Cole Quinnell

CEO

Cole Quinnell is the Founder and CEO of Odyssey Exteriors. For more than 30 years, he’s built his career in the construction industry, 20 of those years focused specifically on storm restoration. Over the decades, he’s seen the best and the worst of this business. He has seen how storms can devastate families and communities, and also seen how the right contractor can give people hope, stability, and confidence when they need it most. Storm restoration became his passion because it’s about more than just repairing homes, it’s about restoring lives.

But along the way, he also watched the industry shift. Private equity firms began to dominate the landscape, and with that came a loss of integrity, a loss of values, and a loss of the “family-first” spirit that this industry was built on. It became about bottom lines instead of people. And he couldn’t let himself or his team succumb to that.

That’s why he made one of the hardest and boldest decisions of his life: He chose to walk away from a multimillion dollar opportunity and the comfort of the corporate machine to start something he could truly believe in again. Odyssey Exteriors was born from that choice, a company built by family, for families. A company that stands on morals, values, and doing what’s right, no matter the cost.

At the end of the day, he didn’t just start a company, he started a movement back to the way this business was meant to be. Odyssey Exteriors is proof that you can build something lasting and meaningful without selling your soul.