Randy Kam supervises a group of 13 employees in fabrication at Martin Door Manufacturing. Here he checks on a FingerShield as it comes off the line.

" I want them to have fun, " Kam said of the 13 employees under his supervision. "There's enough stress. I want it to be fun to get the work done right, and make sure they do it in a structured way."

A six-year employee of MDM, Kam is a native of Cambodia. His family left his homeland while he was young and spent several years at a camp in Thailand, before he came to the U.S. in 1985.

He spent time in Chicago and Wisconsin before settling in Santa Ana, California----where Martin Door originated---where he graduated from high school and went to a junior college. He eventually made his way to Utah, where he started with Martin Door in 2001.

Kam, 37, worked on the raised panel press, before changing to the roll former, and eventually becoming supervisor of that department two years ago.

"I love it here at Martin Door. This is the place to help me to establish my home, my family and my career," Kam said. He earned his U.S. citizenship in 2002.

Kam credits Larry Martin with giving him a chance to learn new skills, and expand his ability. He said ongoing improvements, like SMED (single minute exchange of die) have helped Martin Door to build the world's finest door more quickly and efficiently.

Kam said the diversity among the Martin Door workforce is also an educational experience for him.

"As a supervisor you have to adapt to different people, to different cultures and to different attitude," he said

Randy and his wife, Mallai, are the parents of two children.