“From Rage to Redemption”- The Grass Valley Union

Titan America, CNC Machining Experts, Industrial Place, near Lake of the Pines. Titan Gilroy, CEO, Owner. Titan Gilroy holding a machine made item at the shop, and one of his paintings on the wall. Photo Credit – John Hart/jhart@theunion.com | The Union

From rage to redemption

Local manufacturer airs reality show, displays ability to push limits

Talk to Titan Gilroy about his life and try not being inspired.

From being a hungry and homeless child, to a young championship boxer serving heavy prison time, Gilroy has lived a roller coaster life, yet defied all odds in persevering through tough times, and finding redemption in changing lives through his own high-end manufacturing business in Grass Valley, Titan America CNC Machine Experts.

“I had been around violence my whole life,” Gilroy said. “I was around certain people and went in the wrong direction. I couldn’t get the streets out of my system, I didn’t know how to be a man. I didn’t have brothers or a dad, I did it my own way, but as soon as I got on the right path things became far bigger than I could have ever imagined.”

Hurricanes and Homemade Boogie Boards

What happens when your about 10 years old, a hurricane is headed toward your home island, and you have no money in your pockets? If you’re TITAN, you use the industrious and innovative mind you’ve been given to create some lasting memories.

Catch a glimpse into the simple and exciting beginnings of TITAN’s story as he recounts some memories from Charley Young Beach in Kihei on the island of Maui.

*A special thanks goes out to “The Hilytes” for their original song in this clip

Maui Skimmers- BOOM!

While on his trip to the home island of Maui, TITAN revisits a childhood friend, Brent Edwards of Maui Skimmers. What he receives from Brent ends up being a fully AMERICAN BUILT gift, customized just for TITAN!

TITAN Uses His Platform to Change Lives

As a high school student at St. Anthony’s TITAN remembers his friend Vince Razzo.
Though their early years looked quite different from each other, their later teenage years were similar.

Vince recalls, “My childhood was very blessed, with 2 parents who love me dearly, they gave me every opportunity to succeed in life. Growing up, I played baseball, soccer, football and basketball. I believe playing sports kept me out of trouble when I was in school. As a teenager, that all took a sharp turn when I got into a fight at a party. The host of the party was upset and threatened to beat me up with a bunch of his friends. I got scared and started to hang out with my cousin for protection. I knew he would protect me because my cousin was part of a gang. This grew into a life surrounded by gangs, violence, and destroying my body with drugs. Once I got started, I couldn’t stop. I found myself using drugs that were available to me, which were plenty. But it didn’t stop there. Before I knew it, I ended up selling and trafficking drugs in order to support the major drug habit I had created. Destruction only bred more destruction. In 2002, the police raided my parent’s house and found all kinds of drugs and drug paraphernalia scattered throughout. I was charged with Promotion of a Dangerous Drug in the 1st degree. In 2004, I was sentenced to 20 years. Looking back now, it all happened so quickly.”

“Titan Gilroy Stresses a Made In America Theme”- The Sacramento Bee

Titan Gilroy on Thursday tapes an episode of his new television series, “TITAN American Built,” at his Grass Valley machine shop. The series will make its debut at 7 p.m. Friday on the MAVTV cable network, carried locally by Dish and DirecTV. Photo Credit – HECTOR AMEZCUA/HAMEZCUA@SACBEE.COM

Grass Valley manufacturing titan featured in new TV series

CEO Titan Gilroy stresses a ‘Made-in-America’ theme

The first thing you need to know about Titan Gilroy is, yes, that’s his real name.

As owner and CEO of Titan America MFG in Grass Valley, Gilroy is about to embark on a journey that few would associate with a machine shop boss: He’s starring in his own TV show.

Gilroy, a former top amateur boxer and a former prison inmate, is the focal point of “TITAN American Built,” which will make its series debut at 7 p.m. Friday on the MAVTV cable network.

MAVTV, owned by Lucas Oil Products Inc. and headquartered in Corona, is carried locally by Dish and DirecTV. The cable channel features decidedly macho fare, including motor sports, cage fighting and numerous automotive-themed shows.

TITAN’s Now Fighting for America

While on a visit to his home island of Maui, TITAN visits an old friend’s gym, The 808 Gym. His friend John Kekino is there molding men and women to be more than just fighters, but rather men and women of FAITH.

