Not pictured Mike Hendricks

Board of Directors

President​

Frank Lysiak
Kovatch Castings, Inc.
Frank Lysiak is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kovatch Castings, Inc.  Frank has been in the Investment Casting Industry for over 20 years.  After graduating from John Carroll University, Frank earned his CPA certificate and worked in public accounting for Coopers & Lybrand.  After joining Kovatch Castings, Frank applied his expertise in the accounting field to assist Kovatch Castings in growing from 40 employees to over 180 employees.  Frank has increased his knowledge of the Investment Casting Industry by attending the ICI’s Industry Certification Course and has expanded that knowledge through his involvement in the day to day operations at Kovatch Castings.  Frank’s attendance at various ICI spring and fall meetings have added to his knowledge of the industry and his involvement with the ICI.  Frank is currently a committee chair on the ICI Five Year Strategy Initiative.
flysiak@kovatchcastings.com

Vice President

Timothy Sullivan, Esq.
Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in biology and earned a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a certificate in strategic human resource management from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Employed by United Parcel Service 1986 to 1995 as corporate legal counsel (Atlanta, GA) and in various human resource functions at the district level (Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts). Appointed to the State of New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board by Governor Stephen Merrill in 1996. Joined Hitchiner as corporate manager of administration in 1995 with responsibilities ranging from managing in-house legal and administrative affairs to specific responsibilities in human resources including ethics compliance and training, corporate safety, and environmental affairs.  Promoted to director of administration and corporate counsel for legal and administrative affairs.  Appointed vice president, Administration in August 2005.
tim_sullivan@hitchiner.com

