Local, Diverse and Growing: PMI Energy Solutions 1 00:00:10,878 --> 00:00:12,112 My name is George Williams. 2 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:16,083 I'm the CEO and owner of PMI Energy Solutions. 3 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:22,422 PMI does overhead and underground electrical distribution installations. 4 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:25,359 We do both construction and maintenance services. 5 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:30,530 We do storm restoration and we also do fiber optics installations. 6 00:00:30,530 --> 00:00:34,401 I started the business after 27 years in the industry 7 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:37,004 where I've worked from an electrical engineer to, 8 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:39,840 I left the industry as a chief operating officer 9 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,275 of a utility in Texas. 10 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:46,780 A lot of the utilities began overhauling their electrical and gas infrastructure. 11 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:50,984 ComEd was embarking upon the EIMA project, 12 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:54,054 where they were overhauling their electrical infrastructure as well. 13 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,522 As I said, I've been doing this work 14 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:57,391 for quite a long time. 15 00:00:57,391 --> 00:01:01,361 I thought, "Well, it'd probably be a good time to start my own business." 16 00:01:01,361 --> 00:01:04,431 ComEd was very interested in seeing my company grow. 17 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:08,969 They gave me a small project initially to see how well I'd perform. 18 00:01:08,969 --> 00:01:11,638 They gave me a pole replacement project, 19 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:15,375 but after gaining more confidence in the ability of my company to perform, 20 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,044 they gave me larger projects. 21 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:19,146 When you have a diverse workforce, 22 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:23,884 whether it's young, old, African American, White, Hispanic, what-have-you, 23 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:27,154 everyone has different ideas, different ways of doing things. 24 00:01:27,154 --> 00:01:30,724 You have a multitude of different options to accomplish a task. 25 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:32,693 Recognizing the contributions 26 00:01:32,693 --> 00:01:35,329 of organizations like PMI Energy Solutions 27 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,931 is very special to me. 28 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:40,968 And we are forever grateful to ComEd 29 00:01:40,968 --> 00:01:42,836 for affording us the opportunity.