This clip features Zach “The Hurricane” Zane who was training for an upcoming fight at the time. Catch a rare glimpse of TITAN putting on the gloves for just a few moments in the cage! The full episode, including this clip, will air on Friday, November 28th, only on MAVTV.

Enjoy!
#FightingforAmerica

Titan’s Story Manufactures Hope for Teens

It seems that the thread of redemption in Titan’s life finds its way into others’ lives, shaping their futures. Perhaps it’s contagious. Hang around him long enough and you just might experience it too.

“That night when I met Titan in the grocery store three years ago, he said we were meeting for something greater than just us. Let’s do something BIG, he said…I just never knew something like this would happen though, it’s crazy.”

Mike Tablit’s words set the stage for a collision of hope and promise. Throw in the ingredients of industry leading companies like GoEngineer and Stratasys, and you have yourself a great story.

Tale of a Young Boxer’s Redemption

A Tale of a Young Boxer’s Redemption Titan Gilroy’s first act began on the run. His mother fled to Hawaii to escape an abusive husband. And despite a few years of homelessness, she managed to keep her children in school. The move was a difficult adjustment for Mr. Gilroy and his sister, who were picked on for being outsiders.Mr. Gilroy took up boxing as a way to defend himself. He eventually earned a reputation for being a tough fighter, but that gift got him expelled from several public schools. He was finally admitted to a private Catholic high school, working part time to help pay the tuition.

After graduating in 1988, Mr. Gilroy was discovered by a local boxing trainer, who sent him to train with Dick Saddler, former trainer for George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.A blossoming boxer, Mr. Gilroy fought as a sponsored amateur, winning 35 of 38 amateur bouts, including a number of amateur Golden Gloves tournaments. In 1991, he moved to Las Vegas to train with Olympic coaches at Top Rank Boxing, one of the biggest fight promoters in the U.S. One of his trainers, Mitch Hamp, says Mr. Gilroy was a good fighter with potential to do well. “That’s saying something since it’s a tough sport. I have very few success stories here,” he says. But before Mr. Gilroy could make his professional debut, he got into a fight at a nightclub and seriously injured two men. He was charged with assault and served three years prison.

After being released on parole in 1995, Mr. Gilroy half-heartedly returned to boxing at Top Rank, uncertain of what he wanted to do with his future. A few months later he got into a fight with a neighbor. He wasn’t charged, but being in handcuffs reminded him of how easily he could lose his freedom — and his wife and son, with whom he’d only recently reunited. Mr. Gilroy quit boxing the next day. “I told my manager ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ ” he says.The following year Mr. Gilroy moved his family to Northern California and took an entry-level job at Zinola Manufacturing, a small machine shop in Sunnyvale with nine employees. He didn’t know it at the time, but Mr. Gilroy had launched his second act. He had no previous machining

Made in China

Yes! That’s Right, I said it…”Made in China”… Look at those 3 simple words that we have become accustomed to seeing daily. They have become the norm… Pick up a toy, computer, phone… Look at most tags stitched into your clothing and you will see these 3 words put together. They are little but represent the cancer cells that have entered into the American body. WOW, you might think that is a little extreme but let me tell you the Truth… America, has been falling apart and we are to blame. You see, roughly about 10 years ago the United States of America fought hard to get China accepted into the “WTO”. The (World Trade Organization). The WTO is a partnership between the top trading Countries. In this partnership, rules have been put in place and all partners trade goods and products back and forth to each other (Exporting & Importing). Being in this organization benefits everyone. The WTO enforces Labor & Trading laws to create a safe and equal playing field for all involved. If a Country fails to play by the rules… Penalties will be put on them and they will suffer economically.

Our View

OUR VIEW – “Engineering firm is the type of business Auburn airport needs” Titan Engineering, a business that’s growing swiftly in a competitive business climate, is the kind of tenant city and county economic development proponents should be pursuing at the Auburn Airport Industrial Park.Owner Titan Gilroy has grown his high-end machining enterprise over the past three years with a mixture of business smarts and dedication to his employees that’s admirable.Titan Engineering made a recent move from smaller quarters in the Lake of the Pines area to three buildings totaling 30,000 square feet at the Industrial Park.