• Building on Experience and Expertise

    • Ben Wheatley

    Here is a contractor that has built its reputation as one that builds great buildings.   read more...

  • Stewardship and Professionalism

    • Tiffanie Reynolds

    Jason Buffalow was introduced to the world of entrepreneurship as far back as he can remember. After school most days and on weekends, Jason was immersed in his grandfather’s mechanical contracting business, where his father also worked.   read more...

  • Doing Business with Principles

    • Carol Scott

    Electrical power enables the production of most everything we use in our society—from cars to cans, from A-frames to Z Strips. Access Electric, an industrial electrical contractor based near Modesto, California, offers electrical power to agricultural, commercial and industrial clients.   read more...

  • Move Fast and Beautify Things

    • Allyson Markey

    Ruffo Tile & Stone Inc. of San Jose is a family-owned and -operated tile and stone installation company serving California for over 34 years. Opened in the early 1980s by Ernie Ruffo Jr., the company serves residential and commercial contractors who hire them to install granite, stone, marble and a whole range of tiles, including porcelain, glass, and mirror or handmade materials.   read more...

  • They Clean Up Nicely!

    • Susan Diemont-Conwell

    Chief Operations Officer Bobby Farrington of Atlas Environmental Solutions had just arrived home after a hectic day at work. The phone rang. A water treatment plant for the city of Firebaugh, California, had a spill—1,000 gallons of concentrated hydrochloric acid, to be exact. The chemist knows the acid, or even the mist from its concentrated form, can cause irreversible damage to a person’s body, or even lead to death, should it come into contact with the skin, eyes or internal organs.   read more...

  • Working to Win

    • Carole Minor

    Stacey F. Johnson’s journey from insurance claims adjuster to construction project estimator to CEO and Owner/Operator of a booming construction consulting and services business, has not always been smooth sailing. In fact, she was even homeless for about two years before founding S F Johnson Consulting & Construction Services in Sacramento, California, in 2010.   read more...

  • Economical, Eco-Friendly and Eye-Popping

    • Judy Levene

    Dave Stratton had spent 10 years in project management with Fortune 500 information technology and logistics companies—and he was ready for a major career change. After the dot-com crash, he invested in a laid-off coworker with previous experience in pool design and founded Pacific Decorative Concrete, Inc. (PDCI) in 2002. Working from his garage in Antelope, California, they began by refreshing pool decks during remodels for several pool service companies.   read more...

  • Business Coaches

    • Ian Ritter

    Bill Cummings and Jamie Reedy were both athletes in college, as well as coaches of high school sports. They use that competitive experience when running their firm, Fresno, California-based Legacy Construction (Legacy).   read more...

  • Dairies, Digesters and Dreams

    • Vicki Speed

    There are no days off in a family-owned and -operated dairy operation.   read more...

  • Just Say Yes

    • Leigh Thomas

    CEO Clayton Rodrigues founded Zothex Flooring (Zothex) in 2015 because he wanted to deliver more options and better service to customers. An installer in the flooring industry since 2004, he describes the impetus for starting the company: “On jobs I was always being asked for samples, and whether I had a showroom customers could visit. As an installer, I didn’t have options for them, but one day I decided to say ‘yes.’ I started my own business, and it grew to where we are today in just five years.”   read more...

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