About Us

Eric Lupton

Chief Executive Officer

A true leader in the pool safety industry, Eric took a small business his parents started in their garage when he was a small child and grew it into a multinational, multimillion dollar company and the largest manufacturer of removable pool fence in the world. His decades-long efforts began in 1997, joining the Life Saver Systems team; he moved into the Executive Vice President role in 2002 and took over as President in 2006. Today, as President and CEO, he has implemented his marketing vision and tripled the size of the company in the last decade alone.

Eric is an accomplished author and graphic designer. He has been featured as an expert in two New York Times Best Sellers on writing effective marketing copy and his thoughts on online marketing have been quoted by publications including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He was also the subject of an in-depth feature in Forbes. In addition, he was chosen by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as a Pool Safely Campaign Safety Leader, and launched the charitable Save a Life Pool Fence Donation Program in 2011. He served as Vice President of the NDPA in 2016 and these days, Eric is mostly sought after and interviewed by the media as an expert on pool safety. He has been interviewed by over one hundred media outlets and publications, including Huffpost and the Weather Channel. Eric hosts a weekly podcast with his good friend Rich Specht called the Child Safety Source and writes a weekly post for his blog, Crippled CEO.

Eric manages all of this while living with a severe disability, cerebral palsy, caused by a brain injury during birth, that requires him to use an electric wheelchair and need help for many day-to-day tasks. His symptoms are almost identical to those that can be experienced by non-fatal drowning survivors.

When not spending time with his true love, the company, Eric enjoys going to stand-up comedy shows, hosting a weekly game night, and taking chess lessons. He may also consume more milk than anyone on the planet.

Chris Lupton

Vice President of Research and Development

A mechanical savant, Chris literally dreams in product improvements and inventions. With a bizarre level of natural technical aptitude, he is constantly coming up with new product improvement ideas and creating entirely new offerings to push forward pool safety fencing as an industry, while simultaneously contributing to the cause of drowning prevention.

The youngest son of Robert and Ruth Lupton, the company’s founders, and the younger brother of Eric, Life Saver’s chief executive, Chris was literally brought up in pool fence. He started making fence in the warehouse at age 13, continued on to learn every aspect of the manufacturing process, before moving to New York to head up the busiest pool fence installation crew in the country.

Today, beyond his product improvement responsibilities, Chris also assists with the training of new Life Savers who come down to South Florida to learn how to install Life Saver Pool Fence.

Chris is the father of one son, Dylan. He is a Jeep enthusiast and firearm aficionado.

Vitaly Neimer

Chief Financial Officer / Chief Chess Officer

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Eric Lupton, Life Saver’s Chief Executive, started taking chess lessons from International Master, Vitaly Neimer. Besides being a certified chess master, Vitaly is also the 2-time Israeli National Chess Champion.

This alone tells you that Vitaly is a rather intelligent person. But what if you also learned that he spoke 3 languages? That would be impressive. But what if you also learned that not only can he speak 3 languages, but he can also read and write in 3 different alphabets – English, Russian, and Hebrew?

Besides being a chess prodigy and a linguist, Vitaly also holds an MBA from Webster University and has years of experience in public accounting and as a Certified Fraud Examiner. He also served in the Israeli Defense Forces for 3 years, protecting children at schools in war zones.

Vitaly now acts as Life Saver’s Chief Financial Officer, where he manages the company’s finances. He oversees the budget, financial planning, and capital resources. Vitaly also ensures that the company is in continuous compliance with all statutory, regulatory, banking, tax, and other external and internal reporting and record-keeping requirements.

Vitaly loves to travel and spend time with his wife and two children. He currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri but hopes to retire in Florida with a pool and a pool fence.

Michael McGahee

Chief of Staff

Mike is Eric’s right-hand man. They have been friends since they met in 1989. His primary job is to directly support Eric in everything he does to help free him up to spend time working on the business and charting the company’s course into the future. In addition, he works on new dealer onboarding, developing operating procedures, systematizing the company’s knowledge base, managing special projects, and manages the operation of the ChildSafetyStore.com website. He accepted the position after living in Chicago with his wife, Molly, for nearly a decade. While in Chicago Michael had an 8-year career in the luxury high-rise condominium management industry.

When he’s not handling all of his job responsibilities with ease, Michael enjoys spending time with family, playing golf and disc golf, mixing cocktails, cooking, gardening, watching Cubs baseball, and studying psychology. Michael is husband to Molly and father to Maddie and Jack.

