Founder of paintOS · Speaker · Host of The Pursuit of Purpose

I build the operating systems behind $3M+ painting companies

I built the operating system behind a painting company that grew from $10M to $21M. Now I run the systems behind 24 more.

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Luke Reynolds, owner of ALL IN Painting

"I'm finally hiring someone who's going to be all in and get the system to run, because nobody else was doing it."

Luke Reynolds, owner, ALL IN Painting
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Chris Kiefer

Founder of paintOS, host of the Pursuit of Purpose podcast.

Why I do this

Somebody has to put the pieces together.

Every month there is a new CRM feature, a new all-in-one platform, a new AI agent. They are impressive, and each one does something useful.

The thing I hear most from painting company owners is that it has become a lot. They feel overwhelmed and like they are falling behind. The tech bill is already expensive. They get some value from it, but it doesn't feel easy, it keeps getting more complicated, and it rarely works the way they expected when they signed up.

That is the work paintOS does, and it is why I do it. I like solving puzzles, and a growing painting company has plenty of them. Taking those problems off the owner's plate is work I love.

I started on this problem as marketing director of a $10M painting company. I couldn't trust a single number, because none of the systems talked to each other. I'm an engineer by training, so I spent three years wiring the CRM, estimating, production and accounting together while the company grew to $21M. Other owners asked for the same setup, and that became paintOS.

My father, a PE teacher, passed away when I was 21. Seven hundred people came to his funeral, and seeing how many lives he had touched is where my purpose came from. I champion the relentless pursuit of purpose, and painting company owners are the people I want to serve. They invest in their crews and their towns, and they deserve a business that runs on more than their own late nights.

"Success is being at peace with the journey while continually helping those around you dream bigger and bolder."

paintOS

The operations partner for painting companies doing $3M+. paintOS connects the tools you already run, builds what is missing, and runs the whole stack, so sales, production and accounting share one set of numbers.

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Pursuit of Purpose Podcast

Engaging conversations with industry and thought leaders from around the globe.

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Speaking

Keynotes, workshops and conference recaps on running painting company operations, and what AI can do with the data contractors already have. Education from the stage, never a pitch.

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YouTube Channel

Step by step videos on running a painting company's operations, with the systems, automations and AI behind them, on the paintOS channel.

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