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October 2015 • The PCB Magazine 89 Matties: I would think that's your greatest chal- lenge actually, in this deal. Kenney: It is. This is what will happen. We have really good sales guys and really good technical people, and great products. I don't want to say they will take care of themselves, but the right thing will come up. The hard work is going to be how we manage all the people to keep them mo- tivated, to keep them excited about the change. Theoretically, we've been competitors for years, so that builds with it a little bit of cultural dif- ferences. Trying to bring everyone into one cul- ture is difficult, but that will be my focus next year—trying to make sure all of the really good employees understand what the culture is like and they end up enjoying it as much as I do. That's really the challenge for me. Quite honestly, the preparations from here are all about making sure the business stuff is in place, and the structure is right. Then I'm going to become an HR person all next year in making sure everyone gets out of this what they want. MacDermid is committed. We understand it's not just in our mission statement. We talked about service a lot; that comes from our direct employees. We want to make sure everyone likes it here as much as the existing employees. Matties: I was just reading on your website, in the 'corporate philosophy,' how they value the people here at MacDermid. It was impressive. Cullen: I wanted to chime in on that, because people have their own strengths. The way that they bring the most value to MacDermid is they apply their strengths in what they do most ben- eficially to us and to our customer. Barry, you probably looked at the part of our philosophy about the "supreme worth of the individual", and that's a big part of what our philosophy is. If people are strong in their convictions and do what they know is best, it makes for the best customer experience. That's going to be the best way for integration of people into MacDermid, just to recognize that everybody has their own strengths. Matties: Yeah, get them in the right seat on the bus. Kenney: From Jim Collins, right? The right seat on the bus. Cullen: Steve will be happy by having happy employees, and then the happy employees do a better job for our customers, and the customer are happy to have those people serving them. Matties: Great, well it will be fun to watch you guys do all of this. Cullen: It'll be exciting for sure. PCB References 1. EchoStar: The Future of Supply Chain Management Done Right, SMT Magazine, July 2015. CyCLE TIME REDUCTION FOR DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL CUSTOMERS FeATure inTervieW