Tim Gooden

Founder & Advisor BlastOne International

Last Reviewed: September 29, 2026

Executive Summary

Tim Gooden is Founder and Advisor of BlastOne International, a supplier of blasting equipment, abrasives, coating equipment and technical services for the protective and marine coatings industry. He joined the family business in 1981, rose from General Manager of Blastmaster Australia to Global CEO, and led the company globally from 2010 to 2020. He now works as an Advisor from the Columbus, Ohio office. After Kaltroco and Five V Capital invested in the company in August 2025, he stayed on as a significant shareholder with an active role on the board.

Career Highlights

• Founder and Advisor of BlastOne International, based in its Columbus, Ohio office.
• Global CEO of BlastOne from 2010 to 2020.
• Joined the business in 1981 and worked his way up to General Manager of Blastmaster Australia before becoming Global CEO.
• Stayed on as a significant shareholder with an active board role when Kaltroco and Five V Capital invested in BlastOne in August 2025.

Professional Journey

BlastOne began in 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia, when Gar Gooden founded it as BlastMaster, a family business selling blasting and painting products out of a backyard shed. Tim Gooden joined in 1981. The company says he held a wide range of roles over the following decades and learned the business from the ground up.

He became General Manager of Blastmaster Australia and later Global CEO, a post he held from 2010 to 2020. The company entered the United States in 2010, and in 2015 it merged with two other family businesses, Blastech and Masterfield, to form BlastOne International. The company now calls him the founder of that combined business. It sells surface preparation equipment, abrasives and coating technology to heavy industry, marine, pipeline, refinery and defense customers, and has locations across Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Malaysia. It reports close to 400 staff.

After 2020 he moved into an advisory role in the Columbus, Ohio office. The company says he still pushes its work on faster, safer and cleaner surface preparation and industrial coating technology.

In August 2025 BlastOne announced an investment by Kaltroco, a Jersey-based private investment company, and the Australian private equity firm Five V Capital. The company’s announcement said Gooden and Global Technical Director Graeme Thomas would stay on as significant shareholders with active board roles. Gooden said at the time: “By partnering with Kaltroco and Five V, we’re not replacing what makes BlastOne special — we’re building on it.” Jay Worley now leads the company as Global CEO.

Education

No education record was found in any first-party source reviewed.