Live From IRE 2024: SRS Distribution! - TRANSCRIPT

Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Pedro Chinchilla, Priscilla Hogan and Lionel Salazar of SRS Distribution. You can read the interview below or watch the full interview.

Pedro Chinchilla: Hello, uh, my name is Pedro Chinchilla. I'm the owner of Reliant Roofing Services, and this is my dad, Orlando Chinchilla. And, uh, he helped me start the business. We started it together, father son company. So, uh, today we had the honor of being, uh, named as the number one emerging contractor of the year. And so it's really important to us, and it means a lot to me because my dad and I, uh, as a father son company, we started with a dream and that we wanna, you know, be one of the greats one day and, uh, be a really forced to be reckoned with in this industry. And, uh, it looks like we're starting off on the right path. So, uh, I opened the company with him last year, uh, well, a little over a year ago, so 16 months ago, um, August of 2022.

And, uh, since then I opened it straight outta college with my dad. And, uh, there's a lot of doubters and everything, but God has been so good to us that every step of the way he's been opening doors and he's been pouring his grace upon us so we could find favors in the eyes of our builders, our clients, our homeowners. And, and we do, you know, we do quality work. That's our, our number one drive is we wanna make sure that the homeowner's very happy, even if it means that, you know, we gotta do something extra out of our own pocket that we didn't, you know, have estimated. But what we want is for them to be happy and for our, our employees to be treated well. So, uh, that's our number one values that this company has. And because of that, I know that we have been, uh, named what we've been named.

'Cause the results come, you know, you, you pay forward the, the good stuff and then the good stuff comes back to you. So, uh, I guess that's a little bit I gotta say. And, and so I also wanna give a big thanks to SRS to, uh, William Grimsley, uh, the branch manager at Flagler. I wanna give thanks to Derek Davis, my sales rep. He's the best sales rep. Uh, SRS has really been a, a huge help for us. And they've been, uh, you know, they, they've been there with us, uh, believing in our dream. And, uh, we know that there's a lot more to be achieved. So, thank you.

Priscilla Hogan: Hi, my name is Priscilla Hogan. I'm known as Priscilla Lara, and my company name is PLR Construction. And, and honestly, I feel very blessed and thankful for this award and for all the support that I have gotten from my family and from my dad that he's no longer here, but he's the one who got me into this industry and has taught me how to work hard and has taught me that after, no matter what happens in this life, that you're able to accomplish anything that you want, it's, um, the successful woman in roofing.

Lionel Salazar: Hello, my name is Lionel Salazar. I am a branch manager for JV distribution in Southern California. Burbank. I re I am here representing my contractor who received contractor of the year, uh, within the Latino market for SRS. A little bit about the company I've been working with Oscar, who's the owner now for over a year. Uh, what I see that helps him be successful is that he's very disciplined, uh, to the industry and to his job. Uh, you could catch that man working 24/7. Um, and another difference maker that I see is that he really values his employees. Uh, the last time I spoke to him, he had over 50 employees. And when going to job sites, they are all very proud to work for him as he not only is giving them opportunity for, uh, work, but also empower, pushes them to empower them, uh, to look for other opportunities in the industry. Thank you.