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Guylene and Terry Robertson founded PTI Sports and Recreation Construction in 2001. With thirty-six years in education, Guylene wanted to help schools and communities build the right playground equipment for them. Terry had worked in farming and construction, and he jumped on board to give hands-on construction experience to the crew.
For their first fifteen years, we focused on building residential playgrounds as they learned the ins-and-outs of the playground industry. They figured out how to give their clients the best playground for their money without headaches that come with most construction projects.
After Guylene retired from working as a superintendent for the school district in Goodrich TX, the whole family decided to expand their services. They had a passion to help schools, churches, and other organizations better serve their communities with playground equipment, by helping them make the process easy from beginning to end. Now we offer a variety of recreation products and equipment. From commercial playgrounds to sports complexes. We can help you with turf, tracks, canopies, tennis courts, football fields, baseball fields and more. The list goes on and on!
We’re a family company. Guylene and Terry’s kids helped out with PTI through high school, but the expansion meant they could come on board full-time. The oldest, Jordon, left his construction consulting job in Pittsburgh (why work in the cold Pittsburgh winters when you could live in Houston?) to manage day-to-day operations. Joanis worked for CPS until she joined us to be responsible for the accounting and sales.
Her background in accounting helps you manage your reporting and budget through the construction process. We are excited to help our clients get the best playgrounds for their money. We think that a construction company should be a partner and not just a contractor. We will help you through the whole process, from funding to completion, and we’ll be there to help you after the project is done. You’re not just a contract. You’re a partner in making your community a better place.
MEET OUR TEAM
A team dedicated to building fun in your community
Guylene Robertson
PRESIDENT
Dr. Robertson has 36 years of experience in education as a teacher, administrator, and a school district superintendent. An expert in her field, she has presented at local, state, and national education conferences. With all that experience she understands the challenges and goals of schools and other organizations who want to help their communities.
Jordan Robertson
VP OF OPERATIONS
A proud father of two small children, Jordan enjoys spending time with his wife, Jessica and watching their children grow up. His hobbies include wood working and running although he’s a lot slower these days than he used to be.
Joanis Riebl
VP OF FINANCE
Joanis earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University. She knows that most you don’t want to spend your time figuring out budgets and financial reporting. You’d much rather serve your community, of course.
John Valastro
Consultant
The life of the party. He lives in Galveston and loves texting us pictures of sunrises from the beach every morning to make us feel bad! As a retired school superintendent John knows how to ensure the district’s needs are being met for quality projects.
Mitch Evers
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Manager
Mitch graduated from Taylor University and attended Grace Bible College. He focuses on helping our clients in education, park and recreation, landscape architecture, churches, and multi-family housing markets. He has over 10 years of experience in recreation construction, and he’s worked on jobs ranging from $5K to $740K.
Chris Bell
Business Development
Chris is a master carpenter who has built the best treehouse in East Texas, as evidenced by the kids who spend all weekend playing there. He’s also been known to hold his own at Basketball and follows the Mavs closely.
Glenn Jewell
Business Development
Glenn brings 30 years of indoor and outdoor playground experience to PTI. He lives in the DFW area and, on weekends, you can usually find him playing guitar at one of the local wineries.
Calvin Martin
Business Development
“Amarillo by morning” is his mantra as he covers lots of ground and is based in Amarillo. He spends his free time smoking briskets and playing cards. He’s the reigning champion of skit-skat, the card game PTI plays whenever we get together for a conference.
Julio Lopez
Business Development
Proud Dad #1! He’s the optimist in the group and he never fails to brighten someone’s day. Julio’s got a loving family he likes to take the park and try out the new playgrounds with the kiddos.
Giovani Mantilla
Business Development
This guy is our go-getter. We’re lucky to have him on the team and it never fails that if we’re stuck on how to solve a problem, he’ll have a great idea on how to fix it.
Marigona Peni
Office
Marigona is the sharpest of the bunch. She’s our resident linguist and knows 4 languages! Wow! She also knows the best jokes so ask her for a knock-knock joke next time you talk to her.
Muhammad Imran
TESTIMONIAL
What our Clients Say About our Outstanding Service
