Team Profile

Dave Mason

Dave is the founder, owner, and president of ASC. Prior to forming the company in 1988, Dave was engineering manager at Baron Autoclave (formerly Baron Blakeslee).  Educated as a controls engineer at Univ. of Michigan, he is the author of CPC, Flextime, and other in-house engineering packages.  He also developed the Econoclave ® concept and many other equipment and control products sold by ASC.  Dave divides his time between core management, new product development, and helping to improve ASC's sales, project management, engineering, production, human resources, and quality departments. 

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Gudrun Mason

Gudrun is in charge of day to day operations at ASC.  She oversees all internal departments, budgets, new plant development, contract analysis, and negotiation with customers.  She is also responsible for developing internal office systems with a goal of streamlining processes within ASC.  Gudrun is originally from Innsbruck, Austria and studied Economics and Design at California State University - Northridge. She is fluent in German.

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Paul Parsons

Paul has been in the autoclave and thermal equipment business for more than 25 years as general sales manager at Inductotherm Ltd. and Sales Development Manager at Aeroform Ltd. For Aeroform, Paul focused primarily on expanding autoclave business in Asia. When ASC opened our Poole, UK division in 2010, Paul was chosen to manage the new division as well as develop new business leads and build strategic sourcing partnerships in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Indian markets. Paul is a trained mechanical design engineer, receiving his national certificate from Dorset Institute and his CIM marketing certificate from Bournemouth University.

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Robbie Yan

Robbie wears many hats while managing ASC Process Systems - Beijing. His responsibilities include expanding ASC's presence in China, managing ASC's in-country staff, helping arrange customer support, and perform overall sales and business development activities in China. Robbie also works closely with customers assisting in development of technical specifications Prior to starting with ASC, Robbie worked China Aerospace Engineering Institute (303), KLA-Tencor, National Oilwell Varco, and Devak in engineering and sales positions. Robbie received his BSEE in automation/controls from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Ethan Jewell

Ethan spends his day working closely with Econoclave ® and oven customers in order to facilitate a smooth and enjoyable sales process. Ethan is an expert at the Econoclave ® and Oven product lines and manages the majority of ASC's standard Econoclave ® sales. Ethan has worked for ASC for more than 5 years.

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Boyd Read

Boyd has been in the aerospace composites industry for 25 years and has worked in the autoclave world for 16 years as Sales Director for Aeroform Ltd. At our UK division, ASC Process Systems Ltd, Boyd is responsible for all sales and business development activities in Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle-East, Africa, Russian, and India.

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Gus Heath

Gus has worked for ASC since 2007 and is responsible for all aspects of manufacturing engineering including continuous improvements, global engineering changes, and document control. Gus received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State University, Los Angeles.

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Shree Prajapati

Shree has 6 years of project management and design experience on autoclaves, ovens, and pressure vessels. Prior to his new management role, Shree worked at ASC as a project manager, mechanical engineer, sales engineer, and planning manager. He is currently overseeing and supervising mechanical engineering project management and overall project planning. Shree received his BSME from California State University - Northridge.

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Sean Mac

Sean has been with ASC since 2009 where he is responsible for the disposition of design changes and redlines from the field and shop activities. Sean is an expert at solid modeling and is also a key player in generating sales drawings for customers. Sean received his BS in Automaton Engineering from ITT Institute.

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Jojo Teves

Jojo has worked in the autoclave field for more than 25 years. Before joining ASC 10 years ago, Jojo worked at TEC and Baron Blakeslee. Jojo is ASC's most senior electrical engineer and is responsible for design of control systems and control panels for Econoclaves, Ovens, and other specialized equipment. Jojo received his BSME at Don Bosco Technical College, Manila.

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Mari Teves

Mari has worked for ASC for 12 years and is responsible for design of control systems and control panels for Econoclaves and Ovens. Mari is also a leader in developing internal systems to streamline the electrical engineering department. Mari received his BSECE at the University of San Carlos in the Philippines.

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Jose Lopez

Jose has over 15 years of experience designing control systems. He is responsible for design of control systems and control panels for many different type of equipment projects. Jose received an associates degree in Electronics.

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Ilya Margulis

Ilya has more than 22-years of experience in advanced control systems and 7-years at ASC. Prior to ASC, he worked as a field engineer for Honeywell. Ilya is ASC's most senior control engineer and is an expert at PLC programming of complex systems and has experience in a wide range of PLCs including Allen Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, PLCDirect, Honeywell, and others. In addition to being the Electrical Engineering Manager, Ilya has been responsible for the more advanced control system projects ASC has taken on, including nuclear sampling autoclaves and wet-process systems. Ilya received his MSEE from Polytechnical University, Russia.

