John McCarthy’s entrepreneurial spirit was shaped early by a childhood spent overseas while his father served in the U.S. State Department. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he met his wife Kathleen while working at Boeing in Seattle before making the move to Texas with their four children. After raising their family on 30 acres in Lockhart, where neighbors taught them the joys of farm life (and how to handle snakes!), John became part owner of Blue Whale Moving Company before he and Kathleen acquired RSM Lighting in 2007. Today, he is proud to see the company thrive as a family-owned business, now led by two of their children and spouses. John and Kathleen are active members of their church in Burnet, Texas, where faith continues to be the foundation of everything they do. In his spare time, you’ll find John sailing on Inks Lake.