About Us

In 1979, from the humble beginnings of 2 employees, and a desk in his bedroom with sales of "I don't remember, but it wasn't much," to 400 employees with expected sales of $38 million in 2007, our President, John Redfern, has stressed integrity, loyalty, quality and service with both our clients and our employees. This has resulted in long term relationships and repeat business from satisfied clients, which has been the foundation of our company's success and growth.

At Golden State, Inc., we pride ourselves on providing an outstanding product with employees that achieve the highest level of standards across the industry. Our multiple layers of management and customer service - including division leaders, project managers, operations managers, a general superintendent and client liaisons - allow our clients to rest assured that there is always a qualified individual available to meet their needs and uphold our commitment to excellence.

For our Employees, and Trade Partners: To build long-term relationships based on mutual respect, integrity and profitability. To strive for perfection in order to achieve and maintain excellence. To give back to our communities in hope of making a small contribution to our larger society. To show thanks and appreciation for the blessings given by our Creator.

John Redfern - Our founder and President: John Redfern is happily married and the proud father of 5 children who is lucky enough to live in Incline Village, when he’s not in the Bay Area. He still feels extremely blessed to wake up every morning to the challenges and opportunities that come with running GSI.

John loves sports, especially his 49ers, Warriors and Yankees. He stays active by mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, skiing, playing hoops, softball……….and chasing after his 7 year old twins.

Lance Barbero - Director of Sales and Marketing: Lance has worked with Golden State for over four years, and has over 15 years experience in the construction industry. Lance holds our C-8 license and has immense knowledge in the masonry and concrete fields. Lance enjoys working in the home building industry and is thankful for all of the wonderful relationsships that have been established during his tenure with Golden State.

Lance is happily married to his wife Dayna and has two beautiful children. Lance enjoys boating, mountain biking, snow skiing, playing golf and cheering on his Oakland Raiders.

You can email Lance at lb@goldenstateinc.biz.

Rashelle Redfern - Controller: Rashelle has been with Golden State for two and one half years. She has over 8 years of experience in finance having been employed in the banking field prior to her time with Golden State.

Rashelle has a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Arizona State University. She loved her time in Arizona but was not fond of heat. She now resides in the cooler climate of Dublin, CA with her family which includes her two dogs.

Annalee Fulkerson - Human Resources Director: Annalee has worked at Golden State for close to two years, and with the Redferns for more than eight years, beginning at Wells Fargo Bank in 1999 she worked side by side with Rashelle Redfern (Golden State’s current Controller). They then attended school in Arizona together while continuing to work at Wells Fargo. The relationship continued with Annalee later working as the company’s financial advisor and liaison with Wells Fargo. In 2005 Golden State acquired Annalee from Wells Fargo Bank to serve as HR Director.

Annalee lives in Livermore where she grew up and attended local schools, she was recently married and welcomed her first child in December 2006.

Michael Powell - Director of Research and Development: Michael has been with Golden State for almost two years, and has nearly 20 years experience in a variety of Information Technology areas, first getting his feet wet by working on UNIX guided missile systems in the military, working for a software development company, and running a local Geek Squad.

Michael holds a Bachelors degree in Business and Information Systems, and a Masters degree in Database Development and Administration. Michael currently resides in Concord, CA with his wife and three children. In his spare time, Michael enjoys golf, billiards, and amateur radio (KI6KGR).

You can email Michael at michael@goldenstateinc.biz.

Shawn Walker - Director of Construction: Shawn has been with Golden State for over five years. He has been in the construction industry for over 25 years bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from framing homes to being a project manager for a major builder.

Shawn holds our B license and insures that all work gets installed professionally, per plans and on time.

Rick Haffner - Director of Estimating: Rick has been with Golden State for six years, has 30 years experience in landscape construction while working for only three companies. Ten years ago Rick left the field and began to apply his knowledge to design and estimating.

Nancy Robbins - Finance Director: Nancy Robbins has been with Golden State for over 7 years. She started out running accounts payables and receivables, human resources, insurance – health, auto, general liability and workman’s compensation and general financial responsibilities.

As the company grew so did the job functions mentioned above, thus Nancy’s main focus became accounts receivable, contract administrator, customer relations, and general financial management. She is a key resource for the other departments now held by others within the company.

She has over 18 years of experience in Marketing and Sales; selling Ocean Pacific and PCH clothing line from Fresno to the Oregon border to selling Restaurant and Janitorial Supplies to Distributors in the East Bay. Nancy holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.

Brian Moss - Chief Mechanic: Brian has been with Golden State since the winter of 2002. He has been a professional mechanic since the fall of 1985. He started out working at an independent German automotive repair shop. Then in the summer of 1987 he found himself working at a Kubota Tractor dealership and as they say, “the rest is history”. He worked his way around some of the local equipment dealers and eventually opened his own mobile equipment repair business at the beginning of 2000. Golden State quickly became one of his best customers and when his daughter was born in 2002 he went to work exclusively for Golden State.

Brian graduated from Universal Technical Institute in 1985 with an Occupational Associate Degree in Auto/Diesel Technology. He currently lives in Brentwood, CA with his wife Karen and daughter Sara.

Ross Willkom - Dispatching/Scheduling Director: Ross joined Golden State in 2006, after graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. Ross is a fan of the Green Bay Packers and Oakland A's. Ross also follows several fringe sports such as Golf, Tennis, and European Soccer. Ross is also an aspiring musician, playing five different instruments.

Project Managers:
Our project managers are the backbone of our field operations. They bring a wide variety of expertise to Golden State through education and hands on experience.

Polo Cruz: Polo is our longest tenured Project Manager, starting at Golden State in April of 1990.

Francisco Salgado: Francisco has been with Golden State since April 1992.

Juan Corona: Juan has been with Golden State since May of 1999.

Pedro Corona: Pedro has been with Golden State since April of 2002.

Henry Carmona: Henry has been with Golden State since January of 2004.

Dario Jara: Dario started with Golden State as a crew leader in March of 2005.