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Nate Bisantz

Nate is responsible for the management of the control systems engineering department. Nate has 15+ years working in control systems and over 10 years at ASC. Nate has worked as a controls engineer, project manager, and control system sales manager while at ASC. Nate received a BS project management and Bachelors of business and administration from Brandman University.

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Brian Renville

Brian has worked for ASC for more than 20 years. Brian is an expert at shop and field fabrication of mechanical systems, autoclave, ovens, and other specialized equipment. Brian spends much of his day mentoring shop personnel and supervising Econoclave build projects. He is also looked upon to supervise and manage large field installations.

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Nate Barajas

Nate has worked at ASC in the electrical department for more than 12 years.   In his current position, Nate manages all electrical work at ASC, including panel building, panel testing, conduit and wiring, and interconnect.  He directly manages more than 30 electricians.  Nate is also responsible for electrical planning and resource management.   Before his current position, Nate worked at ASC as an electrician, control system specialist, and most recently as a shop supervisor.  

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Eric Blesgraeft

Eric started at ASC in 2002 as a Mechanical Fabricator and soon became an ASME certified welder. He then continued to take on more responsibilities as a Field Maintenance, a Production Supervisor, and a Production Leader on some of ASC’s most unique and complicated projects.

During his two-year transition into his current title of Quality Control Manager, he continued to perform his duties as an Improvement Specialist / Fabrication Expert. Now fully transition into his role as the Quality Control Manager has successfully led ASC through three quality audits for our pressure vessel certifications in the US, Korea, and Europe. Eric holds a certificate of attainment from SAI Global for ISO 9001-2015 lead auditor training.

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Eduardo Barbosa

Eduardo has worked in the machinery maintenance field for more than 18 years. At ASC, he is responsible for managing our service & maintenance department. Eduardo spends his days working with customers, setting up service calls, managing ASC's service staff, and quoting new service & maintenance work. He is an expert at autoclave and oven operations and preventative maintenance. Eduardo holds an AIB Maintenance Engineering certificate.

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Angie Marquez

Angie has worked at ASC for more than 12 years in the purchasing department. She currently manages the department and is also responsible for specialized buying of components and raw materials for ASC's projects.

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Janice Watanabe

Janice has over 10 years of experience in managing accounting and office staff. Janice is responsible for the day-to-day office operations, including bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable, contract review, and job opening/closing. She also supervises a half dozen office personnel. Janice received her BS in Accounting from California State University - Dominguez Hills.

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Benjamin Sheppard

Ben manages the office at our facility in Poole, UK. He is responsible for project oversight, accounts payable and receivable, and compliance requirements. Ben attended Bournemouth College.

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Nancy Gomez

Nancy as worked for ASC for 6 years and is responsible for all travel coordination. Nancy's day is filled with managing the travel and living plans for dozens of field employees performing installation, startup, and commissioning services throughout the world.

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Veronica Robles

Since 2004, Veronica has been responsible for several positions as part of the accounting team. In 2014 she became an accredited Receivables Specialist by the Institute of Finance & Management. Continuing her role as part of the accounting team, Veronica is responsible for processing customer orders, billing, and cash applications.

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Meighan Gillett

Meighan has been with ASC since 2007 in a variety of roles. She is currently responsible for payroll processing, 401(k) administration, and coordinating employee events.

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Paven Bhogal

Paven is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Riverside.

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Kim Barnes

Kim Barnes, Human Resources Manager Kim has 13 years experience in HR management and brings to ASC a deep knowledge of resource hiring, training, employee benefits, and state and federal regulatory requirements. Kim also supervises two HR specialists in day to day human resource activities. Kim has a HR Management Certificate from California State University - Northridge and a SPHR from the Human Resource Certification Institute.

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Cruz Echeverria

Cruz wears many hats at ASC. He is the shop-floor supervisor for the shipping, and receiving departments.

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Benjamin Brody

Ben is responsible for developing, managing, and maintaining the processes that govern how ASC supports our employees and our customers. These processes include EXS (Employee experience strategy) and CXS (Customer experience strategy). Ben also oversees our Customer Service and Service & Maintenance departments. Before this role, Ben was our ASC’s Safety Manager for 7 years. He earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in political science from Lewis & Clark College and is currently studying for his MBA.

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Sophia Reyes

Sophia is responsible for supervision of ASC's document control department. ASC maintains an advanced computer-based system which controls drawings, documents, and red-line job records to meet ISO 9001 compliance.

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Teresa Moreno

Teresa works in the HR department providing human resources support to ASC's hourly and salary employees. She is also heavily involved in the recruitment of production personnel.

