After joining Parlec in 2006 as president of Parlec International, Doug assumed responsibility for worldwide operations including the North American manufacturing and engineering operations as President of Parlec Inc. in 2008.
Doug was previously the President and CEO of Liberty Precision Industries, which he joined in 1990. Under his leadership Liberty grew from a $7 million tool & die company to a $40 million internationally recognized manufacturing company.
Doug started his career as an apprentice toolmaker at Alliance Tool Corporation in 1975 and after receiving a B.S. in Business from Syracuse University went on to hold several key management positions at Alliance and its parent company Cross & Trecker.
Doug was AMT’s Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2005-06 and served on its Board of Directors from 2000-08. Doug was also active in the Nation Tooling & Machining Association, where he has chaired the Global Marketing Committee and is Past President of the Rochester Chapter of the NTMA. In 1994 he was the Upstate New York recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Manufacturing Turnarounds.