b'vXYLEM SPOTLIGHTCurt, how did you getCan you briefly describe youryour start with YSI? current role within the company?Curtis: If you can believe it, I actually worked atCurtis: For the last fourteen years or so, Ive been YSI when I was 15 years old!working in various parts of our customer service department. Before returning to YSI, Id owned and It was a highlight of my career to walk theoperated an electronics repair company, so my halls with the companys founding fathers. Asexperience led me to a job with our service center, a high schooler, I got a job working in facilitywhere I repaired all kinds of YSI instrumentsmaintenance, so at the time, I was just mowingfor customers. the grass and building workbenches for our manufacturing team. This hands-on experiencedisassembling and rebuilding equipmentgave me a deep The only real science I contributed to in thoseunderstanding of how all of our products work. I days was jotting down the weather data from alater joined our technical support team to use this monitoring station the engineers set up on theknowledge to help customers collect quality data.roof of the building. Id always look forward to gathering the data each morning with my After a couple of years manning our call center, I trusty clipboard. moved into the role of application specialist where I spend most of my time in the fieldhelping educate Who would have thought my career would bringand train our YSI customers on how best to use our me full circle over twenty years laterand that Idinstruments to their potential. still be gathering data for YSI after all this time? YSI has been one of the biggest employers in myI also work a lot with our R&D team to test out all hometown since I was a child. When I saw thekinds of new product ideas at a network of test sites opportunity to return to Yellow Springs (Ohio), around the U.S., which is pretty exciting!I couldnt pass it up! Working at a company that is forward-thinking and environmentally conscious makes me feel good every day, knowing Im having a positive impact on the world.Extensive knowledge of YSI equipment is a requirement for our Application Specialists. "Working at a companythat is.environmentally conscious makes me feel good every day."Whos Minding the Planet? 53'