Welcome to the Creating Structure Podcast #24. My guest is Mr. Mike Russo, Owner, President and CEO of SPS Corporation. In addition to a lot of "who's who" in the curtain wall and cladding industry world, we cover a lot of ground here on history, current realities, SPS's work, trends, future, and more. We've got Mike's inspiring story of overcoming adversity as a young man, and becoming the 1st person in his family to go to and graduate from college. After graduating from Lycoming College, Mike drove his 1974 Nova to New York City with the goal of working in the advertising industry. It was in NYC that his career in curtain wall started and accelerated quickly. We cover history of different branches from the curtain wall 'tree', and we name drop a lot of folks, some of whom were involved with Mike along the way, some directly, some indirectly; Oscar Drucker, John Stephens, Jeff Heymann (prior guest), Mike Haber (prior guest-Mike get your golf clubs ready), Juan Speck, John Juba, Russell Gardner, and many more mentioned in the talk.
We get into current realities, trends, building typologies, and more; changes in construction document content from past to present, building financial strength, employing great people, the power of connecting, the evolution of the curtain wall industry, and more. Hearing Mike's perspective and gleaning from his experiences are valuable. Enjoy, share, leave a comment, engage!
The Guest:
Mike Russo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-russo-654b2512/
SPS Corporation:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sps-corp/
Website: https://spscorporation.com/
The Host:
John L Wheaton, PE, CEO, Wheaton & Sprague Engineering, Inc., & Affiliates
Blog: https://johnlwheaton.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wheaton-pe-leed-ap-0694886
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnLWheaton1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnlwheaton1/
Wheaton Sprague and Affiliates:
Company: https://www.wheatonsprague.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wheatonsprague
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheatonsprague/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wheatonsprague/
Audio Production, Mixing, Engineering, Custom Jingle, Production
Joshua Wheaton
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bluenotejosh/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rustbeltmoneyprod/