A Conversation with...Charissa Kobyluck
A member of the Products Finishing 40-Under-40 class in 2016, Charissa Kobyluck is the quality manager at Coating Technologies in Phoenix and has been instrumental in achieving approved vendor status for several new primes since her arrival.
CK: I am responsible for the day-to-day operations of all support and inspection functions including customer service, racking, masking, inspection, shipping, training, testing, audits, contract review and document control. I supervise an outstanding team of 11 inspection and support personnel.
PF: How difficult is it to achieve vendor status?
Charissa Kobyluck is the quality manager at Coating Technologies in Phoenix, AZ.
PF: You volunteer with Girl Scouts, sports leagues, etc. How do you find time to balance work and home?
PF: What’s the best piece of advice you were given?
PF: What was your first job, and what did you learn from it?
CK: Serving frozen yogurt from a small storefront in a mall. I saw right away that my manager responded well to enthusiasm and praised friendly and fast customer service. I learned quickly that paying attention to detail was extremely important. Even at 15 years old it was clear that “rework” was bad for business profits and customers hated it.
PF: What was your first car, and what is your dream car?
CK: An elementary school teacher.
PF: With whom would you trade jobs for a day?
CK: For most of the year I am likely to be at one of my daughter’s volleyball games or my son’s baseball games. The end of summer is a little more relaxed though. I might be shopping, in the pool or at a family barbeque.
PF: Personal heroes?
Family: Mother Robin, Father Ed; Husband Phil; Children Taylor and Mackenzie
Favorite hobby: Reading and watching my kids play sports
Favorite movie: 50 First Dates
Favorite book: The entire Harry Potter series
What’s playing in your car CD/radio: 311, Sublime, Bob Marley
Originally published in the October 2016 issue.
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