325 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition ENTREPRENEURS Andrew Thomas Blaney leverages over two decades of practiced expertise in the field of business management. Specializing as a barber, with particular skill in unique detailing and fading techniques, he has served as the owner of Diamond Cuts since 2017. Based in Star City, West Virginia, the local barber shop is well-regarded in the community for providing high-quality haircuts and services to a diverse clientele, primarily including students and sports coaches and players from nearby colleges. Adjacent to his primary duties, Mr. Blaney also became the owner of his Barber Academy in 2022, where he continues to teach students on a part-time basis. Mr. Blaney has otherwise worked as a barber since 2010, entering his profession in the twilight of his high school career. As part of his vocational journey, he further cultivated his higher education at Fairmont State University, where he achieved an associate degree in business and communications in 2013. In addition to his academic credentials, Mr. Blaney holds barbering program certification in the state of West Virginia, and he became a licensed barber instructor in 2021. Adjacent to his primary professional pursuits, Mr. Blaney worked in the oil and gas industry for several years. Likewise, he was involved in facilities management at West Virginia University in 2012, and he worked as a landman for Super Heavy Land Resources in 2014; he has since continued his work as a landman with Percheron LLC. He also remains active as a civic-minded citizen, regularly volunteering at homeless shelters and in Christmas charity events for his local children’s hospital. Furthermore, he gladly provides complimentary back-to-school haircuts for young students in the region. To commemorate his achievements, Mr. Blaney was named as the Best of Morgantown from 2019 to 2022. Likewise, he was awarded for the Best Fade and Style in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2019 and for the Best Fade at the Washington, D.C. Expo in 2018. His freestyle design was similarly honored in Philadelphia in 2017. Looking to the future, Mr. Blaney hopes to continue expanding his school and helping other community businesses grow. Millennium Magazine Featured Listee ANDREW THOMAS BLANEY OWNER Diamond Cuts Morgantown, WV
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