Founder · Operator · Builder

Brandon Bart.

Building things that protect what people care about.

I lead companies, products, and projects from blank page to delivered. Today I'm Founder & CEO of PlumBuddy, a smart water protection platform shipping connected hardware, AI-driven workflows, and software for homes, buildings, insurers, and the plumbing trade. Before this I ran multimillion-dollar construction projects and operations for plumbing teams across the West Coast.

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Brandon Bart

$100K+

Revenue in <100 days at PlumBuddy

$500K

Investment capital raised

$10.5M

Largest project managed

11

Cross-functional team led

What I do

A builder's operator.
An operator's builder.

My career has lived in the space between strategy and the field — between investor decks and pipe layouts, between roadmaps and jobsites. That overlap is where I do my best work.

i.

Build the company.

From concept to commercial launch — product, ops, sales, marketing, partnerships, fundraising, supply chain, customer experience, and team. Translate a real-world problem into a product the trade and the customer both trust.

ii.

Run the project.

Up to seven active projects at once, scopes through $10.5M, plumbing repipes, restoration, commercial and residential renovation. Budgets, schedules, RFIs, submittals, change orders — and the human coordination that makes them all line up.

iii.

Make the operation work.

Project intake, estimating support, scheduling, procurement, permitting, customer communication, closeout. Process improvements that have moved coordination efficiency, capacity, and revenue in the right direction year over year.

Currently

PlumBuddy.
Security for your water.

I founded PlumBuddy in September 2023 to give homeowners, property managers, and the plumbing trade the kind of water protection they actually want — connected shutoff valves, leak sensors, and AI-driven response workflows that work the way buildings really work, not the way a spec sheet says they should.

350+

Customers

1,000+

Hardware deployments

$500K

Capital raised

11

Person team

Hardware & software platform.

Led development across smart shutoff valves, leak sensors, sensing cables, the mobile app, PlumPortal, and the PlumConnect.AI workflow engine. Field experience translated directly into product requirements designed around fast installs, real building conditions, and trade adoption.

Go-to-market across channels.

Direct ecommerce, plumbing partners, wholesale distribution, municipal rebate programs, insurance channels, multifamily pilots, and commercial opportunities — built on Shopify, HubSpot, Meta Ads, and Google Ads infrastructure.

Partnerships that move the trade.

Negotiated and advanced relationships with Farmers Insurance, Comparion Insurance, Beagle Services, Mesher Plumbing Supply, and other installer, wholesale, and insurance-channel partners.

Fundraising & investor relations.

Raised $500K and own the investor relationship — pitch materials, financial models, due diligence, and the strategic updates that keep capital aligned with what's actually being built.

Supply chain & ops.

Sourcing, vendor coordination, packaging, fulfillment planning, compliance research, pricing strategy, and the customer support processes behind every shipped unit.

Team & cross-functional execution.

Lead 11 people across product, operations, sales, marketing, customer support, software, and partner execution — keeping a small team moving on more surface area than a small team usually can.

Before PlumBuddy

The chapters that built the founder.

Two roles, hundreds of projects, a lot of jobsites. The reason PlumBuddy exists — and the reason it ships products people in the trade actually want to install.

Charter Construction

Project Manager · Mar 2023 – Oct 2024 · Portland, OR / San Diego, CA

Managed commercial, residential, insurance, restoration, and plumbing-related construction projects from preconstruction through closeout — coordinating owners, field teams, subs, vendors, internal leadership, and clients.

  • Up to 7 active projects at once. Largest valued at ~$10.5M.
  • Delivered a major plumbing repipe and restoration project 2 months ahead of schedule, saving the client over $1M.
  • Owned scopes, budgets, change orders, RFIs, submittals, POs, schedules, and field documentation across fast-moving environments.
  • Risk mitigation through early identification of scope gaps, trade conflicts, material issues, and schedule constraints.

3 Mountains

Lead Project Coordinator · Feb 2021 – Mar 2023 · Portland, OR

Owned day-to-day project coordination for plumbing and construction work — scheduling, estimating support, permitting, procurement, customer communication, sub coordination, documentation, and closeout.

  • Improved project management coordination efficiency by ~25%, lifting capacity, profitability, and 2022 revenue performance.
  • Strengthened operational processes for project intake, scheduling, material coordination, and field updates.
  • Coordinated across customers, technicians, vendors, PMs, and internal leadership to keep work organized and on schedule.
  • Built foundational experience in plumbing operations, construction documentation, and field-team support.

Off the clock

What I like to do.

Outside of building the company, I build other things. Most of them have one foot in the trade and one foot in design.

Toolbox

Skills & focus areas.

A working list. Bolded ones are where I spend most of my time today.

Startup Leadership Project Management Construction Management Operations Management Hardware Product Development Software Product Development IoT Strategy Go-to-Market Strategy Strategic Partnerships Fundraising Investor Relations Plumbing Operations Budget Management Scheduling Vendor Management Subcontractor Coordination Procurement Permitting Estimating Support Change Orders RFIs Submittals Client Communication Risk Management Team Leadership Sales Operations Ecommerce Supply Chain Coordination Customer Experience Product Roadmapping HubSpot Shopify Meta Ads Google Ads

Education

Trained in execution.

University of Southern California

Master's Degree, Project Management

University of Montana

Bachelor's Degree, Political Science

Minor in Communications

Let's talk

Hiring an operator?
Building something that needs both.

I'm based in San Diego and open to conversations about leadership, advisory, and partnership opportunities — particularly where hardware, software, and physical operations meet.

realbrandonbart@gmail.com → LinkedIn 503.995.4520