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Todd Miller Myers Spring Co.

Name: Todd Miller

Nickname: Toad

Company name, city and country: Myers Spring Co., Inc., Logansport, Indiana.

Brief history of your company: Established In 1946 by Walter L. Myers, my father’s stepfather. Job title: President/CEO. Spring industry affiliations: SMI finance committee.

Birthplace: Logansport, Indiana. Current home: Logansport, Indiana. Family (spouse, children, pets, etc.): Wife, Gretchen and daughters, Eberle and Cecilia.

What I like most about being a springmaker: Being able to creatively solve technical issues for customers and production. Carrying on a family business.

Favorite food: Japanese. Favorite books/authors: I mostly read nonfiction, currently reading “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” by Arthur L. Herman. Favorite song/musician: Pastoral symphony (#6), Beethoven. Hobbies: Singing, fishing, stand up style jet skiing, traveling, motorcycle riding, and country drives. Favorite places: Lake Maxinkuckee - Indiana, Lake Parent - Quebec, and Lake Como – Italy.

The Miller family (l-to-r): Gretchen, Todd, Eberle and Cecilia.

Best times of my life: Traveling and singing with the Purdue Glee Club as a student (1985-1990), living and working in Japan with my bride (19921994). Now is the best of the best times, however, as my daughters are becoming great adults. A really great evening to me is: Dinner with friends and family enjoying good food. The one thing I can’t stand is: Defeatist mentality. My most outstanding qualities are: Optimism and willingness to try new things. People who knew me in school thought I was: A little crazy and surprised I never killed myself. I knew I was an “adult” when: Our first daughter was born. If I weren’t working at Myers Spring, I would like to: Make a North American loop on a motorcycle. The most difficult business decision I ever had to make was: Letting good people go who just didn’t fit our organization. I wonder what would have happened if: I had not been involved with manufacturing at all. Role models: Walter Myers (my grandfather), Craig Miller (my father) and Bob Uhrich (my high school physics teacher). I would like to be remembered in the spring industry for: Keeping the springmaking tradition alive and well in Logansport, Indiana. But people will probably remember me for: Surviving my teenage years.

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