Gudenkauf Corporation

W hen Gudenkauf Corporation was founded in 1977, the world was a very different place from the one we inhabit today. The proliferation of mobile and online technologies has meant that communication solutions are essential to every industry, in all parts of the world. From its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, Gudenkauf Corporation provides diversified telecommunications, utility, and systems integration solutions for various projects, in collaboration with an exceptional team of partner firms. In December of last year, Gudenkauf was purchased by Congruex, a multinational network construction firm based out of Boulder, Colorado. As a result, Gudenkauf has grown from around 250 employees to over 3,000. Mark W. Rogers, GM of Gudenkauf, spoke with Business View about what the acquisition means for the future of the company and how it has remained at the cutting- edge of communications technology for over 40 years. “Today we have a lot of ‘inner business unit offerings’ that we did not have prior to the takeover,” Rogers says. “One of these business units is CHC, an engineering firm that undertakes a lot of design work for the big carriers here in the US. That’s just one example of how we’re now able to offer a whole turnkey design and build AT A GLANCE GUDENKAUF CORPORATION WHAT: A diversified telecommunications, utility, and systems integration solution provider WHERE: Headquarters in Columbus, Ohio WEBSITE: http://www.gudenkauf.com ation “Networks Built Better”