Meet The Team
Good garage door work starts with the right people. Our team handles repairs, installations, inspections, and service scheduling across Killeen every day. Each team member focuses on clear communication, safe repairs, and honest recommendations.
100+ ReviewS
Licensed & Certified
100% Satisfied clients
Experienced Garage Door Professionals Serving Killeen
Garage doors across Central Texas face constant heat, dust, humidity, and heavy daily use. Those conditions wear down springs, rollers, tracks, and opener systems faster. Local repair experience matters when diagnosing garage door problems correctly. Our technicians have been working on residential garage systems throughout Killeen and nearby Bell County communities for over 30 years.
Our Team
Senior Garage Door Technicians
Jason Coleman
375+ ReviewS
394 Jobs Completed
Jason Coleman is the most experienced field tech on the team, with 18 years of hands-on repair work under his belt. He started at a small family-owned shop in Phoenix before relocating and joining us in 2012. His specialty is high-cycle torsion spring systems and large commercial overhead doors, jobs that most residential shops won’t touch. Jason has personally completed over 2,100 service calls and serves as the primary trainer for all new technicians, running a two-week onboarding program he designed himself.
Ryan Mitell
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Ryan Joined Garage Shield Killeen in 2016 after spending six years as a field tech for a major electronics contractor, where he developed deep expertise in low-voltage systems and connected home devices. That background made him a natural fit for modern smart garage openers. He’s factory-trained directly by Chamberlain, Genie, and Linear, and he’s the go-to tech for any job involving MyQ integration, battery backup systems, or multi-car smart home setups. Ryan has completed 313 jobs and has a perfect 5.0 rating, a record he takes very seriously.
Garage Door Technicians
Tyler Brooks
276+ ReviewS
287 Jobs Completed
Tyler came to garage doors from a background in sheet metal fabrication and residential framing, and that combination makes him uniquely qualified for structural repairs. He handles dented panels, warped frames, rotted wood sections, and custom fit-outs for non-standard openings with equal confidence. Tyler joined Garage Shield Killeen in 2017 and has completed over 289 jobs. He’s the tech customers request by name when they need a repair to look as good as it functions.
Kevin Foster
254+ ReviewS
262 Jobs Completed
Kevin is precise, methodical, and genuinely passionate about alignment. He joined the team in 2021 after completing a two-year apprenticeship program and quickly built a reputation for fixing issues that other techs had misdiagnosed. Bent tracks, seized rollers, cracked hinges, and worn cables are his daily bread. Customers frequently comment that the door feels better after Kevin’s visit than it ever did before the original problem started.
Zachary Reed
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Zachary holds a degree in mechanical engineering and chose the trades over an office career, a decision that’s made him one of the most technically rigorous members of the team. He joined us in 2020 and leads all safety inspections, annual maintenance programs, and code-compliance reviews. Every new installation he touches is triple-checked against DASMA standards before he signs off. He also runs the company’s internal safety training each quarter.
Austin Ramirez
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Austin is a third-generation tradesman who grew up in his father’s hardware store and earned his contractor’s license at 21. He joined us in 2022 and has already completed over 400 jobs across every category of repair. Kevin’s broad mechanical knowledge means he’s equally comfortable diagnosing a noisy opener, replacing extension springs, or lubricating and tuning a door that just needs preventive care. Customers love his honest, no-upsell approach to service.
Our Garage Door Installers
Caleb Morgan
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
With 13 years of professional garage door installation experience, Caleb is the most seasoned installer on the our crew. He began his career with a national home improvement contractor before launching his own installation operation, bringing that independent expertise with him when he joined the team in 2016. Jimmy has overseen more than 800 complete door replacements, from initial site measurement and structural assessment through final balance testing and seal verification. He is factory-certified by Clopay, Amarr, and CHI Overhead Doors, and his meticulous approach to weatherstripping, panel alignment, and threshold sealing means every installation he completes is built to perform through years of daily use. Homeowners regularly note that his installs run quieter and tighter than doors put in by other companies.
Ethan Walker
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Ethan brings a residential construction background to every garage door installation he runs, and that foundation in framing and structural work gives him a decisive advantage on complex or non-standard jobs. After seven years in new-home construction, he transitioned into full-time door installation and joined us in 2019. Since then, he has completed over 550 residential installations spanning single-car and double-car setups, traditional raised-panel steel doors, carriage house designs, and custom wood orders. Brandon has developed a particular reputation for solving difficult openings — low-headroom configurations, restricted side-room layouts, and out-of-square rough openings that require custom hardware and precise shimming to close cleanly and operate reliably for years to come.
Dylan Carter
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Dylan is our go-to installer for commercial and industrial overhead door projects. Before joining the team in 2020, he spent five years with a regional commercial door distributor installing sectional overhead doors, rolling steel doors, and high-speed industrial doors across warehouses, loading docks, auto service facilities, and multi-unit commercial properties. He has since led over 300 commercial installation projects for the company and holds an OSHA 30 certification, a requirement for many permitted commercial job sites. Derek handles the full scope of commercial door work: site coordination, opening preparation, hardware selection, installation, and final code compliance inspection. When a business needs a durable, correctly installed commercial overhead door for the first time, Derek is who we send.
Nathan Hughes
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Nathan focuses on the automation and opener side of new garage door installations, ensuring every system we install operates safely, quietly, and reliably from day one. He came to our team in 2021 from an AV and smart home integration background, which gives him a level of technical fluency with connected opener systems that most door installers simply don’t have. In four years, he has completed over 420 opener installations across LiftMaster, Genie, Chamberlain, and Overhead Door platforms — including Wi-Fi-enabled models, battery backup systems, and multi-door smart home integrations. Nathan programs safety sensors, configures travel limits, sets up myQ and similar apps, and walks every customer through their new system before leaving the job site. If your new door needs to work seamlessly with a smart home ecosystem, Nathan handles it right.
Emergency Service Technicians
Justin Parker
375+ ReviewS
394 Jobs Completed
Jason Coleman is the most experienced field tech on the team, with 18 years of hands-on repair work under his belt. He started at a small family-owned shop in Phoenix before relocating and joining us in 2012. His specialty is high-cycle torsion spring systems and large commercial overhead doors, jobs that most residential shops won’t touch. Jason has personally completed over 2,100 service calls and serves as the primary trainer for all new technicians, running a two-week onboarding program he designed himself.
Trevor Bennett
297+ ReviewS
313 Jobs Completed
Ryan Joined Garage Shield Killeen in 2016 after spending six years as a field tech for a major electronics contractor, where he developed deep expertise in low-voltage systems and connected home devices. That background made him a natural fit for modern smart garage openers. He’s factory-trained directly by Chamberlain, Genie, and Linear, and he’s the go-to tech for any job involving MyQ integration, battery backup systems, or multi-car smart home setups. Ryan has completed 313 jobs and has a perfect 5.0 rating, a record he takes very seriously.