Recognition Wednesday: Maria's One Year Anniversary!

Congratulations to Maria Cano for celebrating her one year anniversary with Preferred!

Rock Star Employees!

We love our employees at Preferred and are so happy when they get positive feedback from our clients.  Here is a recent comment on Rachel in our Maintenance Department.  Way to go Rachel!  

"Hi Robert,

Rich and I just wanted to tell you what a good experience we have had getting to know all of  the folks at Preferred, including Rachel Hansberger.

We have signed a contract with you all that Rachel put together for us for ongoing maintenance.  She listened very well and took our suggestions to heart regarding what we wanted done and how frequently we wanted the maintenance.  Moreover, she is knowledgable about your products and makes helpful suggestions for problem solving.

She has always been totally professional, prompt and courteous, and we look forward to working with her for some time to come.

You are lucky to have someone who is so knowledgable about customer service in a service industry.  You all have lots of competition.  Rachael clearly gives you a leg up on meeting or beating the folks you are up against.

We are hoping that we are able to maintain our relationship with Preferred through Rachel and you both."

~Susan H

Recognition Wednesday: Diana Esqueda

Diana Esqueda has done an outstanding job of working with the H2B workers and getting them "in-processed", this is a crazy, time consuming task that requires attention to detail. She has gone above and beyond the call of duty to be in early and stay late to work with these employees and help get our crews ready for the Holiday season. While completing these extra tasks she has managed to stay on point with most of her day to day duties and still get payroll processed seamlessly. Way to go Diana.

Congrats to Nieves who is celebrating his 5 year anniversary with Preferred!

Nieves is a Commercial Landscape Estimating, Sales and Design Representative for Preferred Landscape and Lighting, a boutique firm based in San Antonio, Texas. He focuses on growing Preferred’s commercial landscape presence. Nieves’ client list consists of some of the largest General Contracting firms in San Antonio. Although his skill is in landscape design, his interests are in expanding urban green spaces for the San Antonio Community to enjoy, water conservation, and sustainable development. 

Nieves grew up in the Austin, Texas area, received his BA in International Relations from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, and is currently an MBA in Sustainable Systems candidate at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Seattle, Washington. Nieves is a 2010 graduate of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber’s Alexander Briseño Leadership Development Program, and currently in Class 38 of Leadership San Antonio.

Congratulations to Darryl!

We would like to congratulate Darryl Cook on his recent promotion to Vice President and General Manager of Preferred Landscape and Lighting LLC; part of the Millard Group of companies. Darryl has worked for Preferred for over 16 years and was an owner in the company prior to merging with the Millard Group.  Darryl was the first employee for Preferred, and has done almost every job at the company.  At 26 years old he left the wine business to mow lawns on the weekends and work his way into ownership of the fledgling company.  Now he heads up the 8mm plus a year sales and operations for Preferred Texas.  Most recently Darryl managed the significant growth of the Landscape Lighting and Residential Sales/Design Team. 

“I’m so proud to work with a group of people that are considered the best in the industry.  This group has propelled Preferred through one of the worst recessions in this Nation’s history and has come out the other side stronger and more able than ever.  Our amazing people are the reason we have such great customers and will continue to be the reason for our future success.”

Darryl is very involved in the community and currently serves on the board of the North Chamber Leadership Lab Alumni.  Preferred encourages all of their employees to engage in the community though various business, social, and nonprofit organizational memberships.