In his view, navigating this moment was a modern day demonstration of the company’s historic resilience, and how founder H.O. Hirt had to pivot time and time again in the first 50 years after starting the company in 1925, leading it through the depression and war time. “That same spirit of pioneering and service first, service to each other – that was demonstrated in real time, so H.O. never had to encounter a cyber attack, but if he had, I’m confident he would have done some of the same exact things I did,” Necastro said.
