MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Pivot International’s leadership team consists of decades of experience across a wide variety of disciplines and industries.

Mark Dohnalek - President and Chief Executive Officer

Pivot International Leadership Team

Mark Dohnalek leads Pivot International’s global core business and acquisitions in the US, UK, and Asia utilizing his experience of over 35 years in manufacturing, product development, and business management.

His broad spectrum of experiences in manufacturing, engineering, biometrics, security, industrial consumer, and medical product solutions has enabled him to grow the company and expand in European and Asian markets. Since he acquired Pivot in 2012, he has leveraged his business experience and passion for innovation to develop, engineer, and manufacture solutions for clients in various industries.

Peter Hilton – Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Global Sourcing

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Peter directs our global supply chain activities and establishes the direction of technology across our engineering teams. He is based in our UK office, and works with various locations within our overall supply chain team.

Peter has over 30 years of experience in product development and manufacturing. He has introduced over 150 new products, and is a key component to helping our customers with their product plan.

Rob Spaedy - Chief Financial Officer

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Rob is responsible for Pivot’s financial reporting, forecasting, treasury, legal, and risk management. He also manages our IT and human resource teams. He provides strategic financial leadership to the management team and leads our global finance team.

Rob has a broad array of experience in global finance as well as plant operations management. He encompasses over 30 years of progressively advanced experience in a variety of financial roles, having served as CFO in multiple global industries. Rob holds an Accounting Degree and carries a CPA designation as well as having earned an MBA in business.

Kevin Herdman - Director of Accounting

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Kevin is responsible for leadership, strategy, and execution of Accounting Operations. This includes developing policies and procedures to support key business objectives, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and providing strategic guidance to senior management. He and his team also support all day-to-day accounting functions, including A/P, A/R, Cash Management, Project Accounting, Budgeting, and consolidated financial reporting for Pivot and all subsidiaries.

Kevin is a seasoned Finance professional with over 20 years of Accounting, Technology, and Operations leadership experience with an emphasis on process improvement and system integration. He is passionate about meaningful reporting and the efficiency and reliability of the underlying systems.

Dave Coughlin — Vice President of Global Manufacturing

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Dave leads our global operations, ensuring the efficient and effective use of all resources. He supports our company growth throughout the US, Asian, and European markets.

Dave has 30 years of engineering, quality, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and executive management experience.

Shane Brundieck – Vice President of Manufacturing

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Shane leads our North American operations focusing on acceleration of operational excellence, thereby enhancing the company’s overall operating performance, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Shane has more than 25 years’ experience leading global operations and supply chain functions for companies serving automotive and consumer electronics industries. He has worked in high growth companies leading integrations and highly transformative projects to enable long term strategic plans.

Keith Riley – Director of Global Quality and Continuous Improvement

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Keith supports our global initiatives, that are focused on the optimization of organizational process development and performance. He leads our Quality Control team that is responsible for the measurement and testing of our business processes to improve operational efficiency and to ensure the optimization of global resources. He also spearheads the evolution of our world-class continuous improvement initiatives, to ensure Pivot’s products and services meet the highest standards of quality across our global organization.

Keith has over 20 years of experience leading manufacturing, quality, engineering, and supply-chain teams to develop operational best practices. He has served in leadership roles in both industrial manufacturing and consumer electronics industries. He is a certified trainer in Lean and Six Sigma waste and variation reduction techniques and is also ISO 13485 Lead Auditor Certified.

Ethan Barger – Director of Global Supply Chain

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Ethan supports business growth and delivers value through the operational execution of supply chain activities. He collaborates with key suppliers, as well as all divisions within Pivot, to ensure effective supply chain management.

Ethan has over 20 years of experience with international supply chain management. He has vast knowledge in sourcing and procurement on a worldwide level.

Tom Tougas — Director of Global Engineering

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Tom leads Pivot’s global engineering team to deliver products and solutions to our customers. He is also responsible for driving engineering synergies and best practices across our organization, as well as, leveraging the talents and expertise our global team offers to solve product challenges.

Tom has over 30 years of technical and senior management experience. He has extensive knowledge in software and embedded systems, with an emphasis in the advanced signaling electronics field, where he has been awarded multiple patents for his work.

Steve Beyer - Vice President of Engineering & Technical Services

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Steve collaborates with clients and Pivot’s operations organization on strategic growth projects related to engineering, development, and manufacturing. He oversees the execution of Pivot’s global expansion, including the construction and operation of our Asian manufacturing facilities.

Steve has over 45 years of experience in engineering and mechanical design, as well as, electrical and software engineering techniques.

Derald Herinckx - Vice President of Commercial Operations

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Derald is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic growth initiatives throughout Pivot. He works closely with customers to ensure Pivot is prepared to support our evolving customer base and their product needs.

Derald brings 26 years of product management, product development, and commercial leadership experience to Pivot. He has extensive knowledge in the development and launch of numerous hardware, software, and service offerings that support the general automation and rail signaling industries.

Tom McKeon – Vice President of Sales

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Tom is our first point of contact for new client inquiries, as well as, actively pursuing strategic initiatives and market opportunities. He also supports our digital marketing efforts through trade associations and other tech industry organizations to connect potential customers with Pivot’s global resources.

Tom has more than 20 years of experience in account and sales management, and marketing consulting. He has held various leadership roles with firms including Garmin and Autodesk.

Daryl Seck — Director of National Accounts

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Daryl directs our customer engagement and client coordination with respective engineering activities. He leads our internal processes to ensure products go to market on time, within budget, and meet the targeted product cost objective.

Daryl has over 35 years of advance engineering expertise and account management experience. He brings vast knowledge of embedded electronics and electronic communication technologies, specializing in advanced communication devices.

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