Forty Under 40 Stephanie Fuhrm

STEPHANIE FUHRMANN, 33

President, technology integration group Telamon Corp.

Since graduating from business school at the University of Texas eight years ago, Stephanie Fuhrmann has had only one employer.

At Telamon Corp., she has risen quickly through the ranks and now, at age 33, runs the Carmel-based company's largest business unit.

Fuhrmann joined Telamon, a telecommunications services provider, in 2002 as manager of its China operations. That position gave her oversight of the Kunshan and Shanghai mobile-device-repair facilities and put her face-to-face with Telamon's client base.

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The job called for quite a bit of travel and some odd hours. "It was a good thing I had that job when I was younger. I would work a full day, then get up in the middle of the night to talk with China," Fuhrmann recalled.

The long hours paid off. In a short amount of time, Fuhrmann turned the unit's loss into a profit. She also acquired valuable experience outside of her comfort zone as she coordinated clients' requirements with respect to the China operations.

"It was a good learning experience to learn the client side of things," she said. "I'm typically behind the scenes and kind of prefer that, so it forced me to get out there wholesale colthing and use my selling skills and networking skills."

Promotions soon followed. From 2006 to 2007, she served as director of corporate sourcing and inventory planning, overseeing $200 million of inventory and procurement.

Fuhrmann also served as executive director of customer relations and procurement before assuming her current role as president of Telamon's integration group in October 2008.

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With annual revenue of $268 million, the integration group represents 55 percent of Telamon sales. In 2008, Fuhrmann delivered a 10-percent cost reduction in her group, the only unit leader to do so.

With her career advancing uninterrupted for seven years, Fuhrmann took time off last fall to have a baby. A native of Carmel, she still lives in the area with her husband, Ryan.

With the addition of a child, Fuhrmann acknowledged that much has changed, and a good night's sleep is often the casualty. "I'm trying to get back to the old lifestyle, but there's just not enough hours in the day," she said.

The few hours that do remain are devoted to her favorite causes and organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation board. Fuhrmann, who took up dancing in her 20s, also serves on the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble board.

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