Spring has sprung—and that means it won’t be long until summer arrives, with all its attendant slathering of sunscreen, wearing of board shorts, picnicking and outdoor activities. In particular, the warmer weather means we can undo tarps, clean hulls and get our boats out onto the lakes and waterways. And for that, you can thank Designetics.

Each month, we sit down with a Designetics innovator to talk about his or her career, what makes fluid applications systems at Designetics special, and topics relevant to the fluid applications industry. This month: Director of Sales Brad Spraw.

As the premier provider of fluid application systems and solutions, we have long been aware of the responsibilities leadership brings—after all, we have been at the forefront of the fluid application industry for decades. However, we learned long ago that leadership isn’t merely being number one in an industry. For us, leadership takes on a number of directions:

As a leader in fluid application systems and solutions, Designetics believes it’s not enough to just focus on providing superior products in the marketplace; it cultivates its employee base to be the best it can be. To that end, the company provides a variety of personal growth initiatives to its employees throughout the year, in the form of Lunch and Learns, seminars and workshops, as well as health-based activities and educational opportunities.

When you’re the premier provider of fluid application systems and solutions—as well as fluid applicators, brush applicators, channel applicators and applicator tips—you can be assured that your fluid applicators and systems touch all sorts of manufacturing processes, industries and end products. That’s the case with us. After all, we invented the fluid application industry when we were tasked with a way to create repeatable, even and rapid fluid application for automotive windshields decades ago.