I didn't come to manufacturing from marketing.

How I got here

Raised around molding, trained in sales

My family's background in injection molding is at Seitz, now Aptyx, in Torrington, about twenty minutes from where I work now. I learned the industry the way a lot of people here do: in a father-and-son mentorship with my dad, an applications engineer. That opened his network to me, and with it the kind of trust and tribal knowledge you only get from people who've been doing this for thirty years.

I started my career as a solutions engineer in managed IT services, a technical, high-trust business with the same long cycles and the same skepticism of vendors as manufacturing. After NPE2024 I started working with processors and machine shops on getting real return out of HubSpot, and I haven't worked outside plastics since.

What grew my understanding of this industry was plant visits and conversations on the floor. I've developed a real appreciation for how much complexity and ingenuity goes into a part that ends up costing forty cents.

I've spent my whole career in CRM and business development, and I've watched sales and marketing tools come and go. What stays constant in this industry is the people. My clients are engineers and operators, and my job is making sure the good work they do gets seen.