Todd J. Escaravage
President
Mr. Escaravage began his environmental contracting career in the asbestos abatement industry in 1987 with NEO Corporation. Todd graduated from college in 1986. Todd later diversified into all phases of remediation, emergency response, HAZMAT, demolition, industrial cleaning, grading and excavating. Todd served as Vice President for NEO Corporation for 10 years prior to becoming President in 2001. Todd provides a wealth of knowledge in all areas of safety, industrial hygiene, business management, field/corporate day-to-day operations and policies to achieve our overall objectives.
John A. Hepler
Vice President
Mr. Hepler joined NEO Corporation in 1993 after graduating from University of North Carolina Asheville with a bachelor’s in Business Administration. John manages NEO’s industrial market and emergency response. In addition, he is very diversified in all phases of the services such as remediation, demolition, grading and excavating, etc. John has served as Vice-President for NEO Corporation since 2001.
Sara Tyburski
Chief Financial Officer
Mrs. Tyburski joined NEO Corporation in 2006. Sara graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. She has over 20 years of experience as an accountant in the construction field. Sara’s responsibilities include the supervision of all corporate financial operations, all well as assisting upper-level management with financial analysis. Sara also functions as the office manager at the corporate office.
Nathan Whitson
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Whitson joins NEO Corporation with 10 years of experience in Business, Finance, and Auditing. Nathan graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a degree in Mathematics and completed his Master’s in Business Administration at East Carolina University. He serves the staff with business support and processes as the business manager.
Anthony Turner
Operations Manager
Mr. Turner joined NEO Corporation in the spring of 2020. Anthony joins our team with over 6 years of experience in the environmental business and will be marketing the Western North Carolina area. Anthony graduated with a Business Management and Marketing degree from Western Carolina University and has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business management.
Ronnie Clark
Safety Manager
Mr. Clark joined NEO Corporation with 21 years of experience in the paper industry as a shift-manager on #20 paper machine for Evergreen Packaging where he served on the safety team and hiring committee. In addition, he has 10 years of experience in Industrial Construction working for BE&K as a Heavy Equipment and Rigging Foreman. He earned a master’s in human resource management from Western Carolina University in 2023. Ronnie is also a veteran of the United States Army Reserves.
Greg Pressley
Western Carolina Division Manager
Mr. Pressley joined NEO in 1996 upon graduating from Western Carolina University with a BS in Environmental Health, minor in chemistry, and an emphasis area in industrial safety and training. His career began working in the field supervising asbestos abatement projects and working on projects within the Environmental Division. With his background in industrial safety and training, he took on completing asbestos surveys, project site safety inspections, reading OSHA personnel air samples, etc. before moving into an operational role assisting with daily operations. Mr. Pressley took over the role of Division 7 Manager in 2007 while overseeing Corporate Operations. Mr. Pressley currently manages Division 7 and oversees the daily operations and sales in Western North Carolina.
Matthew Rosone
Sales - Western Carolina Division
Mr. Rosone joined NEO Corporation in 2023, after working for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for 15 years. Prior to that, he worked in environmental and geotechnical consulting, focusing on underground storage tank projects, Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, and site remediation. Matt graduated from Mary Washington College with a degree in Geography and Physical Sciences. He is in environmental and demolition sales.
Steve Steele
Tennessee Division Manager
Mr. Steele joined NEO Corporation in 2011. Shortly thereafter, Steve was promoted to Division Manager supervising the day-to-day operations expanding the Tennessee Division. Steve also currently heads the sales efforts in Eastern Tennessee. Steve graduated from Roane State Community College with a degree in Business Management and has over 20 years of proven sales experience.
Aaron Reeves
Sales – Tennessee
Aaron Reeves joins NEO Corporation with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience. Aaron graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Environmental Science. He serves as project estimator/manager in the Knoxville division.
Scott Trentham
Operations – Tennessee Division
Scott Trentham joined NEO Corporation in 2017 with over 18 years’ experience in the construction field. Throughout his years of experience Scott has accumulated many certifications including OSHA 30, Hazwoper 40, Scaffolding, RRP, Asbestos Supervisor, and First Aid/CPR. He serves as Project Supervisor and Operations manager in the Tennessee division.
James Dilks
South Carolina Division Manager
Mr. Dilks joins NEO Corporation with over 5 years of business, sales, and management experience. James graduated Kean University with a degree in Business Administrations. He serves the staff with business support and processes as the business manager.
Hal Hall
Sales – South Carolina
Hal Hall joined NEO in the Greenville SC office in February of 2019. Hal has over 42 years of sales and marketing with the last 19 years in the asbestos abatement industry.
Eric Stevenson
Sales – Central Carolina Division
Mr. Stevenson joined the NEO Corporation team with over 5 years of experience in Abatement, Demolition, and industrial Services. Throughout his years of experience, Eric has accumulated certifications including OSHA 30, Asbestos Supervisor, HAZWOPER 40, Scaffolding, and First Aid/CPR. He currently serves the Central Carolinas Division as a Project Manager and estimator.