Happy Thursday!
We went to the Greater Houston Port Bureau (GHPB) Commerce
Club Luncheon at the Houston Marriot South at Hobby Airport today.
The speaker was Nataly Marks, she
is the President of Triple-S Steel Holdings, Inc. Ms. Marks was born in Russia and moved to the
US to Houston, Texas with her family, when she was 11 years old due to her dad
worked in the oil and gas industry. She
pursued a higher education at the University of Texas in Austin. When she graduated, she started her career in
banking and with the help of a mentor she moved up in the banking world Ms. Marks
uses her previous experience from the banking industry is help Triple-S
Steel Holdings, Inc. She was named
the President of Triple-S Steel Holdings in February 2024, after working
at the family-owned business since 2022, but their work history started when
she was a banker at Chase.
The Triple-S Steel Holdings
is a family-owned business which was started in 1960 by Bruce Stein with the help
of his wife, Shirley. Triple-S Holdings
began as a small steel distribution yard called Triple-S Steel Supply, and it has
grown into the company you see today.
The company has 50 locations located across 4 countries which include
the U.S. as well as Colombia, and they have about 2300 employees. They are one of the biggest steel distributors
in the U.S. with over fifty years of experience. Triple-S Steel Holdings has a diverse
product line from the do-it-yourselfer who is repairing his fence to the stadium
being built down the street. Steel is
helping build this great country and its infrastructure!
Ms. Marks spoke on the history of
Triple-S Steel Holdings, as well as about the economy and challenges of
finding and keeping good talent. The economy
has slowed but there is growth in many sectors.
The construction industry is currently down, but data centers and data
transmission are still growing. She spoke on the challenges shared across the
room on how do you get and keep good talent.
Ms. Marks suggestions included making sure the person has a good mentor
as well as a quality training program.
She believes mentoring is important to grow a good asset for your company,
and they help give the person perspective as well as teaches them the business.
Another way to keep talent is pay per performance-based
pay, so reward the stronger workers as well as keeping their skills current in technology
including Artificial Intelligence.
Lastly, Ms. Marks spoke about building a talent pool by pairing with
high schools and universities with internships.
Ms. Marks gave an interesting talk about the economy and keeping and
finding good talent.
Thank you, Ms. Marks! You are an interesting and informative
speaker, and we wish you much success at Triple-S Holdings Inc.!
As you see the speakers at the GHPB’s
Commerce Club Luncheons bring an informative talk to all that
attend. The next Commerce Club
Luncheon is July 11, 2024, at 11 a.m.
The speaker will be Phylis Saathoff, Executive Director/CEO, Port
Freeport and it should be a good talk on the happenings at Port Freeport. Please
check out the website, if you would like to learn more. July 2024 Commerce Club Luncheon - Greater Houston Port Bureau (txgulf.org).
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figuring out how to get your product moving with less of a carbon footprint,
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We hope you have a great and
productive rest your week!