Last fall Mack hosted two new Oracle employees as part of that company’s special Mechanical Apprenticeship Program – this is the story of how this unique experience helped foster personal and professional growth in two organizations!
Jonathan Whitney Promoted to Director of Business Development at Mack
ARLINGTON, Vt. (June. 14, 2016) – Mack Molding, a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services, announced today Jonathan Whitney, a seasoned Mack sales team member and experienced engineer specializing in plastics and medical devices, has been promoted to director of business development.
“Since he first arrived at Mack, Jon has played a significant role in shaping our diverse customer base,” said Mack Molding Sales & Engineering Vice President Joan Magrath. “He came to us with great depth of knowledge in plastics and medical devices, as well as contract manufacturing. That breadth, coupled with Jon’s business and technical strengths, helped drive growth in several key markets. Jon is a valuable contributor, and this promotion highlights his talents and the strategic insight he will provide as we look to target new industries and technologies.”
Whitney, who joined Mack in 2013 as a business development manager for the New England region, will report to Magrath and be responsible for developing new accounts and sales growth for Mack’s northern operations along with management of its business development team. Additionally, he will liaise with internal and external design resources on business development matters.
Prior to Mack, he was senior project manager for the design, development and commercialization of cardiovascular devices at Abiomed. Other engineering experience was earned during his service at Gyrus ACMI, Alkermes and Raytheon, where he earned a green belt six-sigma certification. Whitney holds an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.; a masters in engineering management from Tufts University in Boston; and a bachelors in plastics engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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Contact: Larry Hovish
(802) 375-0772
larry.hovish@mack.com
Mack Reaps Rewards of Workforce Cultivation Efforts
COMPANY SEES CROP OF FORMER INTERNS RETURN AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
ARLINGTON, Vt. (June. 14, 2016) – Mack Molding, a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services, announced today three former interns are returning to the Company as full-time employees, highlighting its outreach efforts to cultivate the next generation of talent needed to drive manufacturing in the Northeastern United States.
St. Lawrence University graduate Britney Coley has joined Mack as a program coordinator along with Hudson Valley Community College’s Matt Comar, who has returned to Mack as a finishing technician. Additionally, Peter Bush, a recent graduate of the University of Vermont, will be joining the team as a quality engineer.
“It is with great excitement and pride that we welcome these three talented young professionals back to Mack,” said Mack Molding President Jeff Somple. “During the last several years we have put significant effort into building a sustainable workforce by encouraging the next generation of engineers, technicians and professionals. It is important not only as a manufacturer, but as a Vermont business, to show students just how rewarding a career in manufacturing – and a life in Vermont – can be. We have started with children as young as kindergarten, through high school and of course our internship program and today, as sure as salmon returning to their home stream, we know our work to establish a sustainable workforce is paying off.”
For Coley, whose father works as a manufacturing engineer at Mack’s East Arlington facility, Mack is in her blood, even if she did not originally intend to enter the family business.
“It really started because my father worked here,” she explained, “but the more time I spent at Mack the more I grew to love it. With a bachelor of science degree in biology and psychology my original notion was to get into medicine, but through my experience at Mack I had an epiphany that medical devices represented a good mix for me – allowing me to merge my passions for manufacturing and medicine.”
As a program coordinator in the Company’s growing medical device sector, Coley works with cutting edge technology. She helps maintain program schedules and records, facilitates document control tasks and interface with customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team from across the organization focused on launching new products, improving performance and ultimately achieving Mack’s mission of Total Customer Satisfaction. During her time as a Mack intern, Coley worked for both the compliance, and sales and engineering, departments, developing a keen understanding for Mack’s processes, as well as customer requirements and exposure to U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards. A member of St. Lawrence University’s Class of 2016, Coley also was an accomplished student, studying abroad in Denmark to gain a better understanding of the global healthcare market. She also served as secretary for the National Panhellenic Conference and was career and personnel director for the Epsilon Kappa Chapter of the Chi Omega Fraternity.
Comar, who studied advanced manufacturing at Hudson Valley Community College has been interning at Mack since May 2015. A graduate of Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vt., he also gained experience at Loomis Auto in Bennington. He brings experience in Solidworks and Mastercam software, as well as knowledge of CNC mills, lathes and manual machine tools. As a finishing technician, Comar will perform set-ups of various processes, including pad printing, milling and sonic welding, as well as maintain and troubleshoot equipment to maximize efficiency and quality of production.
As a quality engineer, Bush will be ensuring Mack’s work meets the high demands of its customers, supporting operations from new business development through product launches and realization all the way through program end of life. Previously a sales and engineering intern at Mack, he has experience in planning, preparing and organizing resources for class 3 medical device product development studies and facilitating related communication between manufacturing, quality and management.
To date, Mack has hosted close to 100 interns from schools like UVM, WPI, RPI and RIT. While a few have previously returned to take on full-time positions, the Class of 2016 represents the largest group to date to formally bring their careers to the Company.
