Aaron M. Moore

6x Inc. 5000
Honoree

About Aaron

Built on Paint.
Driven by Purpose.

Aaron M. Moore is one of the commercial painting industry's most recognized voices — an entrepreneur, advocate, and connector who has spent two decades building companies, communities, and careers around a trade he believes in deeply.

As President of PPD Painting, Aaron has led his company to six Inc. 5000 honors — one of America's most respected rankings of fastest-growing private companies. It's a milestone most businesses never reach once. He's done it six times.

As Co-Founder of the CPIA (Commercial Painting Industry Association), he helped create the organizational backbone the industry long needed — setting standards, elevating professionalism, and giving contractors a collective voice. Through the Commercial Painting Podcast, he brings real conversations to painting professionals across the country — candid, actionable, and industry-specific.

Aaron's work and perspective have been featured across industry publications, podcasts, and stages — recognized not just as a business operator, but as a genuine voice for where the trade is headed. And through the Sam Bell Memorial Foundation — built in memory of a man who gave generously his entire life — he carries forward a mission rooted in Youth Leadership, Community Restoration, and Bike Safety. Sam believed in giving your time. This foundation does exactly that.

A speaker, visionary, and passionate advocate for repaint & maintenance work — Aaron Moore is not just in the painting industry. He's shaping it.

Speaking & Vision

I Know What This
Industry Is Made Of.

"I've been in the room with the best operators in commercial painting. They don't need saving. They need a platform — and each other."

Aaron is a speaker and industry advocate who has spent two decades alongside the most serious contractors in commercial painting. He doesn't show up to professionalize the trade — he shows up because he knows what it's already built from. Whether keynoting an industry conference or sitting on a panel, he speaks with the conviction of someone who has been in the work, not just around it.

Repaint & Maintenance Strategy

Building a Company Culture That Lasts

Industry Association Leadership

Growing a Commercial Painting Business

The Future of the Painting Trades

CPIA Peer Groups

Connection Through
Experience.

Most leaders spend their careers performing. Performing for their teams, their clients, their families. A CPIA Peer Group is the rare environment built for the opposite — a place where the performance stops and the real conversation begins.

These are not masterminds. Not networking sessions. Not advice clubs. They are structured, confidential groups of non-competing commercial painting contractors who meet consistently to share updates, present real challenges, and grow together through experience — not opinion.

Aaron leads these groups as a certified facilitator — designing the conditions, protecting the structure, and holding the standard that makes vulnerability possible. The depth of any group reflects the discipline that protects it.

"You cannot solve what you refuse to name."

IFO Certified Facilitator

International Facilitators Organization

Global Standard for Professional Facilitation

Aaron holds certification from the International Facilitators Organization — the globally recognized credential for professional facilitation practice. This means every CPIA Peer Group session is designed and led with disciplined methodology: structured for psychological safety, built for honest conversation, and calibrated to produce real outcomes for every member.

Confidentiality · Nothing. No One. Never.

Experience over advice

Discipline with time

Respect for every voice

Structure that protects depth

Full engagement · No spectating

The Four Pillars

What Makes a Peer Group Transformational

"Vulnerability is not where great groups begin — it is where they arrive."

Confidentiality

Safety precedes honesty.

Nothing shared inside the group leaves the group. Not with spouses. Not with partners. Not casually, later, or with good intentions. Confidentiality is absolute — because without safety, there is no honesty. Without honesty, there is no depth. Without depth, there is no value.

Commitment

Consistency builds trust.

Peer groups only work when members show up — physically, mentally, and emotionally. Commitment is not attendance alone. It is honoring the shared standards of the group. When commitment slips, culture drifts. And when culture drifts, value disappears.

III

Structure

Discipline creates safety.

Structure is not rigidity — it is protection. Time limits create fairness. Roles create clarity. Agendas create focus. Silence creates depth. The more disciplined the structure, the safer the vulnerability. When structure weakens, conversation drifts. When it holds firm, conversations go deeper.

Language

Experience over advice.

CPIA groups speak from personal experience — not opinion, not instruction. "In my experience…" opens people up. "You should…" shuts them down. Advice transfers responsibility. Experience returns it. When language follows protocol, judgment leaves the room. When judgment leaves, depth enters.

"When those four pillars stand firm, vulnerability becomes possible. Without them, it becomes unsafe."

CPIA Peer Group Foundation · Aaron M. Moore

Ready to Join

Interested in a CPIA Peer Group?

CPIA Peer Groups require consistent attendance, preparation, and engagement. They are designed for commercial painting contractors ready to be challenged, supported, and known. If that's you — let's talk.

Learn More at CPIA.com

XII

Twelve

A father's promise · A child's adventure · 12 days · Anywhere in the world

When each of Aaron's children turns twelve years old, he takes them anywhere in the world — just the two of them — for twelve unforgettable days. No agenda. No distractions. Just a father, a child, and the world waiting to be explored.

The Moore Family

First Journey · Daughter

Arianna

🗼 🎡 🇬🇧

Paris, France & London, England

The trip that started it all. A daughter and her dad, discovering the Eiffel Tower at golden hour, walking the streets of Montmartre, then crossing the Channel to London — Big Ben, the Thames, and Stonehenge on the way.

Aaron and Ace at the F1 Italian Grand Prix, Monza

Second Journey · Son

Ace

🏰 🇩🇪 🏔️ 🏎️

Germany, Switzerland & Italy

It started in Stuttgart — car museums built for someone who loves machines. Then Europa-Park in Rust. Then Neuschwanstein Castle rising through the Bavarian mist. The Jungfraujoch — Top of Europe — in the Swiss Alps. Then south to Italy for the F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. A father and son adventure written for the ages.

Third Journey · Son Coming October 2026

Aspen

🕌 🌙 🏜️ ✈️

Dubai · Jordan · Riyadh · Abu Dhabi

A boy named Aspen, headed to the Middle East. The soaring towers of Dubai, the ancient city of Petra carved into rose-red cliffs, the grandeur of Riyadh, and the elegance of Abu Dhabi. Four countries. Twelve days. A world unlike anything else.

Fourth Journey · Daughter 2028

Ainsley

🌍

Destination Unknown

Ainsley's turn is coming. The destination is hers to choose — the world is wide open and the only rule is twelve days, anywhere she wants to go.

Start Your Own Tradition

You Don't Need a Passport.
You Need a Promise.

The Twelve tradition isn't about the destination. It isn't about the duration, the location, or the cost. Go where you can. Spend what you can. Do what you can. None of that is the point. The point is being intentional — making a deliberate decision to stop, show up, and give your child your full, undivided presence before the world pulls them in every direction. Aaron shares this not to impress, but to inspire. If this sparks something in you, start planning. The most important trip you'll ever take isn't about where you go. It's about who you go with — and the intention behind it.

Share Your Story with Aaron Start Planning →

Built on Paint.
Driven by Purpose.

What Aaron Builds

I Know What This
Industry Is Made Of.

Connection Through
Experience.

What Makes a Peer Group Transformational

You Don't Need a Passport.
You Need a Promise.

Let's Build
Something Together

Built on Paint.Driven by Purpose.

What Aaron Builds

I Know What ThisIndustry Is Made Of.

Connection ThroughExperience.

What Makes a Peer Group Transformational

You Don't Need a Passport.You Need a Promise.

Let's BuildSomething Together

Built on Paint.
Driven by Purpose.

I Know What This
Industry Is Made Of.

Connection Through
Experience.

You Don't Need a Passport.
You Need a Promise.

Let's Build
Something Together