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Some would say Jane Pintaric is a trail blazer having worked in a traditionally male dominated trade as one of the first female operators in a municipal water and sewer plant over a 13 year period advancing from a trainee to supervisor. Although satisfied with her choice of career, Jane always knew entrepreneurship was her destiny.
For the next 5 years Jane and her husband Johnny owned and operated a 6 bay automotive repair shop in Northern Alberta. They took a losing business and turned it around with sales of 1,000,000/year. “We had a five year plan and after that we knew we were selling the business and moving our family to the beautiful Okanagan.”
According to plan, four years ago this 30 year Fort McMurray family sold their thriving business and moved to Winfield, BC where Jane and her husband have now purchased a new family venture, Hillside Auto Services.
The true entrepreneur she is however, Jane still was not satisfied and seen a need for quality corporate and construction training. It was a natural link to partner with her father’s company CICT to open a satellite office in BC. As the Lead CICT Training Consultant for BC, Jane is responsible for establishing the business expansion within the province. “I consider family to be one of the most important things in my life. I am very excited to have the opportunity to work alongside my father and collectively expand the scope of the company”.
Jane believes being an entrepreneur is the only way to live. “You’re directly responsible for your own life and success; you either make it or break it”. Having challenged stereotypes and transformed gender based limiting beliefs, there is nothing she feels women can not do; “attitude is everything!”
Based on her life and own work experience, Jane wants other women to know that there are so many opportunities in business, industry, and trades that are not being tapped into and encourages women to step outside their own comfort zone and “don’t be afraid to do something out of the ordinary and be unconventional.”
For Jane, this was something that came easy to her. With a little chuckle, she reflects on her life journey and shares that she has always been a little unconventional. In high school she opted out of home economics to study industrial arts. Admittedly, Jane acknowledges it’s not always the easiest path, but one well worth traveling. “I want to be a role model for my 4 kids showing them it is possible to create a lifestyle of your dreams doing what you love to do” while also making a difference in the way people view gender roles by challenging society’s stereotypes.
One of Jane’s mantras is “if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got”. With success riding on her actions or inactions, Jane knows she must tap into her courage, stand in her power, hold her ground, and believe in her abilities to take risks and try new things in order to create successful results in her life and business. This is one of the qualities of being an entrepreneur Jane thrives on; she loves change and learning new things.
A true inspiration, Jane is a woman of influence and role model that has, and will continue to make positive change for women and girls interested in pursuing a career or business in unconventional trades and industries.
A constant inspiration and role model for Jane is her mother, Roaring Women Faye Glavine, who decided later in life to open a business and now has two thriving hair salons in Alberta. Encouraged by her mother, Jane recently became a member of the community and is looking forward to connecting with other entrepreneurial women, network, and build new friendships while supporting each other actively create safe, successful, and thriving businesses.
Written by Shannon Courtemanche-Cormier
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