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.
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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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