DAN CARROTHERS

摘要

With the Whitmire integration complete and a number of innovative new products in the pipeline, this veteran industry executive plans to build BASF's St. Louis operation into a "Pest Control Center of Excellence." Dan Carrothers, who grew up playing hockey on a family farm in rural Ontario, likes to quote Wayne Gretzky, who once famously said, "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." That's sound advice whether you're "The Great One" competing in the Stanley Cup finals or alocal PMP going head-to-head with Orkin or Terminix. In both cases, success is based on positioning oneself for a competitive advantage in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. "I've always found a lot of parallels between hockey and business and not just because I'm a Canadian," Carrothers observed. "If you want to succeed in business, you need to be able to assess not only your current situation, but position yourself for success when the business climate changes down the road."