Christopher Somers Earns ACE Professional Award

PUYALLUP, Wash. – The Entomological Society of America (ESA) awarded Rambo Total Pest Control's Christopher Somers as this year's ACE Professional Award winner.

Somers started his career as a technician in 2013, when Rambo Total Pest Control consisted of four employees. As the company grew, he advanced to be the organization's first lead technician in 2016, then its first service manager in 2020. Somers currently oversees 17 technicians, three lead technicians, a training team and a termite team, along with a multi-unit and commercial specialist team.

In 2017, Somers tested one year early for the ACE exam, knowing that the credentials would not be active until the five-year experience requisite. He passed on his first attempt and has continued his path of learning ever since. After five years in the industry, Somers renewed his pesticide operator license for the first time, with over 100 additional credits to the WSDA's minimum CEU requirements.

Over the past three years, Somers has been a speaker and field trainer at WSPMA events, covering subjects such as exclusion, rodents and related topics—most recently in September 2024 at the WSPMA Rodent Academy.

Somers has created technical application training events for hands-on learning and continues to assist each technician in advancing their personal areas of professional interest.

The ESA serves the professional and scientific needs of entomologists and individuals affiliated with educational institutions, health agencies, private industry and government.