How Did You Get Into the Business: Family. Working alongside my Father and Brother – there’s not a single person I could imagine having more respect for and/or wanting to work harder for than family.
What Does Your Business Do Now, and What Are Your Plans for the Future: Full-service glass installer with three divisions for windshield replacement, custom Residential Glass and Commercial Glazing. We recently acquired a new home and 37,000sf facility to better accommodate our fabrication team for curtain wall and storefront and custom design-build needs. We plan to better position ourselves in the high-end space with a focus on custom design and exceptional customer service.
Years With Current Company: 15+ – We opened on June 18, 2001.
First Job Unrelated to Field: Busboy in a restaurant followed by 23 years in the industry.
First Job in Current Field: This one.
How Did You Get Into the Business: While looking for a business opportunity and fixing things around the house, I started to focus on home improvement businesses. Further research and a little luck brought me to this business.
What Does Your Business Do Now, and What Are Your Plans for the Future: Closet & Storage Concepts designs, manufactures and installs a variety of storage systems including custom closets, pantries, mudrooms, laundry rooms, garage systems and home offices. Future plans are to do more of it.
What’s Your Company’s Newest or Most Noteworthy Product or Service: Most recent new product for the industry is the textured wood grain laminate panel. They’ve been around for a while but are rapidly becoming more popular.
Keys to Success: Hard work, attention to detail, listening and outstanding customer service.
Role Model (outside of family): Too many to list.
If You Had to Choose a Different Profession, What Would It Be: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee.
Are You Involved In Any Other Organizations Besides BRAGB: NARI, NAPO, IFDA, Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization.
Favorite Novel: I don’t read much.
How Did You Get Into the Business: Plumber’s Assistant – Lumberyard, etc.
Location of Headquarters: Canton Mass.
Family: Wife Loretta ..children: Christina, Katie, Megan and Tim Jr. granddaughter Kelli and second grandchild due any day!!!!
First Job Unrelated to Field: General Manager of the Playoff Racquet/Fitness Club known as LMV Leisure Time Inc…..first job after college/ worked for Randy Vataha and Bill Lenkaitis and George Mathews who taught me much about hard work / digging in to learn early on..
First Job in Current Field: Project manager Mirrione Dev Company/ Brockton Mass.
Are You Involved In Any Other Organizations Besides BRAGB: National Association of Realtors/ South Shore and Plymouth Realtors Association.
Hobbies: Golf/ racquetball/ gym workouts..reading/ spending time with special friends.
"Andrea has recently written a blog post entitled "10 New Years Resolutions for Contractors". Check it out and let her know what you think.
Andrea Goldman is a litigator, arbitrator and mediator who focuses on construction/contractor, business and employment matters. Andrea is General Counsel for the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB), a division of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). She represents construction companies, developers/owners, contractors, suppliers, subcontractors and designers. Andrea serves as the trusted advisor for construction companies and businesses in drafting contracts and other legal issues in managing their businesses. She has extensive experience handling both sides of contractor/homeowner disputes and helps get projects back on track. In addition, Andrea handles business disputes and employment matters.
Andrea frequently gives presentations on construction issues including: contracts, mechanic’s liens, green construction, Prompt Pay, and the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.
"We are an old school company with old school value and integrity - simply put, the customer comes first!"
Company: C & R Flooring, Inc.
How Did You Get Into the Business: Learned from Aldo and decided I liked it so I opened C & R Flooring with Rick Annanian (hence C & R). Rick went on to build houses and I kept C & R and we are still great friends today.
Keys to Success: Delivery on time and servicing our client's needs!
Are You Involved In Any Other Organizations Besides BRAGB: I am currently Vice Chairman of the National Wood Flooring Association and I am with the Gary Sinese Foundation helping wounded veterans. I also have my own foundation in Vermont called Friends of the Valley.
What's Something Most People Don't Know About You: I was invited to the Vatican in 1996 to meet Pope John Paul II. He was an amazing man and it was certainly a lifetime highlight for my wife and I!
"We are a full-service law firm. We offer some awesome seminars and have a very strong bench."
How Did You Get Into the Business: Started as social worker, then went back to law school so that I could more effectively advocate for clients.
What Does Your Business Do Now, and What Are Your Plans for the Future: We are a full service business law firm. I act as outside general counsel for many small to mid-size businesses, with a large number of them in the construction industry. I grew up professionally litigating, but now spend more time handling everyday business issues that arise in a non-litigation setting such as contract negotiations, employment, claims avoidance, etc. I hope to continue acting as a valuable teammate for clients.
Are You Involved In Any Other Organizations Besides BRAGB: Yes – several within the construction and real estate industries.
"We are now able to offer our customers a pay-as-you-go option for their workers’ compensation payments – even for policies placed through the Assigned Risk Pool!"
Company: NorthStar Insurance Services Inc.
Family: I have three brothers and more aunts, uncles and cousins than I can count.
How Did You Get Into the Business: Attending college during the height of the recession instilled a strong desire to graduate with a job in hand – and the insurance industry was hiring. I have always taken pride in being someone people can depend on during crises, and I realized early in my career the insurance industry provides the opportunity to fill that role.
What Does Your Business Do Now, and What Are Your Plans for the Future: Year-after-year we provide our clients with the insurance program that best suits their needs for the lowest possible price available in the insurance marketplace, while serving as their advocate throughout the claims and audit processes. We ensure our clients are supported with the services and expertise necessary for their risk management program to maximize profitability – not hinder it. Whether we assist in implementing an employee safety program, advise on subcontractor relations or go to the RMV on your behalf, our goal at NorthStar is to provide the best service you have ever received from a vendor – period.
Keys to Success: Empathy, integrity and accountability.
Role Model (outside of family): U.S. Marine Corporal Tim Gibson for being the embodiment of leadership and service, and for emboldening my personal commitment to those values.
If You Had to Choose a Different Profession, What Would It Be: A toss-up between high school social studies teacher and SCUBA instructor.