Anna Reyes-Potts , general manager , joked , “ I ’ m an engineer who has never practiced engineering .” She started her career at Boeing as a temp in one of their procurement teams and was laid off about a year later . She then got a job at Model + Instrument Development , where she stayed for 23 years — through four acquisitions , ending with Trulife — and left as a vice president of operations . She worked in various management positions including marketing , quality , product development , and operations ; whatever was needed , she has done it . At the end of 2015 , she joined TMF .
Reyes-Potts said that TMF is lean and plans to stay small with about 15 employees . She emphasized their focus on quality , “ We have a quality policy that checks all the boxes . All job descriptions at TMF have quality , safety , and customer service on line one . Our mission : stay in business , love what we do and where we are doing it , and take care of our customers … if it is running payroll , talking to customers , or machining . Whatever you have your hands on , do it well .”
She added , “ We don ’ t dream of having hundreds of employees . We want to earn a comfortable living and care for our employees and customers . We love working in the industries that we do .”
Award-Winning Work
A testament to their commitment to quality , TMF earned a Five Star Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon ’ s Integrated Defense Systems business for performance in 2018 , their second in less than ten years .
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