{"id":9412,"date":"2023-11-01T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/?p=9412"},"modified":"2023-11-01T18:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:08:43","slug":"breaking-barriers-ceo-sherri-bovino-reveals-secrets-to-womens-success-in-male-dominated-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/feusa\/breaking-barriers-ceo-sherri-bovino-reveals-secrets-to-womens-success-in-male-dominated-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Barriers: CEO Sherri Bovino Reveals Secrets to Women&#8217;s Success in Male-Dominated Industries!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;4px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#397389&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/polling-and-research\/contact-your-representatives-in-congress-to-join-the-congressional-family-business-caucus-now\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Empower Change: Demand Action from Your Representatives in Congress Against Damaging Policies and Excessive Regulation!&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Call to Action Button Top&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; global_module=&#8221;7025&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#397389&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Woman-owned Defense Contractor Sherri Bovino, CEO, Global, A 1st Flagship Company, Details in Webcast How Women Thrive in Male-Dominated Industries<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>From Building Missile Silos to Transitioning Businesses to Daughter, Sherri Bovino Talks with Family Enterprise USA\u2019s President Pat Soldano about Triumphs and Struggles of a Woman-owned Business in Defense Contracting<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Working in male-dominated government defense industries and nurturing a daughter to take the wheel of Global, A 1st Flagship Company, Sherri Bovino in a new webcast provides lessons for all woman-owned multi-generational family businesses.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#397389&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;1px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; divider_style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||11px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQSFH2vw94I&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-4px|||||&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#397389&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;1px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-8px||18px|||&#8221; divider_style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/polling-and-research\/family-business-stories\/\">webcast<\/a>, hosted by Family Business USA\u2019s President Pat Soldano, features both CEO Bovino and her daughter, Paige Kavooras, assistant vice president for business development. Global is based in Irvine, Calif., and has some 500 defense contract employees working in the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii, and in other locations around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The webcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRhlzjM6H_FTYtXAbMaXOFg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available on YouTube<\/a>, delves into topics of building on a legacy business, servicing and working in defense industries, training workers, and the decision making process of selling or transitioning the business to the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most important things we do is build culture,\u201d says Bovino in the Family Enterprise USA webcast. \u201cWe build a culture that inspires people and that creates fun. Our values are driven around that culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Global\u2019s services range from ship repair and maintenance to emergency environmental response to salvage and recovery missions. Global\u2019s success, Bovino says, is in its \u201ctrust of the experts we hire to do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That trust and culture have created long-term employees that span generations and has helped the company develop long-term trust with government defense agencies needing to hire those experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have our kind of employee longevity it plays into the safety of institutional knowledge,\u201d says Paige Kavooras, the <a href=\"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/polling-and-research\/family-business-stories\/\">next generation family member at Global<\/a>. \u201cIt gives us a great advantage, and we have a lot of things we gain from that experience,\u201d Kavooras adds.<\/p>\n<p>Personal and estate taxes are also touched upon during the webcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/category\/multi-generational-business\/\">Multi-generational family businesses<\/a> like Global have a harder time competing with large corporations just based on the unequal tax policies they face,\u201d said Soldano about <a href=\"https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/polling-and-research\/family-business-stories\/\">multi-generationally owned family businesses<\/a> like Global. \u201cThis is why income taxes are the number one issue for family businesses, and the biggest barrier to transitioning the business to the next generation,\u201d she said. \u201cGlobal\u2019s story should have even greater significance to our leaders in Congress, as they look at the overall defense budget and make sure they have the best experts and service providers to make our country safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#397389&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Become a member text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/familyenterpriseusa.com\/donate-2\/&#8221; global_module=&#8221;5822&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><em>We hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this article. 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