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Meet a
Piling Professional
Mario Roussel, Selix Equipment Inc.
At Work
Describe your current job.
My day-to-day job is to organize everything with suppliers and
manufactures for all the equipment brands we represent and
make sure all financial aspects of the company are in order.
What are your areas of responsibility?
Sales would be my major responsibility, but I oversee almost
everything to be sure we do the best possible jobs for our customers
in a timely fashion.
How did you get to where you are now?
I started renting and selling heavy equipment back in 1985 for
McIntosh Equipment of Ottawa, then I represented Holder of
North America, a German municipal tractor company covering
all of Canada and approximately 23 states. I was working
with a dealer network, and then I started developing a liking
to the rock breaking and drilling industry. In 1992, I helped
develop and introduce a new Japanese hydraulic rock drill
brand, called Furukawa, to our country for almost 20 years.
In the summer of 2011, I took the opportunity to start my own
distributorship, and Selix was born.
What do you love about your job?
Every day, there are new challenges to fix and problems to
help solve.
What does a typical day look like for you?
The first thing I do is help my wife with our twin seven-yearold
girls. Then I answer messages that came in overnight on
my cell and open my email to reply back to any inquiries, and
I help the sales and parts department in the day-to-day company
operation.
What are the challenges you experience in your job?
One of the largest challenges is dealing with overseas suppliers
with the time differences.
What are your future goals?
To continue to work hard to make Selix a reference for the
foundation and blast hole industries in Canada, and demonstrate
to our customers the benefits of working with us like a
true partner for their success.
What are your predictions for the future of deep
foundation construction in Canada?
We believe that the work will keep on getting more and more
demanding on our customers’ side of things, so we need to be
aware of all and any technical advantages of our equipment
and company versus others, and contractors will realize the
benefits of dealing with a local Canadian supplier.
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