ʻO Scott Barbour, ka mea i lilo i Luna Nui o Advanced Drainage Systems ma Hilliard, Ohio, i ka makahiki 2017, ua ʻōlelo kekahi o kāna mau kumu aʻo mua iā ia e noʻonoʻo lōʻihi.
Ua aʻo ʻo Tom Bettcher, ka pelekikena o ka māhele ma Emerson Climate Technology ma Sidney, Ohio, iā Barbour e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana i ka "mea kūpono, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka neʻe maikaʻi loa i ka wā pōkole."
Ua loaʻa iā Barbour kahi Bachelor of Science ma ka ʻenekinia mechanical mai Southern Methodist University a me kāna MBA ma ke kūʻai ʻana mai ke kula ʻo Owen Graduate School of Management o Vanderbilt University.
Nīnau: Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i kāu ʻoihana a me kāna moʻomeheu?Barbour: ʻO Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) ka mea hana nui o ka paipu corrugated thermoplastic kiʻekiʻe, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hui piha o nā huahana hoʻokele wai a me nā hoʻonā wai wai maikaʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana, ka mahiʻai a me ka mākeke ʻoihana.I kēia mau lā, ua kālele mākou i ka ulu ʻana, e hoʻonui ana i nā kūʻai aku ma ka hapaha hope e 6.7 pakeneka ma nā loaʻa kālā o kahi kokoke i $ 414 miliona a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o $1.08 biliona o Infiltrator Water Technologies, he alakaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai septic ma ka pūnaewele.
He kūpono maoli ka hoʻomau me nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai ma ADS.Mai ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana ma mua o 50 mau makahiki aku nei ma ke ʻano he hui hoʻoheheʻe wai mahiʻai a i kahi hui hoʻokele wai, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o ADS i ke kaiapuni.Mālama mākou i ka wai ʻino a hoʻohana i nā mea maka hoʻomau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 400 miliona paona o ka plastic i hoʻohana hou ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki e mālama mau ai i waho o nā pae ʻāina.ʻO ka mea nui, ke hoʻāʻo maoli nei mākou e hoʻokomo i ka hoʻomau i kā mākou moʻomeheu ʻoihana, e paipai a ʻae i kā mākou limahana e hoʻomohala i kā lākou mau hana hoʻomau.
Nīnau: He aha ka hana hoihoi a ʻokoʻa paha āu i loaʻa ai?Barbour: ʻO kaʻu hana hoihoi loa ʻo ia ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he luna hui a me ka pelekikena ʻāpana o Emerson Climate Technologies, aia ma Hong Kong.Ma ke ʻano he ʻohana, hauʻoli nui mākou i ka noho ʻana ma kahi wahi ʻē aʻe e like me Hong Kong a me ka noho ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu ʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia lā.ʻO ka ʻoihana, ʻo ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi hui honua a me ka hana pū ʻana me nā poʻe mai nā moʻomeheu ʻAsia like ʻole he mea hoihoi a maikaʻi hoʻi.
Nīnau: He aha kāu hana mua i ka plastic?Barbour: I ka makahiki 1987, he ʻenekinia hoʻolālā au ma nā mea ʻike kūlana throttle ma Holley Automotive ma Detroit.
Nīnau: I ka manawa hea ʻoe i lilo ai i Luna Nui, a he aha kāu pahuhopu mua? e hoʻokō kūʻē i kā mākou papahana.ʻO ia hoʻi ke kuleana o kā mākou poʻe kuleana a me kēlā me kēia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolālā e hoʻopuka i nā hopena.
Nīnau: He aha ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻoihana maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā ʻoe?Barbour: Loaʻa ka lanakila ma ka hana ʻana i kahi hana nui ma kāu kuleana o kēia manawa, ka mea i mua ou.Ma luna aʻe o kēlā, e hoʻohana i ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi a e kū pono i kāu mau kuleana āpau.
Nīnau: He aha kāu ʻōlelo aʻo e hāʻawi ai i kekahi e hoʻomaka ana ma kāu hui i ka lā ʻapōpō?Barbour: E ʻike ʻia a hopu i nā manawa i waiho ʻia i mua ou.
Nīnau: He aha nā hui āu e komo ai?Barbour: ʻO Columbus Partnership, Buddy Up Tennis a me ka hale pule Episcopal.
Q: He aha nā hanana ʻoihana āu e hele ai?Barbour: Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), StormCon a me nā hōʻike kālepa ʻoihana plastik.
Barbour: Makemake au e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi maʻalahi i lawe iā ADS i nā pae hou o ka hana a me ka pili no kā mākou mea kūʻai.
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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Jun-12-2020