Meet Brent – our extraordinary owner and President!
In this posting, it is my absolute pleasure to be able to introduce you to our incredibly talented leader and company owner, Brent Reid. His official title is President, but if you’ve ever been lucky enough to know him, you know that he really does do everything imaginable in this business! Brent is the true definition of an integral person, with a definite problem solving, get-it-done mentality. He’s the driver of this business, and I can positively say the company wouldn’t be here without Brent. He learned a lot from his Dad, but at his young age he already knows so much more than his Dad did at this age – that’s a great progression of success for any family-owned business.
Brent is definitely known as the office furniture expert, in all ways imaginable (yes, of course I’m biased – I married him!).
When Brent answered the question about all the best parts of being a member (and leader) of the CSS work family naturally it is the nature of teamwork and the staff comradery. Brent has witnessed firsthand what great teamwork is and what it can accomplish. Working hard to build a culture of teamwork and integrity has been an important part of Brent’s development of CSS throughout his years as an owner.
No two days are the same, for anyone at CSS. You’ll hear this a LOT from us, our staff, and our clients! This is what Brent finds interesting about the industry – the variety of what your day can hold! Brent could be seen on-site doing a walk-through with a client to quote for an RFP (request for proposal), or be in the back shop completing a customer repair to a chair or desk, or driving and loading a truck – without a lie, we really do mean that no two days will ever be the same working at CSS or in our industry.
Spoken like a natural woodsman, Brent would spend his lottery winnings on an incredible hunting trip and a fly-in fishing trip – should I mention he loves any backwoods adventures, or did you get that already?
Which brings us perfectly onto the question he was asked about his favourite meal: a nice rare moose steak…I can also add he enjoys anything BBQ’d as Brent certainly masters this skill well too! He’s the one who handles the best of cooking for our company camping trips, and our employee social nights.
Brent enjoys a good ol’ IPA beer, which of course goes along well with everything that can cook on a BBQ. His go-to easy-to-find brand is Keith’s if you’re ever wondering what to surprise him with, that’ll be the winner-winner!
When Brent isn’t hustling and wearing all the hats possible for CSS, you will find him escaping to the forested woods west of Calgary, or anywhere that there’s mountains to be enjoyed. With lots of travelling on the backroads and forestry trunk roads, Brent is always a person who’s up for family time in the mountains, especially when it is outside of cell service!
As our staff spend lots of time in buildings, we like to ask the question: what’s your favourite building in downtown Calgary? Brent personally enjoys Jamieson Place, why? For obvious reasons that any office furniture company desires and longs for in all buildings: the best loading dock and direct access to the freight elevator! Always a solutions seeker, I’m not surprised that Brent’s building favourite is one that helps make CSS’ jobs and tasks easier. Something as simple as having indirect access from the loading dock to the buildings’ freight elevator can cause significant upset in a project.
Brent has been around to witness the company overcome many challenges, satisfy a whole lot of clients, supersede expectations, move thousands of people and manage office services for clients well beyond the Calgary area. Brent is in amazement when he steps back and takes a moment to realize the sheer volume of work that our talented crew has achieved. Not just in CSS’ 35+ years of business, but on any one project or service call.
Brent leads our team with distinction and courage, making sure our clients’ best interests are always taken care of. The volume of work that CSS can achieve as a crew is a direct reflection of Brent, the devoted leader of CSS.
The CSS Office Solutions Inc. Staff Spotlight series of introducing the world to the people behind the CSS scenes has been rewarding. Without our people, we aren’t a service company. Especially this time, writing the spotlight has been absolutely wonderful for me to showcase a little bit of who Brent Reid is, as a leader, as a company owner, and as a member of the CSS work family.
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If you’re interested in learning more about Brent’s expertise as it relates to his client relationships and services, furniture repairs or usefulness of such, don’t hesitate to contact our office to get in touch with him directly.
