Business View Magazine | April 2019

45 cate our own material; we have our own sales people and project management people at both locations; we do repair work. If you need a tank, we can do just about everything with it. I think that’s key – we’re experts when it comes to field-erected tanks.” Another competitive advantage is the com- bined experience of its executive team. Mike Szelak, a 50-year veteran of Fisher Tank and the company’s past President, serves as the Chairman of the Board. “These people know about tanks,” Riddle echoes. “Among our senior leadership, we have over 120 years of experi- ence. You just don’t get that anywhere in the world.” This collective knowledge means better design, more efficient production, improved quality, faster job completion, and lower costs for its customers. “It doesn’t mean we’re not going to encounter something we haven’t seen before, but when we do, we have all of that background on how to get through a new chal- lenge.” “We have great technology, great skills, and great capacity,” Riddle continues. “And on top of that, we have remained a ‘small’ company. If you have a problem, you’re going to talk to Paul, the President of the company. If there’s an operations issue, you can very easily have our President or Vice President on the site. And that is something very rare.”