LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., December 12, 2018 – To maximize responsiveness to customer needs, GF Machining Solutions has expanded its Business Development/Marketing and Sales teams with talented new additions.
Rina Hoshino, Market Intelligence Analyst, worked for GF’s Piping Solutions division in Irvine, California, for five years, holding the titles of Product Manager – Vinyls, Logistics Expeditor and Project Manager – Key Accounts. Her duties on GF Machining Solutions' Business Development/Marketing team include design and management of research projects aimed at locating new markets and growing market share. Rina holds a master's degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York). She is fluent in Japanese and enjoys learning languages.
Philipp Hauser, Director of Sales, has added the responsibilities for GF Machining Solutions' North American sales activities to his role with the company's Turbine Group. Phil joined GF Machining Solutions in May 2015.
Peter Eigenmann, Head of Sales – Southeast Region, joins GF Machining Solutions in Huntersville, North Carolina after serving as Head of Project Management for GF Machining Solutions in Schorndorf, Germany. Peter joined the company in April 2013, bringing extensive experience in industrial manufacturing operations, machine tools, and the tool and die industry. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Technical University (Uzwil, Switzerland) and a master's certificate in project management from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Sean Szczygiel, Regional Sales Manager - Northeast, previously held the title of Territory Manager for the Northeast Region at Belmont Equipment and Technologies (Madison Heights, Michigan). His prior position focused on EDM consumables and machine tools. Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western New England College (Springfield, Massachusetts).
Andrew Stemler, Sales Manager – Milling, assumes sales and development responsibilities for GF Machining Solutions' Central Region after holding managerial roles with machine tool companies in Illinois and Wisconsin. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Andy has managed sales, applications and service teams throughout his career. He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Lewis University (Romeoville, Illinois).
Sean Smith, Sales Manager – Canada, previously served as a Product Manager with Machine Tool Systems Inc. (Mississauga, Ontario), where he represented the GF Machining Solutions product line. Sean also was responsible for GF Machining Solutions products for Elliott Matsuura (Oakville, Ontario), working with dedicated application and service staff. He holds tool and die certification from Georgian College (Barrie, Ontario) and completed a four-year machinist apprentice program.
Richard Klein, Sales Manager – Advanced Manufacturing, joins GF Machining Solutions after 18 years with OKK USA Corporation (Glendale Heights, Illinois), most recently as Senior Manager Engineering Department and Regional Sales Manager, with responsibilities for 12 states and seven distributors. He will focus on machine sales development and performance in additive manufacturing, laser ablation and micro machining. Rich holds an associate degree in machine tool technology/machinist and computer-aided manufacturing from Triton College (River Grove, Illinois).
Melissa McCrossen, Sales Manager – Advanced Manufacturing, moves from Regional Sales Manager for the GF Machining Solutions Consumables group to her new role with the Advanced Manufacturing group. Before joining the company in 2013 as a Regional Sales Manager, Melissa served as Western Regional Sales Manager for Nordson MARCH (Concord, California), gaining extensive sales experience with capital equipment.
Related Glossary Terms
- computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM)
computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM)
Use of computers to control machining and manufacturing processes.
- electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
Process that vaporizes conductive materials by controlled application of pulsed electrical current that flows between a workpiece and electrode (tool) in a dielectric fluid. Permits machining shapes to tight accuracies without the internal stresses conventional machining often generates. Useful in diemaking.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
