Founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative after being president of high-end machine tool maker GF Machining Solutions for 22 years. Awards include: Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame, Quality Magazine’s Quality Professional of the year, SPE’s Mold Designer of the Year. Participated actively in President Obama’s 1/11/12 Insourcing Forum at the White House.
Frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Financial Times, New Yorker and USA Today and seen on Fox Business, MarketWatch, and other national TV and radio programs. BS and MS in Engineering from MIT and MBA from U. of Chicago.
What is the pop in your job? What drives you? What is your passion? "U.S. manufacturing has declined to the unsustainable point where we produce less than 50% of what we consume. We have lost the production of most consumer goods and the vast majority of manufacturing capital goods. I am driven to reverse this 40 year decline and increase U.S. manufacturing employment by the five million jobs that have been lost to offshoring. I am especially delighted when I help a company succeed by bringing work back or keeping it here. Helped one company save a $60 million order vs. offshore competition."