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TS: Deanna Ellis, your title is “Plant Manager of Elgin Fastener’s Telefast Division”. To my knowledge, in the fastener industry there are not a lot of female plant managers. But, you paid your dues and worked your way up to that position and have held this position for many years. But first, let’s travel back in time a bit. How did you first get into the fastener industry?
Deanna: When I started at Telefast, Jeff Ferry was the owner. I was introduced to Jeff Ferry by his brother. Over the next couple of years, I moved into different roles, HR, AP/AR and the assistant to Jeff Ferry. After Jeff Ferry passed away his wife Kathleen Ferry took over formally running the company and I slowly moved more into the operations side of the business. Under Kathleen I learned about the company from the financial side and the operations side. I eventually started scheduling the product
TS: How did you transition into the manufacturing side of the business?
Fastenerblog.net | Where Fastener People Talk
Fastenerblog.net | Where Fastener People Talk
Fully Threaded Radio Fastener Headlines