Watch Us Grow: Industry Standouts

Showcasing our industry’s best.

The Watch Us Grow: 2026 Industry Standouts program celebrates the standout professionals and businesses shaping the future of the landscape irrigation and lighting industries.

From innovative entrepreneurs to rising stars making an impact, we want to highlight the people driving progress through exceptional leadership, education, innovation and service.

The top industry standouts will be featured online and in Issue 2 of Irrigation & Lighting magazine, released in June.

Read below to learn more about past standouts.

2024 standouts

Alex Morgans, CIC, CIT, owner of Morgans Irrigation in Bayville, New Jersey
Sari Ann Tyler , owner of Front Range Landscape in Fort Collins, Colorado
Erik Dyba, CLIA, CLT, CIT, manager of David J. Frank Landscape Contracting in Germantown, Wisconsin
Taylor Campbell, president and co-founder of Campbell Lawn & Irrigation in Sterling, Virginia

2023 standouts

Aaron Walls, owner of Purple Walrus Landscape Company, Lewisport, Kentucky
Suzanne Saylor, director of Shearon Interiors for Shearon Environmental Design, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Loren McIrvin, owner of Allied Landscape, Livermore, California

2022 standouts

Bradley Hill, CIT, irrigation services operations manager of Par 3 Landscape Management, Las Vegas
Jason Walker, CIC, owner of Pate Landscape Company, Montgomery, Alabama
Kevin Tucker, owner of Aqua-Bright Irrigation & Illumination LLC, Sykesville, Maryland
Sean Mullarkey, CIC, CID, CLIA, owner of TriState Water Works and Lux Landscape Lighting, Cincinnati, Ohio

2021 standouts

Connor Zielinski, president of Irri Design Studio, Kissimmee, Florida
Juan Carlos Esparza, owner of Urbanscapes Landscaping Services, San Jose, California
Mark Stuhlsatz, vice president of regional operations for Ryan Lawn and Tree, Kansas City, Missouri
Mario Argentina, owner of H2O Sprinklers & Backflow, Long Island, New York