“We are hosting another 18 interns this summer,” Somple said, “and as with Britney, Matt and Peter, we can only hope to be a positive influence on their pathway to becoming young professionals in their own right, and hopefully illustrating the exciting opportunities available to them in our region and industry.”
Additional New Hires
Mack also is pleased to announce the following additions to its team.
The Mack Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., has welcomed Chris Donza to the IT team as a systems administrator. Donza is responsible for installing and maintaining new and existing hardware, software, storage and other systems to ensure their integrity and continuous access. He brings an extensive background in network administration having previously served as IT technician for the Bennington School District in Bennington, Vt. He is CompTIA A+ certified and gained previous technical experience as a freelance RF technician, as well as with Wild Oats Food Market in Williamstown, Mass., and Rainbow Network Communications in Bethpage, N.Y.
Tom Jackson has joined the manufacturing engineering team at Mack’s headquarters in Arlington, Vt, as a manufacturing engineer. Jackson has a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in mathematics from the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. Jackson is responsible for manufacturing engineering requirements related to an important new disposable medical device kit production. He most recently worked at Keurig Green Mountain in Waterbury, Vt., in design and project engineering.
Simon Leavitt has joined Mack’s Cavendish, Vt., facility, as a manufacturing engineer providing manufacturing engineering support for a number of customer programs, including the introduction of new/re-engineered products. Leavitt is returning to Mack after having previously served as quality engineer at Mack’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt. Besides an intimate knowledge of Mack, he brings extensive product development and engineering experience from working with Bob White Systems Inc. and ReKnew Energy Systems, both of South Royalton, Vt. A graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., Leavitt has a degree in mechanical engineering.
The Mack Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., welcomes Richard Turner to the team as a manufacturing engineer in the Company’s growing medical device business. Turner, who brings more than 25 years of engineering and manufacturing systems experience, will be responsible for combining an analytical approach with creative thinking to shepherd programs from concept through prototyping and clinical evaluations to phase in and ramp up – ensuring good initial design will be complimented by the ability to replicate it at scale. Prior to Mack, Turner served as a manufacturing engineer supervisor/industrial engineer, and more recently manufacturing engineering manager, for Plasan North America in Bennington, Vt. During his career, he also built his skill set at NSK Steering Systems America in Bennington, Vt.; as well as at J.S. McNamara and Utica Engineering Company in Shelby Township, Mich. Turner has a bachelor of science in engineering degree with a focus on mechanical engineering from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Ann Wedell has joined the Mack team as a quality engineer at the Company Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., providing support during new business development, as well as new and existing programs. A graduate of the University of Dayton, Wedell has a bachelor of chemical engineering degree. Prior to Mack, she gained quality and engineering experience as an intern at Alliant Tech Systems in Beavercreek, Ohio, and a process engineer with International Paper in Rome, Ga. Most recently, she served as a process engineer with Dedert Corporation in Homewood, Ill., where she worked closely with project management, performing various calculations and project specifications to ensure critical specs were met.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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Contact: Larry Hovish
(802) 375-0772
larry.hovish@mack.com
Meet Mack in the Big Apple at MD&M East
Summer is nearly here, which means Mack has turned its gaze to New York City and next week’s MD&M East show taking place June 14-16 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
What we are most excited about is seeing you, which is why we are extending an invitation to our friends, old and new, to take advantage of free expo admission.Simply specify the Promo Code “GUEST” when registering. Alternatively you can print this email and bring it with you to the event.
If you would like to schedule a specific meeting time in our booth, please contact your business development manager, or Joan Magrath, Vice President of Sales & Engineering, at joan.magrath@mack.com or (802) 375-0312.
The MD&M East expo floor is your central hub to share ideas, challenges, and solutions with over 5,000 medtech professionals
The Mack senior management and sales teams are putting the final touches on its preparations, including some of the latest products we are manufacturing that illustrate our full complement of abilities as a full-service contract manufacturer with specialties in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, machining and turnkey system assembly. Whether you are interested in Mack Medical, Mack Molding, Mack Technologies, Mack Prototype or Synectic Engineering, our vertically integrated services have been organized to benefit your business throughout the product life cycle.
We look forward to seeing you in the Big Apple – you can find us at Booth No. 1709!
Mack Adds Talent
ARLINGTON, Vt. (Feb. 9, 2016) – Mack Molding, a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services, has announced the addition of several new employees across the organization.
Mack saw solid revenue growth in 2015 to more than $310 million, and today the Company employs 1,800 people worldwide. The staffing additions increase Mack’s expertise and position the organization to better serve the needs of its customers.
“We have had three consecutive years of excellent growth,” said Mack Molding President Jeff Somple, “and part of our strategy to promote the sustainable expansion of our business includes having the right resources in place to ensure our, and our customers’, success. One of the challenges facing manufacturers in 2016 is the ability to attract and retain high-quality, skilled professionals and engineers. We are very excited about the latest additions to our team and believe they illustrate the strength of Mack’s reputation as an industry leader.”
