Sound advice – Montana Tech grad, Chris Murphy applies engineering degree to business decisions

Giving out advice is always easy; accepting it is what’s difficult. "It’s a good thing I listened to my dad, because the decision to go to Montana Tech http://www.mtech.edu/ was one of the best I’ve made in my life," Chris Murphy said.

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Q. What goals or project are you most proud of?

A. Taking a company called Kiewit Materials Co. (an asphalt aggregate and concrete firm) from $40 million in annual revenues to $650 million in revenues and selling it to an international building materials company for about $700 million. I did not do this on my own, obviously, but it took a strong team and with that, you can accomplish a lot.

By Gerard O’Brien

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