The Technical Side and the Personal Side of Workplace Culture with Tom Hatton and John Ballinger of Clean Vapor

<p><strong>Connect with Tom Hatton and John Ballinger:</strong></p><p><strong>Tom Hatton: </strong>thatton@cleanvapor.com</p><p><strong>John Ballinger: </strong>jballinger@cleanvapor.com</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:&nbsp;</strong>Hey, it's Lisa Ryan. Welcome to the Manufacturer's Network podcast. I'm excited to introduce you to two guests on the show today, Tom Hatton and John Ballinger. Tom is the CEO of Clean Vapor, a radon and vapor intrusion mitigation company. He's worked in the environmental consulting and remediation industry for over 30 years.</p><p>John Ballinger is the COO at Clean Vapor. He also owns a risk management and leadership development company. He's been working with Clean Vapor over the last three years. So, John and Tom, welcome to the show.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tom Hatton:</strong>&nbsp;Thank you for having us, Lisa.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>John Ballinger:&nbsp;</strong>Thank you very much, Lisa.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan: So,&nbsp;</strong>Tom, I will start with you. Share a little about your background and what led you to do what you're doing with Clean Vapor.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tom Hatton:&nbsp;</strong>Sure. My background is, I was, I have a science background, which is chemistry and physics, and right out of school, I was fortunate enough to be on EPA's very first vapor intrusion site, which is vapor intrusion is where chemicals that are in the ground come up into buildings and they're harmful to people.</p><p><br></p><p>And I was able to develop a model that would predict how those papers would get into the building. And then, from there, I was drafted to be part of the first research team to figure out how radon is getting into houses in the United States. So we looked at a bunch of homes and buildings and came up with a flow chart for a logic pass for fixing these buildings.</p><p><br></p><p>So that's how I got into this business. And one thing led to another. So we started, and we were fortunate. The United States Park Service was our very first client. And then we