Our team

The people behind MyPoolCoach

Decades of combined pool industry experience, dedicated to helping homeowners build their dream backyard oasis with expert guidance every step of the way.

Meet our coaches and founders

Tom Masterson

Co-Founder

Bio coming soon.

Chris Lightenberg

Co-Founder / Head Coach

Not just a career but an entire lifetime spent in, on, under or around water. A former competitive swimmer, springboard diver, swim and dive team coach, lifeguard, water safety instructor, advanced scuba diver, and first mate on a dive boat - these experiences detail a life shaped by water from the very beginning.

Combined with over 45 years of spa and pool sales, service, and construction experience - including 20 years in vinyl pool kit manufacturing - Chris brings a depth of knowledge that few in the industry can match. Add to this 40 years of teaching and hands-on training experience, and you have a coach who doesn't just know pools, he knows how to teach you to build one.

This includes over two decades of involvement with NSPI, APSP, NESPA, LIPSA, CONSPA, and PHTA combined. This knowledge base has provided Chris with a unique perspective on the industry and education.

Chris has also taught many vinyl liner pool construction and renovation classes, including the Genesis C-260 vinyl pool segment required for licensing in many states.

CSP CBP CPO PHTA Instructor
Industry affiliations: NSPI, APSP, NESPA, LIPSA, CONSPA, PHTA

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