Over the next few weeks, we’ll bring you stories about what contributed to the growth of CDN Controls, a real Canadian success story. Begun in the grit and hustle of Alberta’s Oil & Gas fields, they grew to become Western Canada’s leader of Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) services for the energy industry, and now have their sights set on the rest of the world.
Watching their growth, under the leadership of co-founders CEO Dean Fraser and COO Nick Stewart, has been nothing short of incredible. So, we were inspired to write a Case Study about their growth and recently sat down to interview Fraser to find out more.
Fraser and Stewart met in the grit and hustle of Alberta’s oil and gas fields and, over time, saw a need for a premium, high-expertise, full-service (E&I) services provider who delivered on what they said they would do.
So, they harnessed their complementary skills and expertise to create CDN Controls, which provides core – and a suite of value-added services – to the energy industry. Today, COO Stewart directs day-to-day operations while CEO Fraser focuses on big-picture strategy and growth.
Relentless Customer Satisfaction
To say they are relentless about customer satisfaction is an understatement. In fact, “good’ is never enough.
“We are always pushing.
It’s about becoming more efficient and finding better ways to do things.
The goal is always to find opportunities to bring more revenue in
and provide more services for our clients.”
– Dean Fraser, CEO | Co-Founder of CDN
And they’ve been busy in that pursuit.
Since 2011, with the support of the Lawrence & Co team, CDN has quadrupled their business, completed five acquisitions, diversified their financial performance, grown to 750 people+ and expanded into the US.
So, I hope you’ll join us over the next few weeks. Meanwhile, you can listen to the full interview with Dean below and read the Case Study here.
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