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Stacey Bales

For as long as she can remember, Bales has been part of Stacey’s life. She’s cleaned offices, answered phones, worked in shipping and receiving, in sales — even spent time masking and blasting on the floor. President of Bales since January 2010, Stacey now drives the company’s long-term strategic vision and is responsible for financial […]

Joe Krueger

Versatile, solutions-driven Business Driver and Change Agent with deep tech savvy, financial acumen and communication skills. Significant success leveraging strong operational, analytical and problem solving abilities to ensure profitable outcomes for different manufacturing entities. Throughout my career in senior management, I have built and cultivated strategic alliances, integrated state-of-the-art enterprise strategies and consistently accelerated expansion […]

Joe Rocco

Joe serves as President and CEO of Eastek. Joe has been with the organization since 2004. Over that time he has been building a dynamic, international, diverse and highly qualified team that spans the globe and cultures to bring Eastek customers the best possible service in the complex world of contract manufacturing. Building the Eastek […]

Aaron Wiegel

Aaron Wiegel was born into manufacturing. His grandfather founded Wiegel Tool Works (WTW) in 1941. Aaron started working at Wiegel Tool Works packaging parts while he was in grade school and later working in multiple departments. He attended Purdue University to study Mechanical Engineering and later transferred to Northern Illinois University where he received his […]

Kathy Miller

Kathryn E. Miller is Owner and President of HST Materials, a fabricator and converter of rubber, plastic and tape materials used as custom seals and gaskets by OEMs.  Since 1987, HST has been providing custom die cut sponge, rubber and plastic parts for a variety of customers in industries such as lighting, automotive and food […]

Eddie Lou

Eddie is the CEO and one of the founders of Shiftgig, the mobile marketplace that connects people with business shifts. An experienced organizational leader with exceptional talent for meshing the right ideas with the right people, Lou is poised for another success story in Shiftgig. Formerly a general partner with OCA Ventures, Lou invested in […]

Kelly Conway

Kelly Conway is the President and CEO of Mattersight Corporation. Kelly started the company in 1994, as a division of a then-public company, Technology Solutions Company (TSC). Then known as eLoyalty Corporation, Kelly led the spin-out of the company in 2000, when it became a separate, NASDAQ-traded, public company. Prior to joining TSC in 1994, […]

Erik Freitag

Royal Die & Stamping is a leading provider of superior components for the automotive, electronics and telecommunications industries. Metal stamping, assembly, injection & insert molding and prototyping are our specialty. Royal Die & Stamping Company will design and maintain a manufacturing process to produce our customers’ products that meet or exceed the desired requirements at […]

Ross Manire

Ross W. Manire brings more than 30 years of business management, finance and leadership experience to the company. Prior to founding ExteNet Systems, Manire was President, Enclosure Systems Division of Flextronics International, Ltd., a multi-billion dollar electronics manufacturing services company. The Enclosure Systems Division was responsible for the manufacture and integration of electronic packaging systems […]

Steve Kolber

A senior partner at FGMK, Steve advises clients on financial issues, loan negotiation and capital needs, as well as budgets, controls and operational improvements.  He is also a member of FGMK’s Executive Management Committee. Steve’s industry expertise includes real estate, wholesale distributors, manufacturing, healthcare and services. His background includes roles at Coopers & Lybrand and […]