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Working Through Tough Times

im Gubera may seem like an unlikely CEO for Pirtek. The industrial-services franchise performs hydraulic and industrial hose repair. But Gubera doesn’t have an engineering background. She was trained as an accountant, and she joined the company in 2016 as corporate controller. In 2019, when she was promoted to CEO, she was apprehensive about leading a company

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