ist magazine November 2021

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Mike Hazen Equipment Sales Executive, Heartland Tanning 7 Questions with

How and when did you get involved in the tanning industry? I’ve been working in the industry since 1996. For ten years, I worked for Nutri-Tan, which was a Kansas City area salon chain owned by Don DeWit and also worked for his distribution company, AWTS (A Wholesale Tanning Supply). For the past 16 years, I have worked with Greg and Brad Henson and Tammy Reed at Heartland Tanning. What was your very first job? I was a busboy at Perkins Restaurant in Grandview, MO.

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? A Chicken Bowl with rice and cheese from Chipotle. How would your friends describe you? They would say I am a very reliable family man who works hard. Do you hit the snooze button or wake up immediately? What’s a snooze button? (LOL) I wake up at 6:30am every morning, except on the weekends.

What do you like most about your job at Heartland Tanning? The people I work for are truly family – it’s a family environment. The owners Greg and Brad, along with Tammy, do everything they can to help all the employees and give us a workplace where we can strive to be the very best we can in our jobs. What is one of your pet peeves? I would probably say it is not giving your all – I hate wasted talent or time. Everything you do in life and in work, do it 100%. ■

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