Mitchell Kidd, Vice President and General Manager
Timothy Zeh, Assistant General Manager
Timothy Zeh has over 25 years of experience in foundry management with a proven track record in waste and cost reduction and employee retention. Before joining Atlantic States, he served as general manager of Citation Corporation where he was instrumental in increasing foundry sales by more than $10 million. While with Citation, Mr. Zeh significantly reduced production costs, and employee turnover rates. Under his management, the Alabama ductile plant won Citation’s “Performance Championship” in 2000 for the most profitable business unit. Mr. Zeh holds an MBA from Lynchburg College and a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He has authored numerous papers and technical journals on the subject of metallurgical engineering, and other related topics.
Dennis Zurakowski, Director of Environmental Engineering
Dennis Zurakowski is a licensed professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in regulatory compliance, project management, planning and organizational development. Before joining Atlantic States, he served as director, environmental, health & safety for a Michigan-based company where he was responsible for managing regulatory compliance for two carbon steel manufacturing facilities and a commercial industrial waste landfill. Previously, he was employed by the Mercury Refining Company in Albany, NY as their regulatory compliance manager. In this capacity, he was responsible for environmental, health and safety, plant facilities, as well as managing the construction of a state-of-the-art mercury reclamation facility designed to minimize employee exposure and air emissions.
Rex A. Blevins, Director of Safety
Rex A. Blevins has over 25 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with over sixteen years as a safety and health management professional. Before joining Atlantic States, Mr. Blevins was manager of safety, health and environment for Electrolux Home Products, Consumer Outdoors Products Division, where he was responsible for more than 3000 employees in a 3 million foot facility. During his tenure as safety director for Siemens Energy & Automation, Mr. Blevins was accepted into the OSHA VPP STAR program, and in 2002, he was named employee of the year for his division of 10,000 employees. Prior to Siemens, Mr. Blevins served as senior compliance safety and health officer for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), where he conducted numerous safety inspections in manufacturing and construction sites. Mr. Blevins holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Franklin University. He is recognized as a Certified Occupational Health & Safety Technologist, Certified Professional Health & Safety Auditor, and Certified Safety Professional. He is also a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and is authorized by OSHA as a General Industry Outreach Trainer.
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