About SLAM Pool Management
Built on experience. Driven by service. SLAM Pool Management was founded from more than two decades of hands-on experience in the aquatic industry.
Meet Our Leadership
Local Feel. Professional Results.
Swaine Tatum
CEO | Operations & Quality Assurance
Kevin Entralgo
Vice President | Finance, Contracts & Customer Relations
SLAM Pool Management is led by partners Swaine and Kevin, whose working relationship began long before the company itself. Both began their careers as lifeguards and went on to build extensive experience throughout the aquatic industry. After more than a decade of working together, they combined their experience and complementary strengths to build SLAM Pool Management into what it is today.
Swaine leads day-to-day operations and quality assurance, while Kevin oversees financial management, contracts and bidding, and customer relations. Together, they bring the hands-on involvement of a local company with the experience, accountability, and professional standards expected from a trusted aquatic management partner.
Built on Experience. Driven by Service.
For Swaine and Kevin, good service starts with honesty, accountability, and pride in the work. Those values have shaped the way they’ve worked together for more than a decade and continue to guide how they lead SLAM today.
They believe in doing things correctly, paying attention to the details, and treating every pool and property as if their own names were attached to it—because they are.
For them, perfection isn’t about making promises they can’t keep. It’s about communicating honestly, standing behind their work, and continually striving to deliver a higher standard of service.
Why SLAM
SLAM Pool Management combines more than 20 years of hands-on aquatic experience with the personal accountability of a locally led company. From commercial pool management and staffing to residential service, repairs, renovations, and new construction, our team understands pools from every side of the operation.
That experience allows us to provide knowledgeable, dependable service with one goal in mind: doing the job right and building relationships that last.
The SLAM Difference
Hands-On Leadership
Partners who understand aquatic operations from firsthand experience.
More Than 20 Years of Aquatic Experience
Experience spanning pool operations, staffing, maintenance, repairs, renovations, and construction.
Operational Knowledge
CPO® professionals and American Red Cross instructors bring additional expertise in pool operations, water care, training, and safety.
Local Feel. Professional Results.
Personal accountability backed by professional standards, dependable service, and a team that stands behind its work.
We’d Be Honored to Serve You
What began with two lifeguards has grown into a partnership built on more than 20 years of aquatic experience, shared values, and a commitment to doing things the right way. For Swaine and Kevin, SLAM represents an industry they have dedicated their careers to, a partnership built through more than a decade of working together, and a company they are proud to put their names behind.
Whether you trust SLAM with your community, commercial facility, water park, or backyard pool, we understand the responsibility that comes with that trust—and we’d be honored to serve you.
From the Lifeguard Chair to SLAM Pool Management
Long before SLAM Pool Management, it started in a lifeguard chair.
Swaine began his career in the aquatic industry as a lifeguard and, over the years, worked in numerous roles throughout the pool industry. Those experiences gave him firsthand knowledge of what it takes to operate, maintain, staff, and care for aquatic facilities—and helped shape a genuine passion for the industry.
After years of working in the field, that experience eventually became the foundation for something more. In 2018, SLAM Pool Management was founded with a commitment to providing the knowledgeable, dependable service Swaine believed every property and pool owner deserved.
More Than a Company Name
SLAM has always meant more than a name. In the pool industry, the acronym represents “Shock Level And Maintain,” a process rooted in restoring and maintaining proper pool conditions. But when Swaine founded the company, the name also took on a much more personal meaning.
As a father of seven, building SLAM was about more than building a business—it was about building a legacy. The letters became a reflection of the family behind the company: S for Swaine and Skyy, L for Logan, A for Alex and Aiden, M for Matthew—and Emma found her place in ManagEment.
What started as a connection between family and the industry Swaine had spent his career in became a name that represents both: professional purpose and something worth building for the next generation.
From Experience to a Growing Team
What began with years of hands-on experience in the aquatic industry has grown into a team committed to carrying those same standards forward. Today, SLAM brings together experienced leadership, aquatic professionals, instructors, lifeguards, pool attendants, and service personnel to support residential and commercial clients throughout the Greater Houston area.
Qualified. Experienced. Accountable.
Experience matters, but so do the qualifications behind the work. SLAM Pool Management is licensed and insured, with Certified Pool Operator (CPO®) professionals and American Red Cross instructors bringing additional training, knowledge, and expertise to our aquatic operations.
Serving Greater Houston
SLAM Pool Management proudly serves residential and commercial clients throughout Houston and surrounding communities, including Katy, Richmond, Sugar Land, League City, Kemah, and other areas across Greater Houston.