Christina Burroughs

I am the Chief of Operations for Ironworks USA, where we do it all for iron doors, security doors, glass rooms, and windows - if it builds with iron in your home, we pretty much do it. I came into this role after experiencing brief shifts in my life, leaving an art studio for a bereavement time, and then blending into this position because of my skill set and because they needed some structure. I took a class at Millsaps and coined an acronym called CAR - Clarity, Accountability, and Responsibility - and I realized that this is the downfall of most small to mid-sized businesses, because they don't have any clarity, accountability, and responsibility around their roles, around their processes, around their SOPs. Mr. Crawley liked my resume and our interview, and here we are now. I've been in this role for 2 months after going through two phone interviews and an in-person interview. I was apprehensive but excited when he made the offer, and I said let's do this then. I came from a very colorful background, and it pushed me to do my best to succeed at everything I try because I didn't get to see that growing up. I had a daughter that was looking at me, and two sons, and I wanted them to know - I wanted my daughter to know that being a female didn't have to stop her, and I wanted my sons to know that being a female didn't have to stop us and that we needed the same kind of support from them that we give to them.