Ian Fess, Owner of Volta Roofing, LLC began working on a residential shingle crew in1987 at the age of 19. Ian worked his way up from a day laborer to installer and foreman to owning his own business, 1st Choice Roofing Company, in Cleveland, Ohio starting in 2006. Over the years the Cleveland business has grown to employ 40 full time employees servicing the residential and commercial roofing market. Ian also has a background in home building, renovation, and real estate investments.In 2019 Ian was looking for additional opportunities and decided to open Volta Roofing, LLC in Kansas City, Missouri. With General Manager Jerry Courson running the daily operations, the Volta team decided to build a company focused on customer service and integrity. Ian is a graduate of New York University school of construction management and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.

Kaylee Peterson, Office Manager of Volta Roofing, LLC started her career as a Social Worker in Southwest Missouri after graduating from Missouri State with her Bachelors. Kaylee has a passion for working with people and providing compassionate and caring services to those she works with. After moving back home to Kansas City, Kaylee desired to take her experience as a Social Worker and bring it back to her roots of working for a small business that is focused on making a difference in their field. Being the daughter of small business owners in the Kansas City area, Kaylee grew up working in her family’s office and had a love for providing top customer service to the clientele as well as helping manage the day to day functions of the office. Kaylee is excited to be able to provide this service and be a part of the vision and growth of the Volta team.

Ben Monroe, Project Manager at Volta Roofing, LLC, is a disabeled Army veteran who has always strived to challenge himself and grow. Ben has a Bachelors in History and Bachelors in Video Media Productions. After graduating Ben spent time working as a Crew Leader Assistant for the census and creating B-Movies and Documentaries. Ben spent time creating training videos for a local credit union before deciding to go back to school to become a Paralegal. As a paralegal Ben started in family law and defense work before moving to working in mass tortes, a product liability area of law, for roughly 6 of his 8 years in this role working with some of the top ranked law firms in the Kansas City area. In 2020 when COVID hit and work life changed, Ben began looking in a new direction where he could use his skills and joy of working with people and building connections, when he found Volta Roofing. Ben is now a Project Manager with Volta Roofing, LLC and loves getting to help each customer he works with to have a stress free experience from start to finish with insurance claims and building process to achieve their dream roof.

Eric Lynch, Manager at Volta Roofing, LLC, has been a dedicated and hard worker since his first job bailing hay at 12 years old. After graduating highschool, Eric took time to travel along the golf coast working and experiencing the world outside of Kansas City. After taking this time to travel, Eric returned home to Kansas City, and started a career in car sales. After a little over 5 years in car sales, Eric was approached by a roofing contractor and made the decision to switch careers and since growing his passion and love for working in the roofing business. Over the last18 years, Eric has learned all about the roofing industry growing his skills and knowledge. Working for some of the top roofing contractors, Eric notes he gained both the knowledge of what to do as well as what is not best practice. In 2020, Eric was approached by Jerry Courson for a management position at the new Volta Roofing. Eric saw the integrity and values that Volta presented and recognized that the vision Volta stood behind with education, craftsmanship, accountability and more, was exactly what he was looking for. Eric approaches his management and jobs with the mentality of “we are here to help clients, not sell jobs.”

Jerry Courson, General Manager of Volta Roofing, LLC comes from a family with a long history of self employed entrepreneurs. At the age of 16 Jerry started working summers for a tear off and clean up roofing crew where he grew a desire to pursue further into the roofing industry. The following summers Jerry grew his knowledge for roofing as he was learning first hand the skills and tricks of the trade. These summers built up Jerry’s entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to take this knowledge and skills and put it towards something that would allow him to provide well for his family and create something he could leave as a legacy for his children.For 14 years, Jerry worked as majority owner of the original Premier Siding, Roofing,Home Improvement of KC before partnering with Ian Fess in 2019 to bring about Volta Roofing, LLC. Jerry strives to lead and work from a place of integrity and to educate his staff as well as customers to ensure that Volta Roofing, LLC is the roofing company his communities can trust.

While none of us could have anticipated the impact COVID-19 is having across our world, here at Volta Roofing we are set up to take care of you amidst these life changes. Our team is taking extra precautions in order to serve you. We are well equipped to provide inspections, estimates, gutter installation and protection, and roof repairs and replacements with minimal to no contact. Through email, text messaging, phone calls, and electronic documents, we are fully able to maintain our dedication to elevated customer care. Call us today at (816) 601-0117 to schedule your roof inspection.
–The Volta Roofing Team