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AAPA member profile
1. HOW LONG HAVE YOUR COMPANY BEEN AN AAPA MEMBER AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME ONE? William Adams Caterpillar has been a member of AAPA for 30 years, we decided to become a member of AAPA when Caterpillar first started making Caterpillar Paving machines and Cold Planers (Mills). AAPA membership allowed William Adams to have direct contact with AAPA’s large member base while promoting Caterpillar products.
2. HOW DID YOU START YOUR CAREER IN THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? I started with William Adams back in 2005 as Territory Sales Manager looking after 300-plus customers in the construction industry. I came from a machine operator background specialising on wheel loaders and dozers. The road construction industry has always interested me with the new technology as it is released and how it helps improve our industry with quality finish of our roads and improved job-site efficiency.
3. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? My current role is Major Account Manager
Guy Rigoni, Major Account Manager at Williams Adams CAT.
specialising in Paving Equipment which involves all types of machine sales and machine hand over and training on the new equipment.
4. WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR CURRENT ROLE? The best thing about my role is getting to see and test the newly released machines before they go out to the market. We can supply feedback to the factory, with help from our customers, on how to improve safety and performance of the machines for our industry.
Guy Rigoni’s biggest achievement in industry has been selling the most Caterpillar Paving machines for Williams Adams CAT. 5. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY? My biggest achievement has been selling the most Caterpillar Paving machines for William Adams Cat.
6. WHAT IS A RECENT CHANGE YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE INDUSTRY AND HOW ARE YOU OR THE COMPANY PREPARED FOR THAT? A recent change in our industry has been towards the adoption of technology into the machines. This not only allows for off-site machine monitoring using GPS tracking but also on board systems that allow for 2D grade and slope systems, 3D GPS level systems and UTS millimetre systems used on airport runways and major highways.
7. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? The most interesting thing about the road construction industry is the never-ending search for improvements, not only in the materials used but in the way the roads are constructed and the new technologies used to make these improvements.
8. HOW HAS BEING A MEMBER OF AAPA BENEFITTED YOU IN THE INDUSTRY? AAPA has helped William Adams Cat get our brand and machines into the road construction market as a quality brand with a never-ending drive to improve job efficiency and safety through our Caterpillar products.
9. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE? My main goal for the future is to help train and improve the knowledge in the road construction industry by teaching the correct operating techniques and technology training on our Caterpillar machines.