Natasha Aggarwal has joined the Company as a program manager at Mack Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., bringing expertise in biomedical and material sciences to the position. Prior to Mack, she gained experience in product development, process development and quality engineering at companies like Memry Corporation and Nitinol Devices and Components. She has a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering, as well as materials science engineering – both from the University of California, Irvine.
The Mack South team has hired Jared Barilovits as a manufacturing engineer at the Company’s Inman, S.C., facility. A recent mechanical engineering graduate from The University of South Carolina, Barilovits previously interned for the Koyo Corporation of USA where he gained experience working with 3D CAD models and machine tool drawings, including designing a grinding wheel changeover press table to address safety concerns.
Dennis Becker has joined Mack as a manufacturing engineer at the Company’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt. Becker – who most recently worked at Philips Medical Systems, MRI, where he was responsible for electronic and mechanical test equipment design, development and documentation, test methods and procedures, data acquisition systems and relational database activities – previously spent nine years with Mack as a manufacturing engineer. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in engineering, test, manufacturing and continuous improvement. Becker has a Six Sigma Greenbelt and is trained in Lean Process Design and Kaizen Continuous Improvement. He has a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., and a master of science in administration from Saint Michael’s College in Winooski, Vt.
Brittanie Bradley has accepted the position of program coordinator at Mack’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt. A recent graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she received a bachelor of architecture (Professional), Bradley previously interned with Mack. During her tenure as an intern, she worked on ISO 14001 research and implementation, electronic record retention of device history records from orthopedic parts and instrumentation and technical writing for marketing use.
Brian Earley has joined Mack’s Southern Division as a business development manager based in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Early, who previously served as a program manager and a manufacturing engineer at the Mack Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., brings an intimate understanding of the Company’s customers and operations to the role. He has a bachelor of science in human resource management from The New School.
Joshua Grossett has accepted the position of tooling engineer with Mack’s Southern Division at the Company’s Inman, S.C., facility. A recent mechanical engineering graduate from Clemson University, Grossett previously served as a production engineering intern with TD Automotive Compressor Georgia where he was responsible for making modifications to the die cast, machining and assembly lines to increase production volume, reduce cycle times, accommodate new part types and promote safety.
Rachel Ivey has joined Mack as a program coordinator at the Company’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt. Prior to Mack, lvey most recently served as assistant project manager with Muratec Machinery USA at GlobalFoundries’ Malta, N.Y., facility. She also gained experience in audit reconciliation with GE Research and Development, as well as document control and tool installation with AM Technical Solutions at GlobalFoundries. Ivey has a bachelor of applied arts and science from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Joseph Paul has joined Synectic Medical Product Development, a Mack Molding company based in Milford, Conn., focused on engineering design and development, as a senior design engineer. Paul brings nearly 40 years of design experience in product development from conceptualization through production, including 3D design, concept exploration, bread boarding and design for manufacturing (DFM). He has been involved in development of assembly tooling, fixturing and process flow, and has experience in a broad scope of industries, including medical devices, electro mechanical devices, power tools, hand tools and a wide variety of consumer products.
Mack’s Southern Division recently appointed Aaron Prevette to the position of quality engineer at the Company’s Statesville, N.C., facility. Prior to Mack, Prevette served as a quality engineer at ASMO, an automotive industry supplier, where he was responsible for providing root cause/counter measurement investigation, as well as improvements for process and quality system matters. During his career, Prevette has built a strong track record of focusing on customer quality and internal quality improvement. He has a bachelor of science in engineering technology from Western Carolina University.
Alysha Marie Roberts has accepted the role of receptionist at the Company’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt. Roberts, who received a bachelor’s degree in business technology and management experience from Vermont Technical College in Randolph, Vt., has a strong background as a receptionist and in event planning. Prior to Mack, Alysha most recently served as assistant director of weddings and private events at Hildene in Manchester, Vt.
Mack’s Southern Division has appointed Matthew Sayler as an account manager at the Company’s Statesville, N.C., facility. Sayler – who has done product development for OEMs such as Trojan, Trane and Husqvarna – has strong a skill set with Autodesk Moldflow, Solidview and Auto Cad along with nearly 10 years of custom injection molding, program management, manufacturing engineering and product development experience. He has a bachelor of science in chemical engineering with an emphasis in material science from Michigan Technological University.
Jim Varney recently joined the Company as a quality engineer at Mack’s Headquarters in Arlington, Vt., bringing more than 20 years of experience in medical devices, manufacturing, quality and project management with companies like Smiths Medical, Boston Scientific and CR Bard. Prior to Mack, Varney most recently worked for Meatrics Compliance and Quality Consultants as senior compliance specialist and complaint investigation engineer for DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson company. He has a bachelor of science in industrial technology from Keene State College in Keene, N.H.
About Mack Molding
Mack Molding is a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 11 facilities throughout the world. Don Kendall is CEO and chairman. For more information, go to www.mack.com.
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Contact: Larry Hovish
(802) 375-0772
larry.hovish@mack.com
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