Vaughn W. Makary, serves as a Strategic Advisor for Falls River Group, LLC. Vaughn is currently the President of Omnicast, LLC, the CEO of Michigan Steel Inc., both steel casting producers, and the president of Advanced Casting Technology, a consulting company for the metal casting industry. Vaughn is also the former CEO of a $700 million company, which produced and supplied cast and fabricated products to the railroad industry and general commercial markets. Vaughn’s thirty-one year career in the metal casting and railroad supply industries is one of progressive corporate management experience, which included the responsibility for 33 factories with more than 6000 employees in 10 countries worldwide. While Vaughn's abilities in the areas of international business growth and development and domestic and international marketing are highly respected, his technical expertise in developing industrial manufacturing facilities and directing operational activities is unsurpassed in the industry. Vaughn served as a board member of the Steel Founders Society of America from 1991 through 1997 and as President of the Society in 1996 and 1997. Concurrently, he received the Frederick A. Lorenz Medal, the highest award for contributions toward technical and operational development in the steel casting industry. |