Gary Gigante - Chief Executive Officer
Gary began his career in metallurgy at Waukesha Foundry before joining ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in March of 1981. He started his career at Waupaca as a Metallurgist and served as Plant Manager in Marinette from 1986, until he was promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing in 2002. Gary held the position of President and COO from 2004 until accepting the position of CEO in July of 2007. Gary graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering.

Gary Garbe - Vice President - Human Resources
Gary Garbe joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in 1973. Before accepting HR responsibilities, Gary held various manufacturing positions with the company including production laborer, Coreroom Supervisor, Molding Supervisor, Production Superintendent, and Kaizen/JIT Facilitator. Gary accepted the position of Personnel Manager in 1993, was promoted to Director of Human Resources in 2005, and assumed the responsibilities of Vice President - Human Resources in July of 2007. Gary earned a Business Administration Certificate from Indiana University in 2005.

Kris Pfaehler - Vice President - Sales & Marketing
Kris Pfaehler joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in 2007 as Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Kris had previously held executive sales and business development positions with Meridian Magnesium, as Vice President, Global Business Development, with STRATTEC Security Corporation as Vice President, Marketing & Sales, and with the Talon Automotive Group, as Vice President, Sales & Business Development. He began his career in 1976 with American Motors. Kris received an undergraduate business degree from the University of Michigan - Dearborn, and an MA degree from Marygrove College in Detroit.

Franz Eckl - Vice President - Business Development
Franz Eckl joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in April 2007. Franz began his career in Process Development and Production with Audi AG before joining ThyssenKrupp in 1998. After working in Corporate Development and Investment Planning, he became, in 2001, Project Manager and Plant Manager for ThyssenKrupp Rautenbach Castings. In 2004, he moved to the US and became President and CEO of ThyssenKrupp Stahl Company. Franz studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, where he received his Doctorate in Engineering.