Small Business Today Magazine FEB 2015 TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGMENT | Page 9

Project Management can be fun,
given the right leadership style.
Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography

reflected, “I never would have guessed how the timing of that encounter would change my life forever. It is amazing to think that as
I was walking one way and she was walking the opposite way, that I
would lay eyes on my future wife, the mother of my children, and my
business partner!” People ask Troi all the time, “How is it that you
can be with the same woman day in and day out?” Troi and Kelley
believe that it’s one of those things that they didn’t see as a strategic
positioning or a blessing then. When they were in Cincinnati, they
grew closer because they didn’t know anyone. They went to the
post office, the mall, and literally everywhere else together! They still
do everything together. It’s as natural as breathing.
After graduating from Prairie View A&M University,Troi accepted a
project engineer position for a prominent pharmaceutical company
in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the first tasks that Troi was given there
was to be the project manager for the design and construction of a
packaging materials sampling facility. He thought to himself, “I have
a degree in chemical engineering that has absolutely nothing to do
with project management!” Troi reflected, “From a career adjustment perspective, it was very, very tough but in hindsight, I wouldn’t
have it any other way because I don’t think I would be anywhere
close to where I am now had I not gone through that Cincinnati
experience.” Now, he uses that lesson as a souvenir to remind him
of the road