PIERCE MACHINE - Key Persons

Dan Dobson

Job Titles:
  • Manufacturing Operations Manager
Dan Dobson is Pierce Machine's manufacturing operations manager. He has an extensive background in the papermaking and machining industries, and has been a large part of Pierce Machine for more than 30 years.

Keith L. Harrison - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President of Pierce Machine Co.
Keith L. Harrison, vice president of Pierce Machine Co., joined the company in 1988 as an executive assistant. His current responsibilities include sales development, contract administration, purchasing, production overview and various administrative functions. He is a graduate of the General Electric Co. Toolmaker Apprentice Program. Before joining Pierce, he was the machine shop and plant superintendent at Lipton Steel and Metal Products in Pittsfield.

Mark W. Busch - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President of Pierce Machine Co.
Mark W. Busch, president of Pierce Machine Co., joined the company in 1980. He was named president and treasurer of the corporation by the board of directors in 1998, succeeding his father. A resident of Pittsfield, Mass., he has served on the board of directors of Pittsfield's YMCA and Salvation Army, and is a past president of the Pittsfield Rotary Club. He also is a director of Legacy Banks and youth soccer coach. Busch is a graduate of the former Lenox School for Boys and of Nasson College. He is married to the former Anita Ryan Butler and has two grown children, Amanda and Jason.