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Mauro Esparza

Mauro is responsible for planning, set-up and execution of the company’s logistics activities.

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Ken McHale

Ken has worked at ASC for 8 years. He is responsible for all internal computer networks, video security networks, phone systems, A/V equipment, and all internal IT support. Ken is a Veteran of the U.S. Army where he was a Communications Specialist. He received his Associate of Science in Computer Networking from ITT.

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Louis Rojas

Louis manages ASC's mechanical department which includes autoclave fabrication, oven fabrication, and pressure vessel fabrication. Louis has more than 10 years in management of production and facilities.

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Gumaro Rodriguez

Gumaro is responsible for ASC’s training program. He brings a wealth of hands-on and classroom training experience that comes from over eight years of working as trainer for some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies. Gumaro is a certified electronic technician and has been certified as an IPC Trainer by the Association Connecting Electronics Industries.

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Samuel Felix

Sam has been with ASC since 2013 and is responsible for managing equipment upgrades and modernization including electrical, software, and mechanical systems. Sam received his BSEE from California State University, Los Angeles.

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Ty Vorwaller

Ty is the general manager of ASC's Utah Division. In this role, he is responsible for all operations within Utah, including support, sales, service, and field erection of large aerospace autoclaves for companies such as Boeing, ATK, and ITT-Excelis. Prior to joining ASC, Ty spent over 10 years working for ATK as an equipment and facilities engineer. Ty received his BSME from the University of Utah.

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Elise Riley

Elise has been with ASC since 2013 and has a BSME and masters from University of California – Los Angeles. As engineering manager, Elise directs, mentors, and supports more than a dozen mechanical engineers. Elise is also a talented designer, project manager, and supporter of ASC’s team values. Prior to her manager role, Elise was the chief designer and project manager for one ASC’s largest projects – the 28 ft.x 120 ft. Econoclave for Boeing’s 777x project.

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Rene Farfan

Rene is responsible for program management for large, multi-autoclave projects for major aerospace companies such as Boeing. Prior to his current role, Rene has worn many hats at ASC, including Mechanical Engineer II and Controls Engineer. Rene received his Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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Chris Loera

Chris has been with ASC since 2014 and is responsible for managing equipment upgrades and modernization including electrical, software, and mechanical systems. Chris received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Cal State Chico.

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Alex Tran

Alex acts as the central interface between ASC and our customers regarding questions and requests for service and support and has over 10 years of extensive Customer Services experience.

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Sam Spence

As ASC's Marketing Manager, Sam is responsible for corporate branding, website design, SEO, photo and video production, product literature, and trade shows. Before starting at ASC, Sam worked for over 13 years for Taricco Corp. where he was sales/marketing and project manager on autoclave and equipment projects. An avid photographer and multimedia creator, Sam is skilled in a number of advanced software programs including Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, and Illustrator.

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Don Roysdon

Don is responsible for managing the quality department, which also includes inspection and document control. Don is responsible for developing and maintaining ASC's existing quality systems, including ISO9001:2008, ASME Div. I, ASME NQA-1, PED/CE, China Pressure Vessel, and others.

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Cory Demaio

Cory is responsible for the smooth operation of our building, equipment, repairs and maintenance, and supervising our maintenance and custodial teams. Prior to moving to Facilities, Cory worked 9-years in our Mechanical Fabrication Department, gaining experience by working in different positions from a mechanic, lead, supervisor, and trainer.

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Albert Pan

Albert is responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves. Albert received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

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Pavla Slavicek

Pavla is responsible for various Accounting processes including International Accounts Payable and inter-company transactions. Pavla earned her Bachelors of Science in Accountancy from Cal State Northridge.

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Raffi Derkhorenian

Raffi is responsible for management of the software development department. Raffi has 15+ years of engineering and management experience within the autoclave, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries with a strong focus on process controls and design, manufacturing operations, systems integration, cross-functional team leadership and acquired advanced management skills. Raffi received a BSME from American University in Beirut, MSME from Clemson University, and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School.

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Bryan Teague

Responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves. Bryan received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA.

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Nico Martinez

Nicolas "Nico" is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Nico received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

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Chris Gillett

Chris has been with ASC since January 2015. In his current position as Buyer I, he assists in purchasing materials, supplies, and services, qualifies vendors, and negotiates prices.

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Jackie Stamboltsian

Responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves. Jackie received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Johnny Wong

Johnny is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Los Angeles.

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Alma Melchor

Alma is the voice and face of ASC. Her receptionist duties include greeting visitors and directing calls to the appropriate parties at ASC.

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Robbie Witkowski

Robbie is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Robbie received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Sonoma State University.

