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IEC NATIONAL RISING STAR AWARD

LEIGHLAND GUTIERREZ IEC NATIONAL 2019 AWARDS | INDIVIDUAL AND CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS

IEC Rocky Mountain

Leighland Gutierrez was honored with the Rising launch of a holiday program to pay field electricians at
Star Award. 1.5x rate when working on a federally observed holiday.
Successful implementation of safety training curriculum
Leighland is making a difference at Courtesy Electric delivered twice a year regionally. Finally, field implementation
Company and in the electrical industry as a whole. As Head of an in house developed web based application to
of Operations for Courtesy Electric Company in Denver, make scheduling, material and labor tracking efficient
Colorado. Leighland is continually striving to further impact for electrical contractors in new construction residential
the operational excellence and workforce development projects. Having not only a diversified talent population,
efforts of a company that has been in business since 1976. but a well-educated and safe generation of electricians
The population of workforce available has changed and as entering the industry is the main focus for Leighland.
electrical contractors and employers we need to evolve.
Leighland graduated from the University of Colorado at
Leighland came to the electrical industry with years of Boulder in 2005, where he completed a bachelors in Arts
experience in the dynamic and ever evolving Information & Sciences. Leighland has served on various boards &
Technology and Telecommunications fields. Leighland is councils, supporting the technology community as well as
focused on elevating the talent population in the skilled local education institutions. He has been a mentor for first
electrical trade. Working to attract, recruit and retain generation college students at the University of Colorado.
talent from various veteran communities and hard to In 2017 and 2018 Leighland served a committee of skilled
serve populations in Colorado. In 2019, Leighland was trades in Colorado to develop an internship program with a
able to architect and implement a new tuition assistance national home builder reaching out to Denver inner city and
program for apprentices attending IECRM, pursuing their non-traditional high school students. Serving on the IECRM
Journeyman’s license in Colorado. Development and roll Board of Directors has enabled him to positively impact the
out of a “Green Apprentice” pilot program offering tool kits skilled trades industry and community for years to come.
for new employees at no out-of-pocket cost. Successful

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