Al Curtis aka Ask the Pool Guy Ask the Pool Guy was created in 2012 by Al Curtis (the inspiration), and Sandi Maki (the marketing guru), through a series of synchronistic events. Al had a knack for knowing swimming pools. Ever since his college days of his summer job with a local pool company, he lived, breathed, and dreamed swimming pools. In 2004, Sandi joined the pool company and began working on the brand for the future. Her desire to be online (before it was cool), began to shape the message within the company for amazing online success. Al and Sandi believed that the philosophy of the co...