Michael Doscher

Operations Manager

Michael Doscher has a lot of talents. He’s a mechanical wizard, capable of fixing literally everything, with a specialty in and passion for cars. He is technically proficient, capable of networking complex computer systems. He is a master of organization, with a penchant for streamlining anything into efficiency.

But those aren’t the talents that make Michael great. What makes Michael great is his compassion, the vast depth that he cares about people, his commitment to always doing the right thing, and the character he displays. He’d be embarrassed if we shared even just a few of the stories of him helping employees in need by fixing their car, giving them rides, helping them buy gifts for their kids, and so much more, but suffice to say: Michael Doscher is the role model we all need. He’s a constant, walking lesson on how to be a better, kinder person. He really is a Life Saver.

Michael is a father to his son Christian, a vehicle enthusiast, Taco Bell aficionado, and occasional viral sensation. He claims people call him Savage Mike, but he just wants that to be true. No one calls him that.

Mark Moore

Warehouse Manager

A former restaurant manager, Mark joined Life Saver in 2020 as its newest and most fabulous factory ringmaster. He keeps the warehouse staff well-trained, enthused, practicing safety, and with record-setting productivity. He has implemented procedures, organizational systems, and plenty of morale-boosting activities, including live-televised work order boards in every department, and daily cornhole tournaments. All of this ensures that Life Saver is running smoothly and with a great deal of fun and laughter.

He is engaged to be married to his fiancée, Jess. They both enjoy movies, games, and have spent many years leading their church’s youth group. They are looking forward to a long life together full of babies, bedazzling, board games, and baked goods.

Jenae Douglas

Accounts Payable Manager

Director of Choreography

Jenae is Life Saver’s Accounts Payable Manager and Director of Choreography. You may not think that a pool fence manufacturing and distribution company needs a Director of Choreography, but you’d be wrong. Jenae Reynolds Douglas began her formal dance training at the age of 2 1/2 years. While in New York, Jenae danced in numerous showcase performances throughout the city and did some film and television work. NBD.

Jenae was the Artistic Director and owner of Dance Trends, a dance studio for children, for 20 long years. She has choreographed numerous award-winning musicals and halftime shows for the Miami Dolphins.

Today, Jenae holds a degree in Musical Theatre from Florida Atlantic University. She has enjoyed the last 3 years with Life Saver Pool Fence as their “fake” accountant.

Jenae has known Eric Lupton since high school and likely saved his life in 2020 by moving mountains and getting up at 4:00 a.m. to get him vaccinated.

Jenae lives with her husband and three children in Sherwood, Oregon. She is the chaos coordinator of three tiny humans that don’t listen and are constantly trying to kill themselves. She loves coffee creamer and vodka – though not usually at the same time, but sometimes both in the morning.

Javier Padilla

Business Development Manager

Javier Padilla is the embodiment of the American Dream. Emigrating into the United States from Colombia at age 12, Javier taught himself English, was successful in school, and started a 37-year career in banking at the age of 18, eventually rising up to be a Vice President and Branch Manager for the largest financial institution headquartered in Florida.

After his long career in banking, Javier was recruited by his best client, Life Saver Pool Fence. Having been Life Saver’s favorite banker for years, Eric and the team had always marveled at his uniquely exceptional level of customer service. Of all the vendors and representatives that they work with, none were quite as fantastic as Javier. His ability to do the impossible, his remarkable communication, his follow-up, and his attention to detail made him stand out over the years, and as soon as the opportunity presented itself, Life Saver was proud to add him to the team.

Javier now serves as Life Saver’s Business Development Manager, handling new Life Saver onboarding and helping current Life Savers to level up their businesses. In addition, Javier represents Life Saver at trade shows and events around the country while building new relationships and solidifying current ones with stakeholders in the water safety industry.

Javier has lived in the South Florida area for the past 43 years and currently resides in the Wellington area with his wife Claudia. He has two wonderful children, Isabella and Jacob, and enjoys date nights with his wife and volunteering in the community.

Christian Mottram

Master Trainer

Christian Mottram is the lead installer for the Life Saver Pool Fence location in Palm Beach County, Florida, the busiest location in the country. Installing as many as five pool fences per day, Christian is a wealth of knowledge both in pool fence and installation efficiency. He leverages this knowledge to facilitate the training of new Life Saver franchisees who come down to Florida to learn the skills necessary to start their Life Saver Pool Fence business.

Besides being a Master Pool Fence Installer, Christian is also a sought-after motivational speaker and mentor. He is active and volunteers with his church, and he is also the husband of Kate Mottram, our Vice President of Wholesale Distribution. He’s also a big fan of the Grateful Dead and deep-sea fishing.