MOTION SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Betty Ann is an outdoor enthusiast, enjoying hiking and the beach. She also enjoys live music, the theater, and spending time with family. She holds a BS in finance from Pennsylvania State University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Automation
Bill Lackey brings more than two decades of engineering experience to Motion Solutions. During his six years at the company, he has managed nearly all aspects of the organization's motion-control business. In particular, he has led the applications/electrical engineering team, and the California sales teams.
Prior to joining Motion Solutions, Bill served as controls sales manager at Danaher Motion in the Kollmorgen Division. This experience with Danaher added to Bill's engineering and sales expertise and gave him deep familiarity with the same Kollmorgen equipment that Motion Solutions distributes today. He previously served as a field applications engineer for Danaher. Before that, he spent nine years working for the Parker Hannifin Compumotor Division, rising from applications engineer to marketing training coordinator, to product planning manager and systems engineering manager. The last two positions focused on new product development, from identifying customer needs to building a product-development strategy to new product rollout.
Away from work, Bill competes in Ironman triathlons, training alongside his wife, also a triathlete. He holds a BSEE from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Bill Saunders, currently Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Motion Solutions, occupies a pivotal leadership role in driving business growth. He excels at building highly effective sales teams to nurture relationships with new and existing customers and provides them with a compelling vision to exceed customer needs. He has over 2 decades of experience working with engineers in the mechatronics space. His long-standing passion for engineering leads him to focus on helping customers find the best solutions for their motion problems, whether that involves clean-sheet design or helping to select the optimal stock components.
Bill's vast manufacturing expertise and understanding come from 25+ years in various roles in the industry. Bill was previously regional sales manager at Panasonic, where he focused on high-performance motion-control platforms. The role enabled him to develop designs from concept to full production. Prior to that, he spent almost 10 years working for Omron, a company that is now a Motion Solutions' supply partner. At Omron, Bill's positions included US business development manager, strategic accounts manager, and area sales manager for Omron Scientific. In the latter position, he focused on safety PLCs and safety controls. He used his knowledge of ISO 13849 and ANSI B11 to teach training courses to customers and distributors, as well as to help customers design safety-enabled systems. Prior to Omron, he amassed intensive customer-facing experience as a sales engineer for two different automation suppliers and distributors.
In his free time, Bill enjoys traveling, scuba diving, sailing, mountain biking, and camping with his family. He holds a BSME from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and an MBA from California State University, Hayward.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager
Casey Covey joined Motion Solutions in 2014 after he toured the main production facility and recognized the advanced capabilities of the organization. From the time he finished undergraduate school, he has worked in motion control and automation. His time spent in engineering has given him a strong foundation in understanding and communicating about highly technical concepts and products. With job experience in both northern and southern California, he has been exposed to a diverse array of end markets, from semiconductor and defense to food processing, solar, and biotech.
Prior to Motion Solutions, Casey spent seven years at a major automation specialist and motion control distributor, working first as an applications engineer and then as a sales engineer. This combination of engineering and customer-facing positions has given him a strong technical background that enables him to be creative in applying technology to solve challenging problems.
Casey holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Chico and an MBA from San Diego State University. He enjoys golfing and fishing in his spare time.
Betty Ann is an outdoor enthusiast, enjoying hiking and the beach. She also enjoys live music, the theater, and spending time with family. She holds a BS in finance from Pennsylvania State University.
With over 20 years' experience driving change and continuous improvement in operations and supply-chain organizations, Mark Isola has demonstrated the ability to create successful teams in any manufacturing/distribution environment or culture. He has implemented and improved operations systems in a variety of industries including aerospace and defense, medical, electronics, and automotive.
Prior to joining Motion Solutions, Mark served as director of operations/plant manager for a division of the Kerry Group, a $75 million food and beverage manufacturer. He oversaw the multisite operation, which included a 120,000 ft.² distribution and manufacturing facility. Before that, he was director of operations at Dynamic Air Engineering, boosting the organization's on-time delivery record from 47% to 95%, while reducing lead times by 25%. Other key positions included supply chain director for Safariland, a $200 million defense and automotive manufacturing firm and director of materials at Cambro Manufacturing, a $190 million international injection/rotational molding company.
Mark is a certified scuba dive master and also enjoys camping. He holds a BA in Operations Management from California State University, Fullerton and an MBA from Chapman University.
R.M. Hoffman Company became a division of Motion Solutions in September of 2016. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Hoffman is an engineering-services provider as well as a provider of rotary and linear motion products for a broad customer base in many end markets. The company's deep domain expertise in rotary motion made it a perfect complement to the linear-motion specialization of Motion Solutions.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Engineering
Wally Logan brings in-depth engineering expertise to his position as Vice President of Engineering at Motion Solutions. Wally began at Motion Solutions, then called Bearing Engineers, directly out of college. He started as an applications engineer, training under company cofounder Bob Bloom to learn the proprietary techniques the Bearing Engineers principles developed to optimize motion system performance. Wally was also mentored by Tom O'Sullivan, who was instrumental in establishing the Motion Solutions engineering services group. Working with O'Sullivan, Wally gained extensive practical experience in design aspects such as working with square-rail bearings and other techniques used to maximize the performance of custom-designed subassemblies.
Wally worked his way up to chief engineer, growing along with the company. As the custom manufacturing business took on increasingly complex projects, Motion Solutions needed greater oversight over production, test, quality assurance, etc. Wally became vice president of engineering, adding oversight to his existing engineering roles. Today, he leads a thriving Engineered Solutions Group, positioning Motion Solutions for ongoing growth.
Logan is a classic car enthusiast, restoring and racing a 1968 Chevy Camaro. He holds a BS ME from California State University at Long Beach.