ENERGY
This is not the first time Analytic Systems has hit troubled waters and came out of it stronger . Back in the early 80s interest rates went through the roof and it nearly destroyed the company . “ No sooner had I started working for the company than my dad said – I can ’ t pay you anything ” reminisces Hargrove . But he was proactive . One of the products he had been working on at Analytic Systems wasa the world ’ s first digital automatic pilot for steering boats . Along with an investor he set up a spin off company ComNav Marine to sell the product and left Analytic Systems to become vice president of engineering at ComNav at the age of 26 . Ten years later he sold his share of ComNav Marine and returned to become a majority owner of Analytic Systems , and worked alongside his father for the next ten years until the senior Hargrove slowly began to retire . Jim also brought his own ideas and experience to the company . “ When I rejoined Analytic Systems in 1994 my father was still doing custom engineering . It is a very hand to mouth type business . So when I took the company over I
Janet Herbert
Herbert is a CGA and comes to Analytic Systems with over 21 years of experience in the steel distribution industry in various finance roles .
said - let ’ s leverage the intellectual property in power conversion products you have developed over the past 16 years and design and build a line of products . So we turned Analytic Systems from a custom engineering
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