Tom Kunkel Email & Phone Number

Fairport, New York, US

Qualitrol, part of Fortive (𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴), provides the world's energy grid with monitoring equipment to ensure reliable power. Currently leading a team responsible for sales to transformer manufacturers in Americas region. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬.

Chicago, IL, US

I still have a passion for automation, spend 1 hour/week advising the CEO on strategy and key business development areas as RoboChef drives early-adopter success and general market acceptance.

Elgin, IL, US

Led the sales, applications engineering, service, product management and marketing teams for Lab2Fab driving innovation in the kitchen with robotic, AI, automated food and liquor management solutions.𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐁𝐨𝐭™ - automates the deep frying and seasoning process of foods. 2023 Kitchen Innovation (KI) Awardee𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐁𝐨𝐭™ - automates the preparation and cooking.

Zurich, ZH, CH

Responsible for Channel Management and go-to-market strategy for Drive Products US division (excluding commercial HVAC) within the Motion business unit including Distributors, System Integrators and eCommerce channels to market. Drive Products includes VFD/VSD, PLC and HMI products.Industries: Food & Beverage, Machine OEMs, Water/Wastewater, chemicals, Oil.

Radford, VA, US

Global product planning, launch, lifecycle and general management for all PLC and PC based controls, servo drives and cable product lines (software and hardware) sold to OEM machine builders and end users.

Radford, VA, US

Created and managed Telesales team, managed all NA Sales Operations, led channel programs and channel management including executive partner relationships.

Radford, VA, US

Responsible for achieving distribution sales growth in North America by setting channel strategy and executing channel programs to standardize and scale the sales process.

Radford, VA, US

Territory: Northern California and Pacific NorthwestProducts: PLC and PC-based Motion Controllers, Stepper and Servo Drives, Rotary, Linear & Direct Drive Servo Motors (housed & frameless), Standard and Hybrid Stepper Motors, Electric Cylinders, Linear Actuators and Precision Tables, Planetary GearheadsIndustries: Robotics, Food & Beverage, Semiconductor.

Vernon Hills, IL, US

Territory: Northern California and Northern NevadaProducts: Motion Controllers, Servo Drives, Robots, PLCs, I/O & HMIs, VFDs, Distributed I/O and safety, Enclosures, breakers and contactors, MES-ITIndustries: Solar, Food & Beverage, Machine Tools, Material Handling & Forming, Disk Drive, Semiconductor, Metrology & Inspection, Packaging & Converting, Waste.

Mountain View, CA, US

Territory: states of CA, OR, WA (10 distributors)Products: Integrated Smart Motors (network, controller, servo drive/amp, I/O and motor - 1 package), Actuators (ball screws and belt drives), Planetary Gearheads, Cables, Power Suppliers, Shunts and Accessories, did 3 product launches in the PLM role.Industries: Aircraft Skin Processing, Agricultural.

Mountain View, CA, US

This was a semester of school and then a semester of work full time at GE rotational program. Completed Green Belt training (part of Six Sigma). Factory produced induction motors and specialty transformers.3 Rotations/Semesters:1) HVAC Engineer - motor design engineer, created torque curve generator tool (Visual Basic)2) Manufacturing Engineer - plant.

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Masters Of Business Administration, Finance And Marketing

High School Diploma