Black Excellence: Jim and Sheila Wallace and Karla Trotman
Electro Soft, Inc. (ESI) was founded by Jim and Sheila Wallace in 1986. ESI is dedicated to the creation and demonstration of linked component product lines, quality, and service. The company strives for the very best in all three areas and is dedicated to operating on a sound financial basis of profitability, growth, and increasing the overall value for customers and partners.
Electro Soft is expanding its sales in strategic areas like lead-free or RoHS assembly. The company’s focused strategy to provide quality and service at competitive prices and profitable rates has effectively positioned ESI to meet or exceed its client’s expectations.
Karla Trotman
Karla Trotman, Electro Soft’s CEO, has been with the company in one form or another since its founding in 1986. She started out cutting wire by hand and earned 25 cents an hour for sitting at a bench and using a ruler to mark the various lengths she had to make for her father. She graduated to stripping the wires, and eventually to helping operate the wave soldering machine.