History & Qualifications
Management Team
ReliaPOLE Solutions, Inc. has a very experienced management team that has over 65 years of experience in the various pole industries.
Wesley J. Oliphant, PE, President & CEO
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- BS Civil Engineering Texas A&M University
- MBA University of Houston
- Inventor/Co-inventor on multiple U.S. patents related to Transmission Structures (Hybrid steel/concrete poles; Concrete Filled Steel Poles, Attachment Insert for Concrete Poles)
- Member ASCE Committee of Electrical Transmission Structures
- Chairman ASCE Spun Concrete Pole Committee (Currently working on a Manual of Standard Practice)
- Member ASCE Reliability Based Design of Utility Structures (Published Manual of Practice #111)
- Member ASCE Committee on Distribution Poles (Committee inactive)
- Member ASCE Committee on Fiberglass Poles (Currently working on an update to Manual of Practice #104)
- Author of numerous technical papers for presentation to the Utility Industry
Zachary J. Oliphant, Vice President – Operations
- Co-Founded ReliaPOLE Solutions, Inc. in 2002.
- Bachelor of Business – Business Entrepreneurship – Baylor University
- Co-Inventor and patent holder for a modular Fiberglass Composite pole
Garett W. Oliphant, Vice President – Marketing
- Co-Founded ReliaPOLE Solutions, Inc. in 2002.
- Co-Inventor and patent holder for a modular Fiberglass Composite pole
- Founded a social networking website for Performance Car enthusiasts.
Steven R. Denson, Technical Advisor
- Significant involvement in the design and construction of 5 spun concrete pole manufacturing facilities.
- 31 years experience related to manufacturing utility pole structures (spun concrete).
