WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.500 --> 00:00:02.708 My grandfather became a sales guy for a 2 00:00:02.708 --> 00:00:04.708 man who had invented a heat detector that 3 00:00:04.708 --> 00:00:05.416 was a wind-up 4 00:00:05.416 --> 00:00:07.250 mechanical bell heat detector. 5 00:00:07.250 --> 00:00:08.916 He quickly became the number one salesman 6 00:00:08.916 --> 00:00:10.250 working for this company. 7 00:00:10.625 --> 00:00:13.083 And in 1955, the inventor said to my 8 00:00:13.083 --> 00:00:13.708 grandfather, "Would you 9 00:00:13.708 --> 00:00:15.375 like to buy this business?" 10 00:00:15.666 --> 00:00:16.750 And my grandfather said, "Yes." 11 00:00:17.125 --> 00:00:20.000 So he sold the cows and he converted his 12 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.833 white dairy barn, single-story white 13 00:00:22.833 --> 00:00:24.333 dairy barn into our first office. 14 00:00:24.625 --> 00:00:25.500 And that was our office 15 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:30.041 from 1955 until the mid-90s. 16 00:00:35.958 --> 00:00:38.375 Stepping in and running the business was 17 00:00:38.375 --> 00:00:39.708 very natural for me. 18 00:00:39.958 --> 00:00:42.041 Being a family business, my dad made me 19 00:00:42.041 --> 00:00:44.208 do every job in the company and for less 20 00:00:44.208 --> 00:00:45.375 money than all of my coworkers. 21 00:00:46.416 --> 00:00:48.416 And until 2014, I never 22 00:00:48.416 --> 00:00:49.833 reported directly to my dad. 23 00:00:49.875 --> 00:00:51.041 And I'm pretty sure he told all the 24 00:00:51.041 --> 00:00:53.291 managers to treat me as 25 00:00:53.291 --> 00:00:55.208 harsh as they possibly could. 26 00:00:55.625 --> 00:00:58.125 And then ultimately, he had me go run our 27 00:00:58.125 --> 00:01:00.125 worst-performing branches and turn them 28 00:01:00.125 --> 00:01:01.916 around with virtually no guidance. 29 00:01:02.583 --> 00:01:04.875 There's always that stigma of, "Oh, 30 00:01:04.875 --> 00:01:06.416 you're the owner's son," or, 31 00:01:06.416 --> 00:01:07.708 "You have the silver spoon." 32 00:01:07.708 --> 00:01:09.333 And I never felt like I had to prove 33 00:01:09.333 --> 00:01:11.500 anything to them because my dad had kind 34 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:12.833 of made me prove it all along. 35 00:01:13.083 --> 00:01:15.916 Late 2021, when I met Bart Proctor, the 36 00:01:15.916 --> 00:01:18.458 CEO of Pye Barker, and decided that our 37 00:01:18.458 --> 00:01:21.416 cultures and our visions kind of matched. 38 00:01:21.750 --> 00:01:23.125 And I never thought in a million years 39 00:01:23.125 --> 00:01:25.250 that I would sell the family business. 40 00:01:25.666 --> 00:01:27.625 But when I met Bart, and I realized what 41 00:01:27.625 --> 00:01:29.625 he was doing was exactly what we were 42 00:01:29.625 --> 00:01:31.750 trying to do, we very quickly realized 43 00:01:31.750 --> 00:01:33.125 that one plus one didn't 44 00:01:33.125 --> 00:01:34.500 equal two, but it equaled three. 45 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.791 And so it was an easy move for us to 46 00:01:37.791 --> 00:01:39.750 partner and merge companies 47 00:01:39.750 --> 00:01:41.166 and become a part of Pye Barker. 48 00:01:41.375 --> 00:01:43.916 Just the overall support and the ability 49 00:01:43.916 --> 00:01:47.583 to take what the Mountain Alarm culture 50 00:01:47.583 --> 00:01:50.375 was and take what the Pye Barker culture 51 00:01:50.375 --> 00:01:53.166 is and move that forward. 52 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:57.166 If anything, I've been more excited every 53 00:01:57.166 --> 00:01:59.500 day and more passionate every day about 54 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:01.500 the legacy and what 55 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:02.625 this company is becoming. 56 00:02:03.083 --> 00:02:05.333 From a cultural standpoint, we hit the 57 00:02:05.333 --> 00:02:07.041 ground running because we were 58 00:02:07.041 --> 00:02:10.041 approaching life with the same value set. 59 00:02:10.375 --> 00:02:12.750 Mountain Alarm got its start in a cow 60 00:02:12.750 --> 00:02:14.458 barn in Pleasant View, which is a little 61 00:02:14.458 --> 00:02:15.375 town, North 62 00:02:15.375 --> 00:02:17.000 Hogginsville town right next to it. 63 00:02:17.416 --> 00:02:21.041 The opportunity to move back and live in 64 00:02:21.041 --> 00:02:23.375 Utah and also be a part of something 65 00:02:23.375 --> 00:02:25.208 bigger was attractive to me. 66 00:02:25.458 --> 00:02:27.500 I really just felt like part of a family, 67 00:02:28.041 --> 00:02:30.166 and I just wanted to 68 00:02:30.166 --> 00:02:33.291 grow within that space. 69 00:02:33.708 --> 00:02:36.125 The opportunities just opened up, and I 70 00:02:36.125 --> 00:02:38.375 had a lot of really great mentors, which 71 00:02:38.375 --> 00:02:40.625 helped me grow into each of 72 00:02:40.625 --> 00:02:41.916 the positions that I've had. 73 00:02:42.416 --> 00:02:44.208 So it's really the culture. 74 00:02:44.875 --> 00:02:46.416 The best thing I'm most proud of being 75 00:02:46.416 --> 00:02:48.208 part of Pye Barker is looking at the team 76 00:02:48.208 --> 00:02:51.458 that I had at Mountain Alarm in 2021 and 77 00:02:51.458 --> 00:02:52.833 seeing where they are today. 78 00:02:53.208 --> 00:02:55.625 The thing I love about Pye Barker is it's 79 00:02:55.625 --> 00:02:56.625 all about people first. 80 00:02:57.375 --> 00:02:58.916 You would think we'd have some secret 81 00:02:58.916 --> 00:03:01.166 recipe to our success, but really, we 82 00:03:01.166 --> 00:03:02.833 know if we take care of the people, they 83 00:03:02.833 --> 00:03:03.791 take care of our customers. 84 00:03:04.375 --> 00:03:06.166 I've seen that over and over and over 85 00:03:06.166 --> 00:03:08.000 over the last four years since I've been 86 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.000 a part of Pye Barker. 87 00:03:09.166 --> 00:03:11.125 We here at Pye Barker are building 88 00:03:11.125 --> 00:03:14.166 something amazing, and it is truly a 89 00:03:14.166 --> 00:03:17.625 special place to be and to work, and it's 90 00:03:17.625 --> 00:03:19.708 not because of any one person. 91 00:03:19.708 --> 00:03:22.000 It's because of all of us and our vision 92 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.291 of we believe it's a special place to 93 00:03:24.291 --> 00:03:26.041 work, and we want to make it better, and 94 00:03:26.041 --> 00:03:27.791 that's what makes it so fantastic.