UScott Barbour, owathatha izintambo zokuba yi-CEO ye-Advanced Drainage Systems e-Hilliard, e-Ohio, ngo-2017, uthe omunye wabeluleki bakhe bokuqala wamfundisa ukucabanga isikhathi eside.
U-Tom Bettcher, umongameli wophiko lwe-Emerson Climate Technology eSidney, e-Ohio, ufundise uBarbour ngokubaluleka kokwenza “okulungile, ngisho noma bekungekona umnyakazo ongcono kakhulu esikhathini esifushane.”
U-Barbour uthole i-Bachelor of Science kubunjiniyela bemishini e-Southern Methodist University kanye ne-MBA yakhe kwezokukhangisa e-Owen Graduate School of Management yase-Vanderbilt University.
Umbuzo: Ungayichaza kanjani inkampani yakho nesiko layo?I-Barbour: I-Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) ingumkhiqizi ohamba phambili wamapayipi kathayela we-thermoplastic asebenza kahle kakhulu, ehlinzeka ngohlu olubanzi lwemikhiqizo yokulawulwa kwamanzi kanye nezixazululo ezisezingeni eliphezulu zokudonsa amanzi ukuze zisetshenziswe emakethe yezokwakha, ezolimo kanye nengqalasizinda.Muva nje, sigxile ekukhuleni, ukukhulisa ukuthengiswa kwekota yokugcina ngamaphesenti angu-6.7 emalini engenayo ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingu-414 zamaRandi kanye nokuqedela ukutholwa kwe-Infiltrator Water Technologies engu-$1.08 billion, umholi ekuhlanzeni amanzi angcolile esizeni.
Ukuzinza kuwukulingana ngokwemvelo nakho konke esikwenzayo kwa-ADS.Kusukela ekuqaleni kwethu eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 edlule njengenkampani yokukhipha amanzi ezolimo kuya enkampanini elawula amanzi, ukugxila kwe-ADS bekulokhu kugxile emvelweni.Siphatha ngokuzibophezela amanzi emvula futhi siqasha izinto zokusetshenziswa ezisimeme sisebenzisa amaphawundi ayizigidi ezingu-400 epulasitiki egaywe kabusha unyaka ngamunye ukuze singawakhiphi unomphela.Okubaluleke nakakhulu, sizama ngempela ukugxilisa ukusimama kumasiko ethu ebhizinisi, ukukhuthaza nokuvumela abasebenzi bethu ukuba bazenzele ezabo izinqubo ezizinzile.
Umbuzo: Yimuphi umsebenzi othakasela kakhulu noma ongajwayelekile owake waba nawo?Barbour: Umsebenzi wami othakazelisa kakhulu kwakuwukusebenza njengomphathi weqembu kanye nomongameli wesigaba se-Emerson Climate Technologies, eseHong Kong.Njengomndeni, sikujabulele ngempela ukuhlala endaweni engavamile njengeHong Kong nokuba sesikolweni esihlukile nsuku zonke.Ngokomsebenzi, inselele yokuphatha inhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe nokusebenza nabantu abavela kumasiko amaningana ase-Asia bekujabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo futhi kunomvuzo.
Umbuzo: Imuphi umsebenzi wakho wokuqala kumapulasitiki?UBarbour: Ngo-1987, ngangiwunjiniyela wokuklama izinzwa ze-throttle position e-Holley Automotive eDetroit.
Q: Ube nini i-CEO, futhi wawuyini umgomo wakho wokuqala?Barbour: Ngaqokwa njenge-CEO ngoSepthemba 2017, futhi inhloso yami kwakuwukuqinisa izinto zethu eziyisisekelo, ngiqinisekise ukuthi senza ukuvimba nokubhekana nokuzosivumela ukuthi sikhule futhi senze ngokumelene nohlelo lwethu.Lokhu futhi kwasho ukuziphendulela kubanikazi bamasheya bethu kanye nomunye nomunye ngokufeza uhlelo lwethu lokuletha imiphumela.
Umbuzo: Isiphi iseluleko esingcono kakhulu somsebenzi ositholile?Barbour: Impumelelo itholakala ngokwenza umsebenzi omuhle endimeni yakho yamanje, le ephambi kwakho.Ngaphezu kwalokho, sebenzisa ukwahlulela okuhle futhi ube nesimilo kuyo yonke imithwalo yakho yemfanelo.
Umbuzo: Isiphi iseluleko ongasinikeza umuntu oqala enkampanini yakho kusasa?Barbour: Bonakala futhi ubambe amathuba abekwe phambi kwakho.
Umbuzo: Ungowaziphi izinhlangano?UBarbour: I-Columbus Partnership, iBuddy Up Tennis kanye nesonto lama-Episcopal.
Umbuzo: Imiphi imicimbi yemboni oyihambelayo?I-Barbour: Imibukiso Yezobuchwepheshe Nenkomfa Yenhlangano Yezemvelo Yamanzi (WEFTEC), iStormCon kanye nemibukiso yemboni yepulasitiki.
U-Barbour: Ngingathanda ukukhunjulwa njengomholi ongenekayo owayisa i-ADS emazingeni amasha okusebenza nokuhambisana kumakhasimende ethu.
Ingabe unombono ngale ndaba?Ingabe unayo imibono ongathanda ukwabelana ngayo nabafundi bethu?Plastics News angathanda ukuzwa kuwe.Thumela incwadi yakho nge-imeyili kuMhleli kokuthi [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-12-2020