Worcester Business Journal

16 Worcester Business Journal | October 29, 2018 | wbjournal.com F O C U S O U T S T A N D I N G W O M E N I N B U S I N E S S Karen A. Koller, cae Class of 2011 Recipient Supporting Families… Building Communities Mentoring Young Women… Championing a Future Workforce Advocating for Local Issues… National, Regional and State Platforms Serving the nonprofit community with passion and integrity for over 35 years. www.rcapsolutions.org 2011 ALUMNAE L isa Wilk has been onboard at Capaccio Environmental Engineering since its beginning, in 1992. She is now the company's owner and CEO (with Lori Harrington recently named president, a title Wilk had previously held). e firm is a certified women-owned business through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, and a women-owned business enterprise through the State of Massachusetts. Since winning the Outstanding Women in Business award in 2011, Wilk has seen more women in leadership roles not just in her industry, but in clients' industries as well. e 30-person firm works with business owners to align their business objectives with environmental, health and safety (EH&S) standards – going beyond regulatory compliance. "For example, an industry might use a lot of water in its manufacturing process," she said. "If they can reduce water, they can save environmental costs to the community, but also reduce costs to the operation." One client was able to avoid building a facility outside of the region aer working with Wilk and her team. "ey were able to double production without increasing cost," she said. Since 2011, the company built out its own space in a new office building within Marlborough, where it has been since December. Capaccio built a new data-management system, the EHS-Dashboard, which sets clients up for easier data collection, verification and analysis. "It's really taking advantage of technology to offer better solutions," she said, "with a lot less data manipulation and handling," allowing Capaccio and its clients to make more-informed decisions, faster. Wilk said although it was years since her win, she thinks the Outstanding Women in Business awards are an important way to recognize women, especially with more women in leadership roles. "It helps make these leadership roles more visible," she said, adding she is encouraged, reading the stories of other women. - Written by Susan Shalhoub Lisa F. Wilk 2011: President & owner of Capaccio Environmental Engineering, Inc. in Marlborough Now: Owner & CEO at Capaccio Environmental Engineering Inc. in Marlborough W

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