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In this episode of the Strong Conversations Podcast – Building the Brands Series, host Sam Marcoux speaks with Roberto Ortiz & Winnie Sullivan, the leadership team at DCSE Associates. Their career paths were anything but typical—Roberto started his career as an intern, Winnie as a part-time receptionist—yet today, they lead the company as CEO and CFO.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
– Roberto’s journey from immigrating to the U.S. at 15, learning English, and building a career in structural engineering
– Winnie’s rise from the front desk to financial leadership, driven by ambition and a desire for impact
– How Roberto balanced studying for his SE exam while caring for his premature newborn in the NICU
– The importance of company culture and why transparency builds trust
Winnie’s decision to donate a kidney to a colleague and what it says about leadership and community
Ortiz and Sullivan didn’t just take over a company—they transformed it, preserving its culture while building something new. Their insights into leadership, perseverance, and teamwork offer valuable lessons for anyone navigating career growth or business ownership.
In this episode of the Strong Conversations Podcast – Building the Brands Series, host Sam Marcoux speaks with Roberto Ortiz & Winnie Sullivan, the leadership team at DCSE Associates. Their career paths were anything but typical—Roberto started his career as an intern, Winnie as a part-time receptionist—yet today, they lead the company as CEO and CFO.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
– Roberto’s journey from immigrating to the U.S. at 15, learning English, and building a career in structural engineering
– Winnie’s rise from the front desk to financial leadership, driven by ambition and a desire for impact
– How Roberto balanced studying for his SE exam while caring for his premature newborn in the NICU
– The importance of company culture and why transparency builds trust
Winnie’s decision to donate a kidney to a colleague and what it says about leadership and community
Ortiz and Sullivan didn’t just take over a company—they transformed it, preserving its culture while building something new. Their insights into leadership, perseverance, and teamwork offer valuable lessons for anyone navigating career growth or business ownership.
We’ve been working with Jen Woodhouse for nearly a decade. Over those years she’s built projects as small as this modern dog house to others as large as a floating deck. In the last two years, she’s built a backyard Pergola, DIY’d a workbench in under two hours and even designed and built a fence with our free Fence Planner Software. Jen is a fantastic DIYer who is a dream to work with and who isn’t afraid to tackle even the largest projects that can bring a backyard to life.