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30 Hartford Business Journal • October 22, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS 2018 30 Hartford Business Journal • October 22, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS 2018 Motorlease Corp. M otorlease provides outsourced fleet management and leasing services to small and mid-sized fleets. Recent accomplishments Over the past 12 months, Motor- lease has expanded its workforce, grew its client base and was named a Best Places to Work in Connecti- cut for a third consecutive year by Hartford Business Journal. It also was recognized as one of the top do- nor teams for the Farmington Valley Relay for Life and donated time and services to the Farmington Commu- nity Center and Foodshare. How do you remain competitive? Over the past 70 years, many things have changed within the fleet leasing industry. Mega corporations and the prolif- eration of big data and analyt- ics have turned what used to be an industry built on service and relationships into a self-ser- vice, do-it-your- self endeavor. While that may be the preferred method of do- ing business for many larger corporations, Motorlease has found that small to mid-sized fleets still prefer the service- oriented approach of the past. Those businesses aren't large enough, or don't have the expertise to manage their fleet on their own, and instead look for someone to take those burdens off of their shoulders. That is where we thrive. It's in focusing solely on serving that sector that Mo- torlease has been able to thrive and remain one of the premier provid- ers in outsourced fleet management solutions. How do you instill your family values in your employees? One thing that our family truly values is the practice of treating everyone with respect. Motorlease instills that family value in employees by making sure that everyone in the company, no matter the position, has a voice and is heard. We accomplish this task in several ways. The first is by ensuring that the entire management team has an open- door policy. We also hold regular meet- ings where employee input is actively sought out. We also make it a point to rec- ognize and reward employees for going above and beyond both for our clients, and for each other. What is the one family value you want passed on to each generation in your business? The one family value that I'd want passed on would be the idea of continu- ous improvement. In business, as in life, it's vitally important to always keep learning. Motorlease has been around for over 70 years. It would be easy to sit back and continue to do things in the manner in which we've always done them. However, if you do what you've always done, you'll continue to get the same results you've always gotten. A company needs to continually strive to get better. 4 TH PLACE — Less than 25 full-time employees category Motorlease Corp. Headquarters: Farmington Industry: Fleet Leasing Year Founded: 1946 Founder: Daniel A. Leary Sr., Horace Corbin, and Philip O'Neil Generation Currently Running Company: 3rd No. of Full-Time Employees: 23 No. of Part-Time Employees: 2 Family Members Currently Employed at Company: Elizabeth Kandrysawtz, CEO, mother; Kathy Kandrysawtz, Data Conversion Analyst, daughter. Company Website: www.motorlease.com Predictive Modeler w/ Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Co in Windsor, CT. Resp for performing complex data analyses & building sophisticated pred models to gen knowledge about customers, products & ops. Apply advanced analytic techniques & translate findings into actionable bus insights & recommendations. Rqmt's: Masters deg in Bus Analytics, Stats, Ops Research or Data Sci. Min 2 yrs pred modeling exp in proj mgmt role working w/ data mining; data modeling; machine learning algorithms, data engr; & data visualization. Exp working w/ stats methodology & modeling incl regression, time series analysis & neural networks. Must have exp working w/ the following: database query lang SQL; ETL software; SAS; & proj mgmt tools such as MS Project. Apply online www.voya.com Req JR0019832. Second-generation owner, Dan Leary Jr. (far left) poses with his children and third-generation owners — Elizabeth Kandrysawtz and Jack Leary — prior to Motorlease's 60th anniversary. 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