Past President

Brad DeSplinter
TPM, Inc.
Brad has been in the investment casting industry since 1991. He is currently Vice President of Texas Precision Metalcraft, Inc. (TPM) in Sugar Land, TX. Brad has had the opportunity to work for large and small commercial IC foundries, giving him a unique perspective on our industry and how the ICI can best serve member foundries. He is involved in all aspects of the foundry, including engineering, sales, purchasing, and operations. Brad is serving his second term on the ICI Board of Directors where he has been active on the Membership committee. Brad is a graduate of Bradley University with a BS in Manufacturing Engineering.
bdesplinter@txpm.com
Cliff Fischer
Wisconsin Precision Casting Corporation
Cliff graduated from Marquette University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He has worked in the manufacturing arena for 25 years and 19 of those years in Investment Casting Industry. He currently is the Vice President and co-owner of Wisconsin Precision Casting Corp. Prior to Wisconsin Precision Casting, he worked at Signicast Corporation as a project engineer, plant manager and vice president of manufacturing. Cliff also has been a board member, Vice President and President of the Investment Casting Institute's board of directors and has served on many of the Institute's committees.
cliff@wisconsinprecision.com
Russell Gallagher
Bescast, Inc.
Russ is currently the Vice President at Bescast, Inc., a privately held investment casting supplier to aerospace celebrating 70 years in business. Russ began his career in 1978 in the shelling and casting departments while earning his degree in Metallurgical Engineering at the Ohio State University. He officially joined Bescast in 1985 and held positions as the NDT Level 3, Process and Product Engineering, and became the Engineering Manager in 1996 after receiving his Masters in Industrial Engineering. Russ was appointed VP of Engineering in 2002 and has a very hands-on approach to development and problem solving the hundreds of new castings that have been produced over the years and received a patent in 1996. Russ has served on the Board of Directors for Bescast since 2002 and has presented technical papers at the 2012 ICI Technical Conference and the 2014 ASM Metalcasting Congress.
russ.gallagher@bescast.com
Mike Hascher
Eagle Engineered Solutions, Inc.
Mike has 30+ years in the investment casting industry with experience from product design, tooling, wax, ceramics, foundry and post-cast processing.  Mike and his partner Bill Buckley started Eagle Engineered Solutions in 2008 to continue presenting 3D printing solutions for investment casters, OEM investment casting customers, colleagues and competitors.  Today Eagle consults with turbo-machinery designers and manufacturers and investment foundries to recommend their own and their colleague’s products and services to create true solutions.
mikeh@eagle-esi.com
Mike Hendricks
Ransom & Randolph
Michael J. Hendricks (Mike) is the Business Unit Director for Ransom & Randolph (R&R).  Mike has been with R&R for over 25 years and has held various positions in all aspects of the business and has had full divisional responsibility for the past 5 years.   Through the years, Mike and the R&R team have developed a number of technologically advanced products and applications for the Precision Investment Casting industry.  Mike has authored and presented numerous technical papers and seminars worldwide.  Mike earned his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.  
Mike has been a member of the ICI Board of Directors since 2004, and served as the first Affiliate representative on the Executive Committee when elected as Vice-President (2011-2012).  Mike went on to serve as President (2013-2014) and is currently completing his term as Past President.  Mike was involved in the development and instruction of the ICI Certification and Process Control Courses.  Mike is currently a member of the ICI Audit, Technical and Publications Committees.
mike.hendricks@dentsply.com
John J. Marcin
Pratt & Whitney
John Marcin is currently Manager of the Casting Laboratory at United Technologies Pratt & Whitney.  During his 35 years at Pratt & Whitney he has led activities in advanced alloy development, advanced component manufacture, casting technology development and investment casting supply chain management & creation.  John also manages activities for United Technologies divisions involved with sand and die casting.  He is the recipient of UTC George Mead Medal for Engineering Excellence (highest corporate award), 4 Corporate Leadership Awards and 45 Patents. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Metals International (ASM).
John received a MS in Materials Engineering and a MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and BS in Materials Engineering from Lehigh University. His additional activities are Adjunct Professor of Engineering Sciences at RPI, Professional Engineer for the State of Connecticut, ASM Lecturer on Superalloys, and a member of ASM, American Foundryman’s Society, The Metallurgical Society, and Investment Casting Institute.  
John has served as Vice President, President and Past President of the North American Investment Casting Institute (ICI) and is current chair of the Technical Committee and a member of the Awards and Process Control Standards Committees. He is also past chair of the ICI Executive Director Succession Planning, Audit and Membership Committees.
john.marcin@pw.utc.com
Julie Markee
Key Process Innovations
Julie Markee’s passion for the investment casting industry inspired her to start Key Process Innovations, a company focused on improving process efficiency through technical expertise, products and equipment. Throughout her 13 years in the industry, she has worked to reduce process variability across a wide range of foundries including commercial, aerospace and titanium. She has presented numerous technical papers focused on helping PIC foundries remove variability from their process, in addition to being an instructor at the ICI’s Process Control Class. She has bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Washington.
julie@keyprocessinnovations.com
Nipendra P. Singh
S&A Consulting Group, LLP
Nipendra (Nip) Singh has almost 40 years of experience in the high technology aircraft engine components manufacturing business including nearly 17 years with TRW Corporation. Early in his career Mr. Singh managed the design and startup of a new investment casting plant for General Electric Company.
Since 1991 Nip is Consulting Partner and CEO of S&A Consulting Group LLP, Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in India having received a degree in Metallurgy and did post graduate work in business at Case Western Reserve University. His background includes marketing strategies, product engineering, strategic management and new plant construction in aerospace and commercial ventures. He has consulted for over 18 years for multi-national and American companies in the US, Japan, Europe and Asia.
nsingh@sa-consultinggroup.com
Albert E. Torok, Jr.
Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.
Al is currently the Investment Casting Technical Manager at Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc. located in Indianapolis, IN.  After receiving his BS in Physics at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselear, IN.        Al has spent the last 41 years in the foundry Industry. 
Al started his investment career at Arwood, in New Hampshire in 1986.  He has held various positions within the technical side of the foundry business, from starting out as a Lab Tech, to Director of Engineering at an aerospace foundry in Southern CA, to the present, as the Investment Casting Technical Manager at YMPPI.   Al has technical engineering experience with casting large Aluminum, mid-size and small Low Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel and Stainless Steels, Copper base alloys, Magnesium alloys, Gray and Ductile Iron in both Shell and Solid Mold, for the aerospace industry.  However, he further has engineering experience in Green Sand, Dry Sand, High Pressure Die Casting, Permanent Mold, Tilt Mold, Low Pressure.
Al has co-authored five technical papers and has served on various technical committees for ASTM, ICI, Gray Iron, Ductile Iron and AFS research projects.
al_torok@yamaha-motor.com
Ty Ueland
SeaCast, Inc.
Ty Ueland is the Director of Business Development at SeaCast Inc. and sits on the Board of Directors at Montana Precision Products, a SeaCast – GE Aviation Joint Venture. He also currently leads the ICI’s Strategy Team focusing on customer education. His investment casting experience began in 1990 working a summer air melt job with SeaCast, where he later progressed through roles in quality, marketing and sales. He has been active in his current tenure since 2007 overseeing sales, marketing, strategy and government relations. Prior to his return, Ty worked in Smith Barney’s Investment Banking Division as a Financial Analyst and held various roles in Microsoft Corporation’s Corporate Strategy and Corporate Marketing groups. Ty holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Washington.
tyu@seacast.com