Mike James – From digging the hole to selling the whole

当Leica Geosystems机器控制销售专家Mike James走进客户办公室讨论挖掘机，Dozers和Pilers的最新技术时，他并没有以测量和测量为背景。他没有谈论GNSS和定位的复杂性。詹姆斯不会从精心制作的音调或价值陈述中出售。

James sells from experience – he sells the solutions as he knows them from first-hand use in the field.

“I don’t think of myself really as a salesperson. When I’m talking to customers, I’m still the guy out there digging the holes, sharing my experiences,” explained James. “Lots of times, the customers think I’m a surveyor at first. When I start to tell them how I actually used the solutions, likeLeica iCON iRD3,看到真正的储蓄,例如傅少32%el consumption, then my credibility with them automatically increases, and I can show the whole picture of what this technology does.”

Raised with machines

From an early age, James heard the calling for a career in construction. Around heavy machinery from the time he could walk, he (literally) cut his teeth in and around mechanics shops.

“小时候，当我的父亲（汤米）从事开放式煤炭开采工作时，我们四处走动。他会把我带到这些地点，我对大型设备着迷。”詹姆斯回忆道。“我一直都知道我想进入土木工程。”

With the family settling in the small village of Caldicot in South Wales, England, as a young teenager, James worked part-time with Tommy in the mechanic shop founded by his uncle, P.J. Gallagher, an Irish immigrant who returned from Canada to start the business. There, the young James grew up working on all sorts of machines and going on to study mechanical engineering in college.

Upon entering the workforce, James discovered the technology side of the heavy construction industry. Working as a manager in various machinery rental (for hire) businesses, he experienced just how much contractors and other heavy construction professionals could benefit from new innovations for the machinery he had grown up admiring.

“Working for well-known companies like Ambrose, Orford, McBurney and even in GE, I got to interact with many machine control solutions. When I saw how much it helped save resources and made sites safer, I knew this is where I wanted to be in the business,” remembered James. “Today, the heavy construction industry it at the start of its digitalisation journey and it’s a fast track. I’m seeing more customers used to traditional methods start to demand the technology that will connect their sites and help them reap the benefits of going digital across their business.”

Boots on the ground to loafers in the office

In his last position before joining Leica Geosystems, James learned first-hand just how valuable these types of innovations are to the industry. Working on theHinkley Point C詹姆斯在英国的核电站首次被引入利卡奇地理系统机器控制解决方案。作为世界上最大的建筑项目之一，Leica Geosystems Solutions可以在整个站点中找到。詹姆斯专门与挖掘机，小吃，压实和钻探器的莉卡图标机控制解决方案合作。

When the company James was working for closed the area offices, he was asked to join the Leica Geosystems machine control team by Neil Williams, the heavy construction business development manager assigned to the Hinkley Point C project.

“I met Mike working on the Hinkley project , and his enthusiasm and passion was infectious. When the opportunity came to have him join our team, it was a very simple decision,” said Williams. “We had a credible team in place and the only area I felt we needed additional skills was a working knowledge in heavy plant hire - a sector that dominates the U.K. market. The fast-paced world of plant hire takes a certain individual, one with a desire to always meet customer needs and go over and beyond to make things happen. Mike’s style and drive fitted our team ethos perfectly.

“He has extensive knowledge and contacts within this sector and can call upon this when required. Mike has learnt machine control and the wider survey industry quickly, and he brings a new style, dialogue and viewpoint to the team. He is keen to always learn new technology and has now gained a reputation as an industry go-to person for machine control in the region.”

脱离了他作为Leica Geosystems机器控制解决方案的直接用户的角色，并踏入该技术的倡导者是新的，但并不困难。詹姆斯（James）涵盖了英国南部地区，现在负责使用Leica GeoSystems机器控制解决方案为客户，经销商和OEM合作伙伴增加价值。

“I knew Leica Geosystems to be a progressive company from the technology I used on site at Hinkley Point C, and I knew I wanted to be a part of sharing those innovations from the start with my colleagues in the industry,” said James. “I go into every meeting with current and potential customers with the mindset of educating them on what this technology can do for them, how it can solve their pain points. Using my experience at Hinkley Point C, I can more easily establish trust with them, and that always makes the conversations easier.”

Bringing home the technology

当年轻的詹姆斯（James）聚集在一起争论哪个足球俱乐部更好（詹姆斯和富拉姆为汤米为汤米的利物浦）时，不可避免的商店谈话也出现了。在两次退休后，汤米不仅喜欢让人想起，而且喜欢与詹姆斯谈论今天的趋势。

“我给爸爸看了AR video from ConExpoand explained how our customers can now just plan their jobs from models on the screen, and he just can’t get his head around not having reference points or profiles,” explains James.

在他在英国工作的旅行中，詹姆斯遇到了许多认识汤米的人。他们记得沉重的设备运营商，他们对儿子印象深刻，现在正在向他们展示他的父亲多年来的工作如何使他们更加高效，富有成效和更安全，以实现最新的创新机器控制解决方案。