Stine, LLC
David Trahan has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, with a career spanning over four decades. Currently serving as a Sales Associate at Stine, LLC since September 2016, David has previously held significant roles including Onshore Production Operator A at Wood Group PSN / Alta Mesa Services from June 2004 to February 2016, and Offshore Production Operator at Chevron from December 1988 to May 2004. Earlier in their career, David worked as an Offshore Production Operator at Tenneco Oil Co from July 1978 to December 1988. David's educational background includes a High School Diploma from South Cameron High School, followed by studies at McNeese State University.
Stine, LLC
Today's Stine began in 1952, as our founder, J. W. Stine, and his partner, J.C. Carlin, established the "Starlin Lumber Company" in Sulphur, Louisiana, to supply their needs as residential building contractors. J.W. and J.C. met when both were bomber pilots in Europe during WWII. Their business partnership began after the war, and the competition was fierce. Business rocked along when, beginning in 1966, the first of all six Stine sons joined Starlin. In 1974, six of Starlin ten employees were Stines (Carlin having left the company in the early fifties), and the name was changed to "Stine Lumber". Of course, the home improvement industry has its own history, beginning much as Stine did with those so-called "contractor yards". As more homeowners and do-it-yourselfers wanted to buy materials to do their own work, the concept of the Home Improvement Center came into vogue in the early seventies. Stine successes continued as we began to cater to the D-I-Y market. Our retail business has exploded over the years, and accounts for about two-thirds of our sales each year, with builder sales making up the balance. Stine is among the Top-100 building materials dealers in America. Our association with Ace Hardware has been successful as well; sales figures place us fourth among all 6,000 Ace retailers worldwide!