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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | JUNE 30, 2025 11 the majority of his working life with JCJ. After he was selected as the firm's new president, he presented the board with his future goals. "We want to make sure the ESOP stays," he said. "We want to make sure that we're a culture of improve- ment for design and delivery of our services. We want to make sure that we're maintaining a balance in the market sectors that we follow." Stevens, meanwhile, is taking time to "reflect backwards, because I have more backwards than I do have forwards," he quipped. "When I came to the firm in 1988, we were a one-office firm. Mostly, I would say 75% to 80% of our work was in Connecticut, mostly public-sector work, 50 to 55 people." Since then, and with the encourage- ment of the firm's leadership, he was challenged to envision what might be, he said. "I had come from a much larger firm, from Atlanta and then New York City, but I'm from Hartford," Stevens said. "I was born in Hartford, and I just look at the change that has occurred over time during my tenure, and we've gone from a very well-re- spected local firm to a nationally recognized powerhouse." "Companies have life cycles," he added. "People have life cycles. And this is one case where that kind of merged together." JCJ Architecture designed the Toscano Family Ice Forum, the new skating rink on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO 860.482.7613 | www.borghesibuilding.com 2155 East Main Street, Torrington, Connecticut 06790 Check out our new website! Building Ideas That Work... Building Ideas That Work... © 2011 BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. All rights reserved. Butler Manufacturing ™ is a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. PUBLIC WORKWORKS | WATERFORD HORSE BARN | SUFFIELD NORTHWEST JEEP | TORRINGTON No matter the size of your project, Borghesi Building & Engineering Co., Inc. provides you with, "Building Ideas That Work" from concept to completion.