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Management
 
Management Team

 V. Gerry Corrigan
 President and CEO

Gerry comes to Industrial Origami with more than 25 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
 
 Dennis Raab
 CFO and COO

Dennis brings over 30 years of financial and operational experience to Industrial Origami from leadership positions at multiple global manufacturing and service businesses, spanning high growth and turnaround situations.

Dennis started his career in financial roles at GE manufacturing and service businesses and progressed to senior financial leadership roles at GE Capital businesses, including two as CFO. Subsequently he worked at CNA Financial where he led strategic sourcing and financial planning & analysis activities for the company, Allianz Insurance where he was CFO of their North American commercial insurance business, and most recently at the eCommerce company Insurance.com where he was CFO.

Dennis holds a BBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Dennis Raab
 
 Philip Lavee
 SVP Sales

Philip has over 20 years of experience in sales, business development, marketing and introducing systems, software and IC's. Prior to joining Industrial Origami, Philip was VP of Sales at Mobilygen, a fabless semiconductor company building IC’s for mobile products.

Before Mobilygen, Philip was one of the founders and VP of Sales and Business Development at Pictos Technologies, a supplier of semiconductor and software solutions for cellular phones and digital still cameras. Philip has held executive management, sales and business development positions with Zing Networks, Pix.com, and Scitex Corporation.

Philip holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and a B.E.T. from Technion, School of Engineering Technology.

Philip Lavee
 
 Keith Bell
 Director of Engineering

Keith has 9 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.

Philip Lavee
 
 Max Durney
 Founder and CTO

Max has over 30 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

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