AUDIOWELL - Key Persons


Bob Hess


Brian Booza


Danny Nunley - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sales
  • Director of Sales - Huntsville Office
With an extensive background in electronic distribution, Danny Nunley brings this valuable background to Audiowell International. Starting with Avnet where he was educated in how a global electronic distribution organization works to his time running SMD Electronics and now at Audiowell International, Danny has consistently demonstrated the ability to coordinate our product management and sales teams and to engage our outstanding technical support team to the focal point of application or design and support our customer base at every level and step of a design and application. Danny is responsible for working with our distributors which include DigiKey, Future Electronics, and Procom International. Our customers can find an excellent inventory at DigiKey and Procom International and Future offers Audiowell International coverage for the international as well as having Field Applications Engineers to support the design effort for Audiowell International products. Danny is a graduate of Athens State University with a degree in accounting.

Don Folkes

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Manager
  • Engineering Manager - Huntsville Office
Don has been working with Audiowell International since 2014 and brings one of the greatest Time of Flight integrated Circuit knowledge in the world. A graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Don spent the greater part of his career working in the semi-conductor business with companies like Dallas Semiconductors which lead him to becoming the Business Unit Manager for the development of the Time-of-Flight integrated circuit product line at Maxim Integrated Circuits. At Maxim, Don was responsible for the development, introduction, and applications support for the Maxim MAX3510X line of Ultrasonic Time of Flight IC's. Don went from Maxim to AMS (now ScioSense) where he was the Senior Business Development Manager for their TDC product line. These positions allowed Don to work with a worldwide network of top manufacturers for products ranging from utility meter companies to agricultural companies to automotive companies to process control companies and many things in between. Don's strength is in his commitment to our customer base, new and existing, to focus on providing the best product solution and then his support up to and through manufacturing. With his extensive engineering application experience and knowledge, Don is one of the few resources in the world that combines the detailed knowledge of Time-of-Flight IC's and knowledge of the ultrasonic piezo characteristics and functions. Don is a graduate of Iowa State University with a BSEE degree. Since 2013 Don has been focused primarily on ultrasonic solutions for flow. distance, and level measurement. At Maxim Integrated he was the Business Unit Manager that was directly responsible for the development, introduction, and applications support for the MAX3510x line of Ultrasonic Time of Flight IC's After that he was with AMS as a Senior Business Development Manager for their TDC product line in the Americas. In these roles he was directly engaged with multiple major worldwide customers which included top manufacturers of metering products and other industrial/medical sensing systems.

Drema Gates - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer - Huntsville Office

Jim Gates - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President - Huntsville Office
Jim's engineering and design work using ultrasonic piezo devices dates back to the 1980's. Jim has spent over 30 years working with researchers, product developers, design engineers, and manufacturing experts to develop hundreds of new products and devices and to bring them to market. Jim holds patents in ultrasonic and capacitive sensor designs.

Kim Long

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager
  • Program Manager - Atlanta Office
Kim Long has worked in the Electronics Industry for 35 years, gaining experience in Customer Service, Operations and Logistics Management. As a seasoned Program/Account Manager and Logistics Manager she is passionate about putting the needs of each customer first and finding the best approach to satisfy the needs of their specific program. In addition to working with the engineering staff and account reps to find the best product(s) for their specific application, she works with the purchasing and supply chain representatives to determine the best approach to satisfy their logistics management requirements. Outside of the office, Kim enjoys spending time with her family, pets, college football, reading and continually learning.

Mark Ditzig

Job Titles:
  • Central Regional Manager
  • Regional Manager
Mark is a graduate of the University of Illinois with BSME degree. Early in his career Mark was a design engineer for Molex before he joined ALRO Aim as their chief engineer. Mark brings an extensive engineering and problem-solving skills and experience to Audiowell International where in addition to his skills as an engineer and regional manager, Mark is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Since joining Audiowell International in 2016, Mark has had the opportunity to work with design engineers, new product development engineers, and R&D engineers, in the automotive, agriculture, medical, and industrial world helping or customers select the best product solution for their applications.

Melanie R. Pepper - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President / Project Manager - Huntsville Office
As a graduate of the University of Alabama Huntsville with a degree in Earth System Sciences specializing in Hydrology, Industrial Engineering and Mathematics, Melanie is responsible for the day-to-day management of Audiowell International. Her technical background makes her invaluable in working with those companies who are beginning to transition from electro-mechanical technology to the benefit's piezo ultrasonic technology.

Rick Morin


Steve Humphrey

Job Titles:
  • Sales Manager - Atlanta Office

Tim Piver

Job Titles:
  • Eastern Regional Manager
  • Eastern Regional Manager - Carolinas Office
Tim's 25 years of experience in the electronics industry has been invaluable in his work with the many of the largest utility meter companies in the world. His experience includes 15 years of Product Marketing while working at AVX Corporation where he managed ceramic and tantalum capacitors for the automotive, medical, and military for the North American market. Following AVX, Tim worked in distribution until he joined EQC Southeast as an Area Manager for this manufacturer representative firm. All of these experiences helped teach Tim the value of responding to the customer's needs and has enabled Tim to work so closely with new product development groups, R&D teams, design engineers, product managers and procurement professionals. Tim is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University with a degree in Business Management.