Employee Profile: Jimmy McCarthy

Our employee profile for June is Jimmy McCarthy! Jimmy is the Lead Painter at our Colonie location.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

The finished product.

When you leave work, what’s your favorite thing to do?

Listen to music and go to my kids’ soccer games.

Can you share a personal or professional goal you’ve set for yourself?

Stay healthy and keep painting for as long as possible.

What is one item on your bucket list?

To go to the Grand Canyon.

What is one surprising fact about you?

I have 3 children, 2 in college.

What is one of your guilty pleasures?

Ice Cream.

Hidden Talent: Make jewelry out of dried paint layers called fordite.

Favorite Quote: “It’s not that life is short, it’s that you’re dead for so long.”

Stats

I-CAR Platinum & PPG Certified for Paint

Started at Cole’s in 2011

First Car: 1972 Cutlass