MAKING THE GRADE Let’s talk teamwork!
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ith Komatsu in the field training and Smart Construction supporting our customers and intelligent Machine on Komatsu’s iMC product Control (iMC) equipment, line and has played a key Kirby-Smith Machinery role in growing KSM’s iMC/Smart Construction Inc. (KSM) is proud to offer Division. We refer to him as customers the best fully our “Team Captain.” integrated grade control machines on the market. Rebecca McNatt, Austin Briner joined the This incredible technology director of construction iMC/Smart Construction is supported by our expert technology, team in 2021. His previous KSM team of iMC grade control 10 years of heavy equipment specialists/Smart operation and job site supervision Construction consultants who roles have given him the knowledge work with customers in the field to confidently work with experienced to ensure best practices and and novice customers utilizing grade recommend solutions to optimize control technology. job site performance. KSM’s newest addition to the team, Meet the KSM iMC/Smart Isaac Rangel, offers full support of Construction team our West Texas branches. Like Austin, Eddie Garcia and Austin Briner Isaac also spent the last 10 years in work together to support the DFW the field as an operator and job site (Dallas-Fort Worth) metroplex supervisor. His understanding and and our Waco, Texas, branch. This experience operating Komatsu’s year, Eddie will be celebrating iMC equipment has given him the his 10th anniversary with KSM. knowledge to train customers on He has spent the last five years the many benefits and features of
the product line. We look forward to growing Komatsu’s iMC machine population in our West Texas territory with Isaac on board! Keith Graham and Robert Rodriguez support KSM’s Oklahoma territory. Keith has been with KSM for 14 years. Before joining the iMC/Smart Construction team, Keith was a quality control specialist and an operator trainer. Keith has a passion for yellow iron and for doing “whatever it takes” to support customers and team members alike. Robert Rodriguez joined KSM in 1989. Over his 33 years with the company, he has worked as a lead technician, shop foreman, quality control specialist, and operator trainer. He also has assisted customers with iMC start-ups and support. Robert is a U.S. Army veteran, and he spent time as the lead over the rebuild of M10 and H100 loaders. Continued . . .
Eddie Garcia, the “Team Captain” of KSM’s iMC/Smart Construction Division, is at the controls of a Komatsu iMC excavator.
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