b'OUR NEW HRAI CHAIRstarted when she was recruited by her father to work for hisvoluer dans le secteurcompany, Great West Heating.Devenir prsidente de lICCCR est un choix naturel pour I always tell people Im a second generation becauseMme Smith. Elle a t prsidente du conseil dadministration my dad was in it before me, Smith says. My first job wasde la Division des entrepreneurs de lICCCR et a sig working for him, and when I started, it was in the office doingplusieurs annes au conseil dadministration de la rgion du paperwork. After that, I got into payroll and human resourcesManitoba de lICCCR. and worked my way up.Mme Smith cumule plus de 30 ans de carrire dans le Smiths father would later sell the company in thesecteur des systmes de CVCA qui a commenc lorsquelle a early 2000s, after which he and Smith stayed on briefly ast recrute par son pre pour travailler pour son entreprise, employees. Soon after, however, her father struck out on hisGreat West Heating. own to launch Furnasman New Homes. In 2004, Smith Je dis toujours aux gens que je suis de la deuxime followed suit and created her own business, Mr. Furnace,gnration parce que mon pre tait l avant moi, dit Smith. alongside her uncle, Leo Klinkhammer. Jai commenc ma carrire en travaillant pour mon pre; je Ive always preferred the smaller, family-owned busi- moccupais des tches administratives. Jai ensuite intgr ness model. So, we bought a truck, got a loan, hired a fewlquipe de la paie et des ressources humaines avant de gravir employees, put my reputation on the line to get sellers to giveles chelons.me some credit and started [Mr. Furnace] in my basement,Le pre de Mme Smith a ensuite vendu lentreprise au she recalls.dbut des annes 2000, aprs quoi ils sont tous deux rests After a merger with her stepfather and mothers businessbrivement en tant quemploys. Peu de temps aprs, son pre in 2015, Mr. Furnace / Furnasman New Homes, Smith anda dcid de lancer Furnasman New Homes. En 2004, Mme brother Jeff Sheldon bought their parents out.Smith a suivi son exemple et cr sa propre entreprise, Mr. Today, the merged venture is as family-run as HVAC busi- Furnace, aux cts de son oncle, Leo Klinkhammer.nesses come. Smiths husband, Greg Taylor, serves as heating Jai toujours prfr le modle daffaires des petites manager, and her son Carter works in the business alongsideentreprises familiales. Nous avons achet un camion, obtenu Jeffs son, Josh.un prt, embauch quelques employs, mis sur ma rputa-Looking back over 19 years of success, Smith says shestion pour que les vendeurs maccordent peu de crdibilit, proud to have built the business that continues to thrive: Impuis nous avons lanc Mr. Furnace dans mon sous-sol , se happy to have gone out on my own, especially in an industrysouvient-elle. that can be a little hard as a young female coming in. Its hardAprs une fusion avec lentreprise de son beau-pre et de to find your place in this business, but Im very comfortablesa mre en 2015, Mr. Furnace/Furnasman New Homes, Mme 10 InsightWinter 2023'