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Dr.
Jerry Fanucci - President, CTO
Dr. Fanucci is a MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ph.D, where he also earned a M.S. in Aeronautical
Engineering. He graduated with a BS in
Aeronautical Engineering from West Virginia
university, first in a class of 4,000. Jerry
has over 25 years experience in composite design,
material selection and development of unusual,
automated composite processing systems. He
has considerable background in military application
of composites, including management of development
efforts for military shelters requiring ballistic
protection while a Senior Technical Specialist
at the US Army Natick RDEC.
He founded
KaZaK in 1992, principally working on SBIR
contract awards. The company has excelled
over the years in solving complex materials
applications challenges and has built a solid
R & D reputation in technical military
circles. Dr. Fanucci has many patents in
the area of composites and pultrusion. |
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Dr.
Brian Smith - Director of Engineering
Dr. Brian Smith holds a Ph.D and MS
in Materials Science & Engineering from the
Lehigh University. His undergraduate degree is
from Worcester Polytechnical Institute in Mechanical
Engineering. Dr. Smith brings over 20 years of
experience in the material sciences. He has extensive
experience in engineering and project management,
manufacturing production as well as the commercialization
of developing technologies. Previously, Brian
was VP of Product Research and Development at
Applied Materials Science, Inc. in Concord, MA
where he developed a low-cost investment casting
process for metal matrix composite materials.
Prior to Applied Materials Sciences, he was Manager,
Materials & Process Engineering at Starmet
Corporation, and prior to Starmet, he was a research
engineer at Nuclear Metals, Inc. |
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Rick
Balonis -Director of Manufacturing Operations
Rick currently manages KaZaK Composites'
facilities in Hudson, NH which comprises both
KaZaK's composite R and D and manufacturing operations.
He has over 18 years experience in composite
design and processing, with particular expertise
in pultrusion, braiding and RTM. Rick has managed
numerous research programs developing high-performance
products for the aerospace, military and commercial
markets. His speciality is in large and unusual
composite pultrusion processing, such as a 3
to 20 foot adjustable composite aircraft maintenance
stand, the MERWS composite rigid wall shelter,
Navy CVN polyurethane flexible stanchion and
large naval ship structures. Prior to working
at KaZaK, Rick was involved in several product
development projects, including the development
of sporting goods, fire safety equipment and
automotive components. In those roles, Rick managed
the production processes which include polyurethane
foam injection, proprietary computer automated
2-D and 3-D braiding, vacuum assisted resin transfer
molding, pultrusion, machining, finishing and
testing. Rick has B.S. and M.S. in Materials
Engineering from Drexel University in 1991. His
graduate research involved the investigation
the impact performance of 3D-reinforced composite
panels versus typical laminate constructions.
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Susan
Ricci - Director of Human Resources
Ms. Ricci is responsible for managing all aspects of
human resources including employee relations, benefits
administration, policy development, and recruiting.
She has over twenty years of human resources experience
in health care, manufacturing and service industries.
Prior to KaZaK, Susan worked for over 10 years managing
human resource functions in the healthcare industry.
In addition, she has held various human resources positions
in the high tech, manufacturing and insurance industries.
Ms. Ricci received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University
of Massachusetts.
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