Business View Magazine | January 2021

74 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2021 Casting his gaze into the future, Ulislam is optimistic about the future of Jersey Precast. “Our first priority in securing the future of our company is cultivating the next generation of leaders,” he says. “We have a crop of younger executives and engineers that we are grooming and training to assume leadership roles down the road. I believe this kind of successional planning is crucial to ensuring the survival and longevity of any business. The second priority the company is focusing on is diversification. We are adding a few more niche products to our product mix, so we can stabilize our work volume and counter the seasonal nature of our core products.” The company, however, has no plans to expand beyond its current geographical footprint. “We feel that there is enough business available in this geographical footprint that we don’t have any need to go out and expand,” concludes Ulislam. Indeed, a strategically informed decision by a company that has conquered its market to become king of the hill. PREFERRED VENDOR n New Jersey Galvanizing www.newjerseygalvanizing.com Njgalvanizing@aol.com