Dust off the zinc whiskers in your brain and harken back to when you interviewed for your first job. If you’re in your mid forties like me, you likely faced a series of interviews with Joe Tie and Molly Stiffskirt asking you prescribed questions about your work experience. Excuse me? Recent college grad here! My last four years were spent sweating and studying in the cauldrons of the Helen C. White library on UW Madison campus. Of course for me that was code for bartending on State Street, but they didn’t need to know that. Still, I was faced with how to parlay my college pizza delivery, bartending, and catering experience into customer service, logistics and inventory management, scheduling, and sales!
Now meet Tim Caulfield, CEO of American Internet Services (AIS), a leading provider of enterprise-class data center and connectivity services, with facilities in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix. Note his title, chief executive officer. The buck stops with him.