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Pictured
from left to right:
Barry
Paxton, Roger Mairose, Wendy Mairose, Mike Mairose
This
firm is a family business in more ways than one
Everyone
has to function around family at home. But what about
at work? At MAI Industries, a commercial contracting
firm in San Jose, Roger Mairose puts family first–his
own and those of his employees.
That makes him quite different from his competitors,
but no less successful. Roger, is CEO; his son, Mike,
is President. His son-in-law, Barry Paxton, is Vice
President.
Some
of MAI's other 90 to 100 employees have been there so
long that Roger said he thinks of them as relatives,
too.
The
Mairoses started the company in 1973. It generated $67
million in revenues last year.
MAI
Industries runs the gamut of industrial contracting,
including retail, office, tilt-up warehouse, research
and development, and manufacturing structures.
Roger
doesn't see any conflict between keeping family in perspective
and keeping business on target. They are one and the
same goal, he said.
"We
really don't have any problem back and forth on that.
It's part of our life," he said.
MAI
Industries has a number of employees who have been with
the company since it started. They have seen each other
through major life events.
"We
have really great people in this place," he said.
"It functions so well that way."
It's
a dynamic group of people because they know the company
will go on for another generation, Roger said......
Others
also had good words for the thriving family construction
business.
MAI
has done many projects for Amdahl Corp., said Jack Gaddis,
manager of projects and construction management of the
Sunnyvale technology company.
It
is always on top of things, he said, working closely
with subcontractors, designers, engineers and architects.
MAI
is a well-respected company, said Pat DiManto, president
of San Jose Construction Co., Inc.
He
said the company is a leader in the construction field,
particularly in "implant work," which means
a company is the contractor of choice in a major industry.
As
seen in Family Business a supplement to The Business
Journal serving San Jose and Silicon Valley.
By
Sheila Riley
Special in the Business Journal, 1999
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