Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0516 - Josh Perkins - Piedmont Hoist & Crane

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0516 - Josh Perkins - Piedmont Hoist & Crane

Josh Perkins received his undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Technology degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MBA from the School of Business at University of Buffalo. His career in Manufacturing started thirty-five years ago as the sole Manufacturing Engineer at Niagara Machine Tool alongside another recent college graduate named Dean Phillips who was just starting his career in Sales.  Josh’s career has taken him across a variety of different manufactured products, from manufacturing of large weldments & assemblies to the development and launch small micro-electronic assemblies, he even spent a few years in technical sales representing Parker Hannifin corporation. He has worked for a variety of companies including Ingersoll Rand, Timken Bearing, Kewaunee Scientific and Piedmont Hoist and Crane where he is currently VP of Operations. His career has spanned from punch cards to wireless data collection, from 2-axis mills and drills to 15-axis customized machine tools, from Edlin to Microsoft 365. Josh has experience launching new product lines from concept to production including development of new manufacturing processes, global footprint capacity planning and rationalization and production leadership where his true passion lies. He states that his true home is on the floor, with the noise, the smells and the chaos that comes with leading manufacturing organizations, his passion is building and leading teams to achieve new levels and building organizations to provide jobs and futures for all of those within the company