Business Chief USA February 2019

CONSTRUCTION
FUTURE PLANS
With the future in mind, Schaap affirms
Aligned Energy remains on the lookout
for potential expansion opportunities
outside of its existing U.S. locations in
Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ, and Salt Lake
City, UT, as well as abroad. “We’re actively
looking for the next opportunity all the
time and we’re really interested in what
our clients are doing so we ensure we
spend a lot of time talking to them
directly,” says Schaap. “We will also
use our great capital and infrastructure
to go a little bit further and be more
responsive to our core elements.
I believe you’ll see us continue to grow
and continue to land into new markets.
As we move forward, expanding
internationally is absolutely on our radar
and we’re ensuring that we pay close
attention to the latest trends worldwide.”
Schaap believes that the company’s
success is largely due to the great
teamwork and drive within Aligned
Energy, which have enabled customers’
needs to be met. “The team here is
so important. We’re attracting and
retaining great talent and the culture
is focused on innovation, inclusion and
customer-centric support. Everybody
wants to go to sleep at night knowing
“The team here is
so important. We’re
attracting and
retaining great
talent and the
culture is focused
on innovation,
inclusion and
customercentric
support”
—
Andrew Schaap,
Chief Executive Officer, Aligned Energy
that they did right by the clients,” explains
Schaap. “We empower teams to execute
and perform on behalf of the clients.
You don’t have to ask for permission
or forgiveness as long as you’re taking
care of the customer. Through our
empowerment program, we’ve emboldened
a lot of our operations and site
teams to make sure that they’re serving
the clients’ needs immediately.”
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