Pros

It was the privilege of my life to serve at LWG Consulting, briefly PTCLWG, and then, Envista. Bob Wedoff assembled an incredible team of highly talented people (just like you read about in Jim Collins Good to Great), and we all did what we do best. We built an incredible business in North America, built the leading business in Canada, built the only business in Latin America, and were in process of building an... incredible European and Asian business as well. There was a good training system in place, our Marketing was Excellent and Jennifer is one of the smartest/most-driven people I’ve ever worked with, the IT infrastructure was Best-In-Class, and we were in process of ramping both the engineering and sales teams to "world-class" stature.

Cons

There were no cons. Bob agreed with my strategy and provided the resources for execution. The only reason I left was because I wanted to be a good dad to my little 2-yr old at the time, and traveling 90% internationally/nationally was too much. Depending on what stage in life you are at, as well as what trade-offs you are willing to make, it can be the greatest opportunity of your life.

Advice to Management

Keep hiring talented people and let them drive the business forward! Now with the Cyber team firmly in place, the Danish Restoration team, expansion of the Canadian engineering group, there is a firm footprint to work on large-loss projects all over the world!