FEATURE : JOSIV KRSTINOVSKI
Inspiration From Immigrant Parents Drives KRS IT Consulting Founder To Grow His Business
What happens when you combine immigrant parents who instilled values like hard work , determination , and transparency with someone who has always had an innate interest in breaking things down to understand how they work in order to help people ? Well , you get a business like KRS IT Consulting , run by CEO and Founder Josiv Krstinovski .
When Josiv ’ s parents first landed in North America , they faced a new world of prosperity and opportunity . Josiv ’ s father had left his small country of Macedonia , once a part of Yugoslavia , to settle in the United States . He was able to apply for a visa and get a job , but there was still one thing missing — a family . Coincidentally , Josiv ’ s mother , also from the same small country , had moved to Canada with her father , a World War II veteran . Josiv ’ s father had joined some mutual friends on a trip from the United States to Canada where he happened to meet Josiv ’ s mother , and the rest , as they say , was history .
The pair got married and had two sons , Josiv and his older brother , and although their upbringing wasn ’ t necessarily easy , their parents were determined that their children would have college-level educations . To make this happen , Josiv saw his father work many long hours as a carpenter , which was the starting point for his own determination and work ethic . Over time , Josiv ’ s tinkering with electronics turned into taking apart VCRs , replacing car radiators , and hanging light fixtures , meaning he was no stranger to putting in the hard work with his own two hands .
Eventually , Josiv went off to the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he would earn his Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology with a minor in Business Management . Although he was following in his older brother ’ s footsteps by getting into the IT industry , he could feel he was bound for something great , like potentially running his own business one day .
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