bus 31 hours back. The workers from Monterrey work for D & D Roofing from April to December. I admire these workers; they leave their families to come and work for us each year. I have tremendous respect for their work ethic.

What was your first job?
In high school, I detailed cars at a company called D & D Chevrolet. It's funny that now I work for D & D Roofing.

What is your favorite vacation?
My wife and I went to St. Lucia for our 20th wedding anniversary. We stayed at the Jalousie Hilton Resort & Spa in a mountainside hut.

What do you consider a waste of time?
Smoking and thinking about how busy you are.

What are your best and worst habits?
My best habits are time management and my quick response time when returning telephone calls. My worst habit is I am impatient.

What are your biggest pet peeves?
Excuses for why something isn't completed and petty arguments in the workplace.

If you could invite any three people to dinner (dead or alive), whom would you invite and why?
Mickey Mantle because he was my childhood idol; Bono, the lead singer for U2, because I like his passion for music; and Cameron Diaz for reasons on which I won't elaborate.

What is your favorite stress reliever?
Movies and sports.

What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
Completing each day's workload so as to not fall further behind.

What is your roofing industry involvement?
Currently, I am in my second year as president of the Colorado Roofing Association. I also am beginning a three-year term for NRCA on the Work Force and Community Service committees.

People would be surprised to know ...
I do a great Mike Tyson voice. Sometimes, people call me "McTyson."