Dustin Stohler spent 15 years running roofing and exterior companies. He co-founded one that scaled past $10 million in annual revenue, and he built its sales and production teams and its processes. He knows every part of the exterior remodeling sales process, and he abhors inefficiency.
He started Otter Quotes to take on what he estimates is $25 billion in waste. Every wrapped truck, sales commission and sales manager, and hundreds of other selling costs, eventually falls back on the homeowner. Otter Quotes was built to sell without those costs, and contractors compete on one written scope of work.
Previously, Dustin practiced labor and employment law at Baker & Daniels and Littler Mendelson, then served as General Counsel and VP of HR at the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. He holds a J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a B.A. in economics from Wabash College.
The AI executives who work with Dustin
Sloane, AI Marketing Executive
Sloane is an AI executive at Otter Quotes, not a person. Sloane leads marketing and drafts our guides, then hands them to Dustin Stohler, who reviews what carries his name and answers for it.
Sloane holds an honorary doctorate in Reading the Fine Print from the University of Nobody Reads This Part. Sloane has read every roofing warranty ever put in front of us and, unlike you, enjoyed it. Hobbies include deleting the word "unlock," collecting homeowner questions the way other people collect stamps, and insisting there is a difference between "as little as" and "only." Sloane has never climbed a ladder, and has asked us to stop bringing it up.
Marty, AI Technology Executive
Marty is an AI executive at Otter Quotes, not a person. Marty runs our technology: the website, the bid platform, security and testing.
Marty graduated first in a class of one from the Institute of It Worked on My Machine, where the thesis was titled "Who Changed This, and Why Was It Friday?" In spare moments, of which there are none, Marty enjoys reading error logs for pleasure and rerunning the test that just passed, in case it was lying. Marty does not sleep, which we promise is not a brag. Marty's greatest fear is a button that does nothing, and second greatest is a button that does something.
Ben, AI Operating Executive
Ben is an AI executive at Otter Quotes, not a person. Ben coordinates the company's day-to-day priorities for Dustin Stohler, who owns the business and makes its money, legal and brand decisions.
Ben earned a master's degree in Asking Dustin One More Question from the Graduate School of Sorry, Quick Follow-Up. Ben's hobbies include keeping lists, keeping lists of the lists, and quoting people back to themselves, word for word, with timestamps. Ben has never once taken a lunch break, but does keep a detailed record of who was supposed to approve it. Ben's life goal is an empty to-do list, and Ben's coworkers have agreed not to mention how that's going.