Shipley did not launch One Source Manufacturing with its current client base — primarily companies in the semiconductor and aerospace industries — in mind. Rather, his intentions were a bit simpler.

“I didn’t want a boss,” says Shipley. “I never thought this company would get this big. But what I wanted to do was be responsible for myself. I came out of semiconductor, so that’s where we started. From there, we [added] oil and gas for a little while, which was like doing business with a yo-yo. So, we got out.”

After expanding into manufacturing for the medical industry for 10 years, Shipley pivoted his company towards aerospace. “[Medical] wasn’t growing for us,” he explains. “It took too much of our resources for 20 percent of our revenue. There were a lot of rules and regulations, and it became more and more expensive to be in that market. It took about two years to get some traction in [aerospace].”