Tim Hershey has been involved in the commercial and industrial roofing industry for nearly 30 years, gaining experience working as a laborer, project foreman, production superintendent and regional vice president before founding his own company, Thoroughbred Contractors in Shelbyville, Ky. During the company’s first 10 years of existence, Hershey and his staff had built an $11 million a year operation, and the forecast for the future was bright. Unfortunately, nothing in his past prepared Hershey to deal with the devastating impact his employees’ drug addiction would have on the company.
Hershey shared his experiences struggling to overcome this difficult period in a presentation titled “How Adversity Set Me Up for Success.” He detailed how the crisis forced all members of the company to pull together and refocus their efforts to regain the company’s momentum while continuing to improve the level of service.