What do you get when you combine a devoted mother, unthwarted determination and drive, and a love of big trucks and concrete? Diane Macchio, Founder and President of DKN Ready Mix.DKN Ready Mix is a leading provider of ready mixed concrete services in the metropolitan New York City area. Named after her children and launched in 2008, DKN was born out of a determination to send her children to great colleges. Growing up in a “concrete family” and spending a decade learning the industry from the back office to the truck yard, a tenacious Macchio built her company up from three used trucks while loading at a competitors plant to opening her own concrete plant.In an industry dedicated to laying foundations and building structures, Diane Macchio is knocking down walls and, literally, paving the way for women and women-owned businesses in non-traditional industries. As a female entrepreneur in a male-dominated field, Diane has persevered through many challenges while staying true to herself and embracing and celebrating her femininity in the workplace; being known for wearing her high heels and well manicured nails while overseeing operations on the yard and in the plant.Through hard work, overcoming many obstacles and a “never quit” attitude, Diane Macchio has raised the standard of quality, integrity and customer service in the concrete industry. Her firm, DKN Ready Mix, is a certified woman business enterprise (WBE) with the City and State of New York and is registered with some of the largest agencies in the New York metropolitan area including the Port Authority of NY/NJ, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).