Mack Molding Realigns its Northern Division Sales and Engineering Team

Mack Molding has reorganized its Northern Division sales and engineering team to better focus on key markets, including medical applications.
 
The new sales and engineering team led by Vice President of Sales and Engineering Joan Magrath will create market-focused business units. Dwalin DeBoer now leads the medical products business unit. Chris Wartinger, recently promoted to Business Unit director, will manage the plastics and industrial products unit, which includes the battery and energy market. Aaron Cubells, also promoted to Business Unit director, will manage the heavy equipment/lab and diagnostics unit. Additionally, Andy Romack and Heidi Villarini have been named program managers, while Ashley Chitwood and Erica Harmon have joined the team as sales service representatives.
 
“We are excited to announce these promotions and the strategic realignment of our sales and engineering team,” Magrath said. “The promotions recognize Chris and Aaron for their hard work and accomplishments. I really wanted to leverage the knowledge and experience Chris and Aaron have to also mentor some of the new program managers. This modified structure ensures our customers have a team with specialties in their field. In particular, the medical business unit consolidates all our medical device manufacturing to ensure knowledgeable specialist and product compliance.”
 
Cubells joined the Mack North sales and engineering team as a program manager in May 2019, leading customer relationships, planning, product realization and production, budget and cost management, and sales growth. Prior to Mack, he worked as a senior product engineer for Grammer Industries, where he served as lead engineer for new business development among North American OEMs. Cubells earned a master’s of science degree in engineering management, as well as a bachelor’s of science degree in structural engineering and management, from Clarkson University.
 
A Mack veteran, Wartinger has been with the company since 1991, starting as a second-shift finishing supervisor. His tenure has been highlighted by roles of increasing responsibility, including first-shift assembly supervisor, sales engineer, outside sales manager focused on business development in the orthopedic space, and most recently as an account manager for Mack’s energy customers. 
 
Romack has been an associate program manager on the sales and engineering team since February 2022, supporting existing and new customers with a personal focus on engineering development and plant-side engineering activities. He also previously worked as a manufacturing engineer, as well as a design and tooling engineering intern at Mack, assisting in the production of injection molded parts and medical devices. Romack earned a bachelor’s of science degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.).
 
Villarini, who has been serving as a program coordinator since 2016, previously served as a manufacturing admin and an inventory analyst, giving her insight into managing the multi-disciplinary team tasked with bringing customers’ programs into production. Villarini also gained previous manufacturing experience in material coordinator and administrative assistant roles prior to Mack. She earned an associate of applied science degree from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., and a Program Management Certificate from Cornell University.
 
Chitwood joins Mack as a sales service representative working with customers on order management. She returns to the company after previously serving as a sales administrator and program coordinator in 2015, interfacing with customers about scheduling, quality, and engineering matters. Prior to Mack, she most recently was an accounting generalist with Peckham Industries /Dailey Precast in Shaftsbury, Vt., where she reconciled coding, vendor statements, and invoices. Chitwood gained previous sales and customer experience as a sales/marketing coordinator with the Equinox Resort & Spa in Manchester, Vt.
 
Also joining the team as a sales service representative is Harmon, who brings more than 12 years of experience in administrative support roles to the team. Prior to Mack she served as a Medicaid program manager for the Vermont Public Transportation Association in Bennington, Vt. Harmon gained previous front-line customer relations experience as a customer service representative for Hemmings Motor News in Bennington. She earned associate and bachelor’s degrees from the Community College of Vermont in Bennington, and Johnson State College, in Johnson, Vt., respectively.
 
Mack Molding is a custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. Mack specializes in plastics design, prototyping, molding, sheet metal fabrication, full-service machining, and medical device manufacturing. Founded in 1920, Mack is a privately owned business that operates 12 facilities throughout the world. Will Kendall is president and CEO.