Sales Staff

Lyle McCullough (Vice President and General Manager) originally studied architecture and structural engineering in college and then worked for an Architectural firm designing commercial and residential buildings. Unfortunately, he became one of the casualties of layoffs during the early 1990's recession. A year later he was asked to join a pipe fabrication company in Fontana, CA. Thinking it would only be temporary, he agreed but later found it to be permanent. His ability to layout, fabricate and weld steel pipe became very useful and quickly found himself working for various fabricators of cement lined and coated steel piping. His diversified abilities of designing the pipe fittings and his ability to fabricate helped thrust him into the industry. He even learned how to apply cement lining on small diameter fittings. After He was hired by West Coast Pipe Linings in 1998, Lyle lost the desire to go back into the architectural field and made a permanent career change. Lyle was later promoted to Sales Manager in 2001 and then took over the company as Vice President and General Manager in 2008.

Ivan Vukosav (Sales and Estimating Manager) started in the manufacturing industry with United Concrete Pipe (a manufacturer of welded steel pipe, pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe, and reinforced concrete pipe) while studying civil engineering and information technology (IT) at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. When his career focus shifted to business he transitioned from engineering to sales and estimating where his engineering and IT experience was of great asset. He was with United Concrete Pipe for 9 years until taken over by a corporate raider. The welded steel pipe division was sold off to California Steel Pressure Pipe which shut down 3 years later. Seeking stability he transitioned into the IT field where he worked for 5 years as a Systems Administrator for Caltrol (a distributor of control valves). Although the IT field was interesting his true passion was in manufacturing. He re-entered the manufacturing field as a Project Manager for the Spa and Bath division of Pentair (an international manufacturer of spa and bath products). When the housing market crashed the future of the Spa and Bath division was questionable. Fortunately, an opportunity to join the sales team at West Coast Pipe presented itself which was a perfect fit and he was soon promoted to Sales Manager. Ivan holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of La Verne, an A.S. in Mechanical Design Drafting from Citrus College, and Microsoft certification in Systems Administration.

Frank Luna (Account Manager) started work at Cement Lining Specialties in 1977 as Plant Superintendent after 20 years in management with Chevron Oil of Southern California. Frank continued to move up in the company until 1983 when he was asked if he would join West Coast Pipe where he contributed greatly to much of the early machinery design and production implementation. Frank was promoted to Sales in 1984 where he currently enjoys a vast customer base. His knowledge and friendly demeanor has furthered his commitment to his customers.


 
West Coast Pipe - 2180 N. Locust Ave. Rialto, CA 92377 - ph: (909) 356-5670 fax: (909) 356-4229