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Ethan Kaufman
Account Manager Read BioEthan Kaufman
Account ManagerA fourth year veteran in the sign industry, Ethan comes to FASTSIGNS Parker with eight years experience in a Project Management/ Sales Role. Ethan is a customer centric, solutions based salesman that manages projects from start to finish. He brings a wealth of knowledge in signage, he particularly enjoys branding projects, both exterior and interior, with a passion for interior logo signage. Ethan is a Colorado native who attended High School in Limon, Colo. He currently and lives with his family in Southeast Aurora. A former college baseball athlete, Ethan enjoys a challenge and the competition of sales. -
Kristein Luley
Production Manager Read BioKristein Luley
Production ManagerKristein was born and raised in Colorado. She graduated from UNC with a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design. She started working with the FastSigns family in 2007 in Broomfield, and then transferred to the Fort Collins FastSigns in 2008. She worked for Dodge Sign Company from 2010 to 2014, and has been with Fastsigns of Parker since 2014. Kristein has worked in all phases of the sign industry, starting in sales, moving to design, and is currently the production manager in the Parker location. Over the years she has seen this industry change drastically from stock color fabrications to full digital printing, and is currently learning new and impressive "coming soon" technologies.
Kristein currently resides in Aurora with her husband, two young children and their rescue dog, Toby. When she is not working then she is spending time at their family cabin in the mountains.
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Nelson and Kim Brugh
Owner / Franchisee Read BioNelson and Kim Brugh
Owner / FranchiseeFASTSIGNS Parker is a team of extremely talented and customer dedicated professionals that help communicate their stories and messages visually. As the new owner of the Center, I have over 40 years of entrepreneurship in international and nationwide business experience. What I have learned from the many years of building businesses is to take care of the customer, no matter what, and make sure employee team members know how important they are to the company and each other.
My wife Kim and I have three wonderful adult children and a very lively 4-year-old granddaughter. We love to hike just about anywhere, ski our beautiful Rocky Mountains and just hang out at our Elizabeth home. I feel like the luckiest guy in Colorado to find this talented group of people to work beside in building our FASTSIGNS future.
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Paul Stringari
Installation Expert and Production Specialist Read BioPaul Stringari
Installation Expert and Production SpecialistWith over 20 years of experience, Paul has designed, built and installed an expansive and diverse array of signs. His first sign job was in the art department for a sign company in San Jose, California, just after earning a degree in graphics and design. Since that time, he has worn virtually every hat in the sign industry. Most of all, Paul loves creating designs and crafting functioning works of art.
Some of his hobbies include traditional art, music, astrophysics and quantum physics, cosmology and geology. Paul currently resides in Franktown with his wife, children and many pets.
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Kiersten Mandell
Graphic Designer / Social Media Read BioKiersten Mandell
Graphic Designer / Social MediaKiersten has been with us since 2018 as our Graphic Designer. She went to school at Metropolitan State University of Denver where she received a Bachelors degree in Communication Design. She is most passionate about logo design and branding.
Kiersten has lived in Colorado most of her life and now resides in Castle Rock with her husband and their two dogs; Luna and Moose. When she is not at work you can usually find her spending time with family, hiking in the mountains or accompanying her husband to local car events.
Along with being our graphic designer, Kiersten also handles much of our social media and local marketing. She has run food drives, coat drives and organized our booth at the Castle Rock Starlighting.
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Mike Lansing
Business Development Read BioMike Lansing
Business DevelopmentMike Lansing is a Business Development Manager with twenty years of experience working in the sign and lighting industry. He specializes in service and repair of electric signs and electronic message centers and is responsible for educating other employees on troubleshooting and installation of all types of signage and lighting systems. He is a powerful force in the workplace and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed. Mike is inspired daily by his wife and their three sons. He lives in Parker and spends his free time exploring hiking trails and spending time outdoors.