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Q: As you start in the family company, what is a top priority? (Sean) I feel like Naumes's personal role in the community is to lead by example. We are a privately run fruit distributor, and we've been doing it for many, many years. We feel like giving back to the community is the least we can do. Q: What's your biggest challenge since joining the company? (Joe) The technical (issues)… we can't keep up with it enough. It really tests our patience, and we see a lot of our future technical needs coming from database [management systems]. It's a multifaceted part of our company that really likes to rear its head, so we gotta keep tabs on it. Q: What's your biggest challenge since joining the company? (Sean) Tech is really important. Joe and the tech department are helping us keep up on developments making our operation more effi cient. Hopefully, we can keep expanding it and actually bring it out into the fi eld. We've recently moved off of radio-based sys- tems and into iPhones, but we also need to increase effi ciencies across operations, either through tech or improvement of processes. Cost control is the name of the game. LAST BITE Young Growers will be featured here throughout 2014. Learn more at: goodfruit.com/yg. 62 APRIL 1, 2014 GOOD FRUIT GROWER www.goodfruit.com growers / Medford, Oregon " " " PLAY goodfruit.com/yg scan to watch the interview (Sean) age / 24 crops / Pears and vineyard education / Santa Clara University title / Operations and production assistant (Joe) age / 24 crops / Pears education / University of Advanced Technology in Arizona title / Information technology assistant Sean & Joe Naumes More of the Naumes interview is online at goodfruit.com/yg. photo & video by TJ Mullinax other info / Sean and Joe are triplets with their sister, Cynthia business / Naumes, Inc.