Featured Employee - Darrell Klander
Darrell Klander is our Featured Employee for this week. He came to work for G&H on March 31, 1993, in our Shipping & Receiving Department. He is currently the Supervisor of that department and the forklift training manager.
Darrell was born and raised in Houston, Texas. That makes him an original Houstonian! There are not a whole lot of us around you know. I'd be interested in seeing how many other G&H employees were born and raised in Houston (leave a comment).
Prior to coming to G&H, Darrell worked in the grocery distribution industry. Most of his work was in inventory control and loss prevention. After 22 years of working for two very large companies, Darrell made the decision to leave Corporate America and find another job. This is when he answered a G&H help wanted ad.
As it turns out, G&H had purchased our first laser machine not long before and brought Huffy Bicycle on board. We made the bicycle frame tubes for their new Bonnie Blair model. (Do any of you remember Bonnie Blair, the Olympic speed skater)? In our old pickup truck and pulling a trailer, Darrell and another employee drove our first shipment of Huffy Bicycle frame tubes straight through to Indianapolis. (As a side note, we built our Indianapolis operation a few years later to better service this Huffy account.)
I asked Darrell what he remembers about being hired at G&H. He told me that he interviewed with three people, one of whom was Ed. He said, "The interview with Ed lasted about five minutes and the thing that struck me the most is when he said he expected everyone to work hard and be ever willing to change and adapt to what G&H needed." He further said that the thing he likes best about working for G&H is being a part of what G&H has accomplished.
Darrell has been married to his wife, Betty, for 20 years. They have three children - a son, Brian (38), a daughter Christi (35) and a daughter Leti (21). They are also blessed with two grandsons - Alek (13) and Chase (10). Darrell said that he and Betty do everything together. Last year they even renewed their wedding vows! He and Betty took the pastor who originally married them and his wife to eat in Kemah and afterwards, dressed in cutoff jeans and t-shirts, they went down by the water and renewed their vows.
When I asked Darrell if there is anything people would be surprised to know about him, he said, "I read the Bible every day." (Hmmm, I really am not surprised to hear that!) Darrell's hobbies and outside interests include golf, yard work, reading and camping.
I hope you will join me in thanking Darrell Klander for his 15+ years of service and dedication to G&H!
Darrell was born and raised in Houston, Texas. That makes him an original Houstonian! There are not a whole lot of us around you know. I'd be interested in seeing how many other G&H employees were born and raised in Houston (leave a comment).
Prior to coming to G&H, Darrell worked in the grocery distribution industry. Most of his work was in inventory control and loss prevention. After 22 years of working for two very large companies, Darrell made the decision to leave Corporate America and find another job. This is when he answered a G&H help wanted ad.
As it turns out, G&H had purchased our first laser machine not long before and brought Huffy Bicycle on board. We made the bicycle frame tubes for their new Bonnie Blair model. (Do any of you remember Bonnie Blair, the Olympic speed skater)? In our old pickup truck and pulling a trailer, Darrell and another employee drove our first shipment of Huffy Bicycle frame tubes straight through to Indianapolis. (As a side note, we built our Indianapolis operation a few years later to better service this Huffy account.)
I asked Darrell what he remembers about being hired at G&H. He told me that he interviewed with three people, one of whom was Ed. He said, "The interview with Ed lasted about five minutes and the thing that struck me the most is when he said he expected everyone to work hard and be ever willing to change and adapt to what G&H needed." He further said that the thing he likes best about working for G&H is being a part of what G&H has accomplished.
Darrell has been married to his wife, Betty, for 20 years. They have three children - a son, Brian (38), a daughter Christi (35) and a daughter Leti (21). They are also blessed with two grandsons - Alek (13) and Chase (10). Darrell said that he and Betty do everything together. Last year they even renewed their wedding vows! He and Betty took the pastor who originally married them and his wife to eat in Kemah and afterwards, dressed in cutoff jeans and t-shirts, they went down by the water and renewed their vows.
When I asked Darrell if there is anything people would be surprised to know about him, he said, "I read the Bible every day." (Hmmm, I really am not surprised to hear that!) Darrell's hobbies and outside interests include golf, yard work, reading and camping.
I hope you will join me in thanking Darrell Klander for his 15+ years of service and dedication to G&H!
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