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Management Team

 V. Gerry Corrigan
 President and CEO

Gerry comes to Industrial Origami with 30 years of industrial experience in the plastics, precision tooling, coating and specialty products industries.

Prior to Industrial Origami, Gerry held a variety of senior management roles at PPG Industries, including Global Director of the Automotive Electrodeposition business and Global Technology Director for Automotive Refinish. He left PPG Industries to become President and CEO of ColorMatrix Corporation, the world's leading supplier of liquid colorants and additives for the thermoplastic industry and a major supplier of fluoropolymer concentrates. While at ColorMatrix, Gerry oversaw the company's evolution from traditional colorant company to a premier Specialty Chemical supplier, doubling the company's enterprise value in five years.

Corrigan received a BS in Biology from Oberlin College and an MBA from Baldwin Wallace College.

V. Gerry Corrigan
 
 Kevin Walz
 VP Sales and Marketing

Kevin joins Industrial Origami with 20 years of operations and sales experience in materials manufacturing businesses including lighting, quartz and aluminum extrusion. Prior to Industrial Origami, Kevin was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Aluminum Shapes, a leading aluminum extrusion supplier.

Kevin began his career with GE Lighting and GE Quartz, a material supplier to the semiconductor and fiber optic industries, and held various operational positions including Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has spent the last 10 years in leadership roles in the aluminum extrusion industry leading the sales, marketing and customer service organizations for both Aluminum Shapes and Signature Aluminum, Inc.

Kevin holds a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from The Ohio State University and an Executive MBA from The Ohio State University.

Kevin Walz
 
 Keith Bell
 Director of Engineering

Keith has 11 years of experience in manufacturing, product development, design engineering, and operations management. Prior to joining Industrial Origami, Keith was Manager of Technical Services and Equipment at ColorMatrix Corporation, a specialty chemical company supplying additives and equipment to the plastics industry.

Before ColorMatrix, Keith held the position of Project Engineer at Exopack, a supplier of flexible packaging.

Keith holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio University and a Six Sigma Black Belt from Akron University.

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 Max Durney
 Founder and CTO

Max has 32 years of entrepreneurial experience in manufacturing, engineering and design starting with Durney Brothers, a general contracting and design firm he founded in 1974. In 1981 he went on to co-found Castle, Inc. a manufacturer of automated woodworking machinery. He then co-founded Limited Production, Inc., a manufacturer of custom commercial fixtures and furniture for clients that included Apple, Sun, Silicon Graphics and Oracle, in 1986. Returning to Castle in 1991, Max improved the manufacturing process while reducing costs and expanding the customer base.

Max holds a number of patents issued prior to 1999 when he developed the initial ideas for precision fold technology. These ideas, which include edge to face engagement, became the basis for the Industrial Origami Solution. Industrial Origami, Inc. (IOI®) was incorporated in 2002, after the issuance of the first Industrial Origami method patent. Industrial Origami has numerous additional patents issued and pending relating to the Industrial Origami Technology which are the result of Max's ongoing development program.

Max studied at the University of California at Davis.

Max Durney
 
 Bernie Mabrey
 Director of Business Development

Bernie has 27 years' experience managing Sales, Telesales, Marketing and Business Development activities for several manufacturing corporations. Prior to joining Industrial Origami, Bernie's management tenure includes Procter and Gamble, General Electric and PPG Industries.

Industry experience includes Consumer Goods, White Goods, Architectural and Automotive Coatings.

Bernie holds a B.A. from Westminster College, Fulton, MO.

Max Durney
 

 
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Industrial Origami | 6755 Engle Road | Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130
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