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34 Hartford Business Journal • October 19, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Precision X-ray Inc. (PXi) Headquarters: North Branford Industry: Manufacturing Founded: 2003 Founder: Brian Dermott Generation Currently Running Company: 1st & 2nd Full-Time Employees: 14 Part-Time Employees: 3 Family Members Currently Employed at Company: Brian Dermott, founder (father); Amy Bradley, accounting manager (daughter); Laurie Rubin, service manager (daughter). Website: www.pxinc.com Q&A What is your company's biggest achieve- ment in the last year? Following years of research and devel- opment and a $2.2 million investment, PXi introduced the X-RAD SmART in 2015. This is the industry's most advanced image-guided radiation therapy system. With several new sales and X-RAD SmART system installa- tions worldwide, Precision X-ray has grown significantly and profitably in 2015. How do you plan to keep your business going even after your current top execu- tive retires? PXi President and part owner Bill McLaugh- lin will continue to lead the company following Brian Dermott's retirement. Who is most responsible for your com- pany's success today? Since the company's inception, Brian Der- mott has never been content in staying the course. Through Dermott's leadership and finan- cial backing, PXi has emerged as the leading provider of safe, high-output X-Ray irradiators used in modern translational research. While Dermott has pushed the company's engineers and research partners to develop new technol- ogy and better systems, he credits current Presi- dent Bill McLaughlin and the entire PXi team for developing high-precision systems that open up new applications in oncology, radiobiology and immunology. n The Garden Barn Nursery Inc. Headquarters: Vernon Industry: Green Industry — Greenhouse/Nursery Founded: 1978 Founder: Skip Guilmette Generation Currently Running Company: 1st and 2nd Full-Time Employees: 9 Part-Time Employees: 25 Family Members Currently Employed at Company: Dennis Gliha, president (father); Kathy Gliha, secretary and treasurer (mother); Kim Gliha, vice president, (daughter); Shawn Gliha, vice president (son). Website: GardenBarn.com Q&A How do you instill your family values in your employees? Our family works side by side with the employees to help empower them. This helps to pass along the attitude that no job is too big or small for anyone within the company to do. Responsibility is shared by all of the employees. Employees treat the business as if it was their own. This helps bring a level of comfort to the customers. How do you plan to keep your business going even after your current top execu- tive retires? As the second generation takes over the business, they draw upon the values that were instilled in them growing up in the busi- ness. They have seen how the first generation conducted business and continue to improve upon those values. What is the one family value you want passed onto each generation in your business? The value that customers and employees are family. Without either party there would be no family business. Customers and employ- ees are what keep a business alive. They have a symbiotic relationship that keeps each of them coming back to the business. n (Top) The Garden Barn team says goodbye to a longtime employee while enjoying a night of fun at Dave & Buster's. (Bottom left) Longtime employee, Brooke Troute, trains the next generation of garden center employees, Mike Kalencik, on how to process incoming orders. (Bottom right) The Garden Barn's original store from 1981 sits on top of a photo of the company's current, state-of-art facility in Vernon. (Top) Precision X-ray staff pose for a photo. (Bottom left) Prior to founding Precision X-ray, CEO Brian Dermott is shown demonstrating a new X-ray system in the 1980s. (Bottom right) A Precision X-ray technician assembling the X-RAD touchscreen control panel at the North Branford facility. 2015 CONNECTICUT FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS CATEGORY: Fewer than 25 full-time Employees FINALIST 2015 CONNECTICUT FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS CATEGORY: Fewer than 25 full-time Employees FINALIST