• Doors, Doors Everywhere

    • Joe Jancsurak

    In 1963, when the late Robert Smith launched his commercial door repair business in Oakland, California, few could have predicted the company’s expansive growth. Today, Robert’s son, Kevin Smith, serves as President of R&S Erection, Inc. (R&S), the company his dad established, now in San Leandro, California. R&S functions as a business services office for 19 independently owned and operated R&S door service and installation operations throughout California. Its central accounts division serves as a hub for service call dispatching and centralized billing for corporate accounts.   read more...

  • Family First

    • Allyson Markey

    Made in the Shade Napa/Solano (Made in the Shade) is the brainchild of Kelli Wellhausen, a real estate agent who saw an opportunity and took it. “I opened Made in the Shade because I was tired of seeing bad window treatments,” says Kelli. “My real estate clients and the entire region deserved beautiful, functional and long-lasting window treatments.”   read more...

  • Style, Sensibility and Function

    • Judy Levene

    The 2018 U.S. debut of ProfilDoors in San Jose, California, ushered in welcome possibilities for cutting-edge, high-quality doors.   read more...

  • A Passion for Building

    • Meredith Wargo

    From an early age, Greg Schank, Owner and Director of Pacific Construction Managers, has been intrigued by the built environment. “I became interested in architecture at a very young age, and I grew up watching my parents flip homes after renovating and remodeling them,” he recalls. “It only felt natural to pick construction as my career choice.”   read more...

  • A Culture Rooted in Integrity

    • Susan Diemont-Conwell

    For Moreno & Associates, Inc., the most important person in the company isn’t the manager, president or CEO. It’s the custodian—the person who works on the front lines each and every day. The family-owned, full-service building maintenance company is structured like an upside-down triangle, according to Founder, CEO and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ernesto Moreno. “We treat our front-line employees as the leaders of the company. Every supervisor, manager, director and executive team member reports to the needs of that employee.”   read more...

  • Landscaping with a Mission

    • Amanda Milford

    Rubicon Landscape Group (Rubicon Landscape), located in Richmond, California, is not your run-of-the-mill landscaping company. The business was launched more than 30 years ago as a social enterprise to support the life-changing mission of its parent nonprofit, Rubicon Programs.   read more...

  • Complete Commitment Works

    • Kelli Green

    In 2009, the country was just growing out of the Great Recession. At a time when many new business startups would have found it difficult to make a name for themselves, Roque “Rocky” Arteaga Jr. had the courage to establish SiteWorks General Engineering, Inc. (SiteWorks), a San Jose, California-based contracting firm specializing in asphalt and concrete paving, grading and excavation.   read more...

  • Taking the Long View

    • Hilary Parker

    If you’ve been around the San Francisco Bay Area long enough, you’re probably familiar with the fleet of Ford Falcon Rancheros employed by Just Leaks Inc. As the business grew from a commercial roofing service company to a full-service commercial roofer, the Rancheros were replaced with service vans. But now, as Just Leaks Inc. has grown to be a solar-system installer as well, the Rancheros are coming back in a reimagined form. We’ll get to that part of the story, but first, let’s look at Just Leaks Inc.’s beginnings.   read more...

  • Multilayered Expertise

    • Susan Shalhoub

    PSR West Coast Builders Inc. (PSR) is like a wooden Matryoshka doll, or Russian nesting doll, where each one opens to reveal another inside. Within the multistate, general contracting company are two subsidiaries that form a framework of specialties and services—supporting the overall standard of quality its clients receive.   read more...

  • Artistry & Family in The City

    • Allyson Markey

    San Francisco is a city of contradictions. Tech bros and Etsy artisans. Corporate bigwigs and hippie free spirits. Telegraph Hill and the Castro.   read more...

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