Management Team

Bruce is a graduate of Bridgewater State University with a B.A. in Mathematics, high honors in Accounting, Bentley College—Certified Public Accountant.

He also served in the United States Naval Reserves for six years.

Brandon is a graduate of Louisiana State University and has worked in the Industrial Services industry for the past 20 years. Brandon has spent his career growing and developing industrial contracting businesses throughout the US and the Caribbean. His business units have always led with an extremely strong safety culture and he has made a commitment to recruit and retain the best supervision and management for his teams’. Brandon believes in having his Senior Management team actively engaged with all aspects of daily business and spending their time on location with their customers and employees.

Steve Thacker became the senior vice president and co-founder of Next Generation Scaffold Services after climbing the ranks through the scaffold industry from his start as a union labor apprentice. With 19 years in the industry, Steve’s experience gained in the field, sales and management gives him broad vision when designing new products to improve safety and efficiency in the industry. He has been awarded numerous US/International patents with many new designs pending. Belief in continuous improvement has led Steve to work toward completing his Construction Management degree to further guide NextGen in leading the way in improvement within the scaffolding industry.

Dylan is a graduate of the Louisiana State University system and has been working in the industrial services industry for the past 12 years. His experience ranges from safety to marketing, as well as operations and administration. Dylan has had a positive impact on his employees and peers throughout his career. He has also helped to increase the safety culture and has grown and expanded the organizations that he has been associated with in the past.

Troy Burrows’ 25 years of experience in the power generation industry, including nuclear, fossil, hydro and wind power sectors, as well as 5 years’ experience in the industrial markets, makes him and invaluable asset. In the course of his career, Troy worked his way from a temporary, entry-level position to an executive role in companies ranging from small specialty to large full-service companies. Troy’s background in scaffold, insulation, coatings, mechanical, rotating equipment and general maintenance has shaped his vision of the optimal safety culture. He encourages his teams and organizations to question norms in order to raise the bar for the industry. With this attitude and his solid business experience, Troy will continue to help achieve growth and strong financial stability for shareholders.

Gary has a Bachelor's of Science in business management and has been a Certified Safety Manager through the WSO since 1994. With over 30 years of HSE knowledge prior to coming aboard with NextGen, Gary has been involved in heavy industrial and commercial projects across the US and western Europe as part of corporate and project management teams. His background includes nuclear, petrochemical, infrastructure, pharma, power, transportation (aviation, rail, tunneling, highway), semiconductor, waste water and technology.

Gary has been in various management support roles to S&P Top 50 clients and Top 5 ENR contractors. He presently oversees our risk and HSE programs.

Mark received his degree from McNeese State University after which he entered the industrial safety and human resources arena. Mark continually focuses on the core issues that impact the scaffolding industry. His experience in employee selection, retention, and on-site customer integration is what gives our company it’s edge.

Lance attended the UMBC where he studied Mechanical Engineering. He has worked in the nuclear, Industrial, government, maritime, and commercial sectors for over thirty years. He has an extensive background in the development of custom and specialty components, as well as engineering complex scaffold designs that have been used in all sectors. His attention to detail when working with clients has earned him the respect of many.

Denise Simoneaux joined the company in 2015 with 17 years of industrial marketing experience. As brand manager, she oversees the company’s websites, social media, advertising, event planning, signage and promotional items.

Denise also serves as Director of Business Services for the Industrial Scaffolding Committee, acting as a liaison between the member companies, the committee members and active partner schools/campuses in Louisiana and Texas.