Guy Courtin of Tecsys Inc. returns to share how post-COVID public awareness has transformed both supply chain and industrial sales.
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Danny:
- Well hello, and welcome to today's IndustrialSage Executive Series interview. I am joined by a familiar face, Mr. Guy Courtin who is back in the studio no less for another episode here. I'm super excited about this. If you aren't familiar with Guy, he came on before. It was a couple years ago. I think we've interviewed you a few times.
Guy:
- A few times, yes.
Danny:
- But Guy is the VP of industry and advanced technology at a company called Tecsys. Not to be confused with the state, I'm sorry we have to say that.
Guy:
- We're in Canada.
Danny:
- Okay, so polar opposite. So anyways, Guy, thank you so much for coming on the show again and also to be in person. I'm excited about that.
Guy:
- Danny, thanks for having me on the show. I guess the first few times I didn't screw up, and you've brought me back. But I'm really happy to be back, and to be back in person is fantastic.
Danny:
- Well it's super—yeah, I'm super excited about this. I'm excited to unpack, get into some of these things that we were talking about a little bit in the preshow. I think there's no lack of great content here. First and foremost, for me and for our audience who maybe is not familiar with Tecsys, what do you guys do?
Guy:
- Sure. First and foremost, we're a Canadian-based company. We are a supply chain company. We solve supply chain problems. We focus on a couple of big areas, healthcare, retail distribution. And when it comes to the solutions we provide, think of us as really helping solve a whole host of supply chain problems, so warehouse management, transportation, order management, things of that nature. Really exciting from that perspective of being able to provide solutions to customers' supply chain needs. We are, again, based in Montreal, Canada, but have global presence in Europe and elsewhere. I've been there now for almost a year. It's really exciting. I think we are continuing to grow, even during the pandemic. I look at the solutions that we have are really addressing today's needs for tomorrow's desires by our prospects and customers but also from their customers. That's who we are in a nutshell, and like you said, yes we're T-E-C-S-Y-S out of Montreal, not the great state of Texas.
Danny:
- Alright, perfect. Well good to know. Well it's supply chain. I keep hearing things about this. I don't know.
Guy:
- Yeah, it's funny. It's come up a lot recently in the past two years.
Danny:
- I don't know why, but I guess there's things. So let's talk about how things have changed a little bit since the last time you and I spoke, which I'm a little gray on when we—I think I ran into you at MODEX in 2020.
Guy:
- 2020, correct.
Danny:
- You came on in 2019, I think.
Guy:
- Correct.
Danny:
- What's changed?
Guy:
- A different world, right? Entirely different world. From my perspective, I think we all have lived it, so I'm not going to rehash it. But I think what has changed—maybe not necessarily what has changed, but what has been exposed by the pandemic is, I think, what we should focus on.