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Strumolo’s success at Gilbane built by strong work ethic

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Kimberley Edgar

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05/24/2024

CLIMBING THE LADDER: Kathryn Strumolo rose through the ranks at Gilbane Building Co., part of Gilbane Inc., from being an intern to currently the company’s New England support operations manager.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | TECHNICAL SERVICES: Kathryn Strumolo Gilbane Inc. New England support operations manager SEVENTEEN YEARS OF CARING, hard work and determination helped propel Kathryn Strumolo from college internship to prominent influence at Providence-based Gilbane Building Co., a division of Gilbane Inc. Strumolo, the New England support operations manager and

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2024 Business Women Awards WOMAN TO WATCH | TECHNICAL SERVICES: Kathryn Strumolo Gilbane Inc. New England support operations manager

SEVENTEEN YEARS OF CARING, hard work and determination helped propel Kathryn Strumolo from college internship to prominent influence at Providence-based Gilbane Building Co., a division of Gilbane Inc. Strumolo, the New England support operations manager and soon-to-be director of pre-construction, has taken what she learned at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and used her knowledge to help transform how the family-owned company engages with employees to deliver exceptional service. Three years ago, company leaders tapped Strumolo to lead a 40-person structural reorganization of Gilbane’s New England division within Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Since then, she has managed all the functions under the pre-construction umbrella, including estimating, interdisciplinary document control, purchasing, scheduling, and virtual design and construction. Along with improved employee engagement, Strumolo has fostered upgrades to types and quality of services Gilbane provides clients. The reorganization has proven so successful under her leadership that other divisions at Gilbane are following her department’s model. “When you have a good combination of determination and you add in some hard work, you can be successful on the path you choose, not a career path that’s chosen for you,” she said. With her educational background in civil and fire-protection engineering, Strumolo sought to intern with Gilbane after she saw construction crews working near WPI’s campus. She remained, forging her own path and taking on many roles, including field and leadership positions, showing company leaders that employees can succeed on nontraditional paths. Worcester’s trial-court project, Bank of America Corp.’s updates to its New England call centers and branches, life sciences construction and TD Garden’s $90 million renovation – begun in 2019 – count among a lengthy list of Gilbane projects bearing Strumolo’s fingerprints. “You wouldn’t recognize it; we’ve done so much in the last five years,” Strumolo said.