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Nick Mason

Nick has been with ASC since 2018 as our Production Planner and is responsible for planning, coordination and execution of our production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and company standards.

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Andre Villa

Andre is responsible for preliminary design and quotation of CPC control system. Andre received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Cal State Northridge.

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Jorge Diego

Jorge is responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves, Jorge received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Northridge.

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Nick Langworthy

Nick is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Nick received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Sonoma State University.

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Lukas Kripal, PhD

Lukas previously worked in the Aerospace industry in a variety of management and engineering roles from 2009, until joining the ASC team in 2012. With his many years of experience in the composites industry, as the Project and Engineering Manager, Lukas is responsible for overseeing the operations and project management of existing and new projects in our European division. Lukas earned his PhD in 2007 from Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic.

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Ian Simpson

Ian joins ASC with over 20-years of autoclave and oven system controls experience working for companies that include AIC (Autoclave Industrial Controls) and Aeroform. As the Director of Controls and Service for our UK division, Ian's duties will be to expand our controls, service and calibration business outside the US.

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Jean Capeluj

Jean is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Jean received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside.

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Alex Woodbury

Responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves. Alex received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Bob Cherry

For the last 15 years, Bob has worked in the aerospace industry as Director of Engineering for Dukes Aerospace and also Donaldson. He has familiarity with our customers as well as all facets of business, including sales, operations, and quality.

Bob has a diverse experience and educational background. He spent 6 years in the Navy's Nuclear Program and has a bachelors, masters, and MBA from the University of Minnesota.

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Brian Menendez

Responsible for purchasing inventory, supplies, and capital goods. Brian has over 10 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment with expertise in negotiation skills, supplier audits, and capacity planning.

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Kacy David

Kacy has been with ASC since November 2012 and supervises the daily operation of the Inventory Department and team.

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Vlad Grigoryan

Vlad is responsible for developing next generation web-based technologies for our customers. Vlad received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from UC Berkeley as well as a Certificate of Completion from Coding Dojo.

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Steve Kim

Steve is responsible for developing next generation web-based technologies for our customers. Steve received his Bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from Cal Poly Pomona as well as a Certificate of Completion from Coding Dojo.

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Victor Mitchell

Victor manages ASC's safety department. In this role, he develops, implements, and maintains EHS plans, safe work practices, and safe procedures for ASC's shop, office, and field activities. Victor comes to ASC with over 15 years of safety management experience. Prior to joining ASC, Victor developed and managed safety, health, and workers compensation programs at several large staffing and manufacturing companies.

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Vahag Sinanian

Vahag is responsible for developing next generation web-based technologies for our customers. Vahag received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Cal State University of East Bay. He is also completing his Masters of Science in Software Engineering from USC

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Jon Fontana

Jon is responsible for project management and design of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Northridge.

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Jonathan Hong

Jonathan has Bachelor's in Economics from UCI and a graduate of Coding Dojo.

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Ben Preston

Ben is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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Nikko Hunt

Nikko is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Irvine.

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Jimmy Wang

Jimmy is responsible for developing next generation web-based technologies for our customers. Jimmy received his Bachelor degree and Master degrees in Computer Science from UC Irvine.

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Justin Jimenez

Justin is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Justin received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Long Beach.

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Felix Chan

Felix is responsible for design and project management of new Econoclaves. Felix received his Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from UC San Diego.

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Bradley Price

Bradley is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gonzaga University.

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Gerardo Lira

Gerardo is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Gerardo received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Jagger Melcher

Jagger is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Jagger received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Merced.

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Cole Garda

Cole is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves. Cole received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.

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Giovani Gorospe

Gio is responsible for planning and managing customer site installations. He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Northridge.

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Sean Herrera

Sean has worked for ASC for over 10 years. Sean is responsible for planning field jobs and managing field installation projects.

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Jack Robson

Jack is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Jack received his HNC Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Southampton City College.

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Luke Fordham

Luke is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Luke received his BTEC and NVQ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering Apprenticeship at Bournemouth College.

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Chris Syfacunda

Chris is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Loyola Marymount University.

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Anthony Parra

Anthony brings to ASC his experience in retail safety management to his role here at ASC. He is responsible for conducting safety training, safety inspection, and ensures employees comply with our safety policies.

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Mike Christensen

Mike is responsible for software configuration, PLC programming, startup, and commissioning of Econoclaves, ovens, and control system retrofits. Mike received his Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Pepperdine University and has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Washington State University.

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Eric Zarate

Eric is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Riverside.

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Cynthia Vo

Cynthia is responsible for the design and project management of new Econoclaves and received her Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.