SALES TEAM

Each Sales Manager represents all of the plants and forging, heat-treating, and machining capabilities of the full IMT Forge Group.

Lori Brown 
Sales Manager

–  1-(217)-621-5306

Working from Champaign, Illinois, with over 6 years of forge sales experience, Lori serves as the link between IMT Forge Groups’ various disciplines and customers. This includes a focus on advancing a global understanding of the steel forging industry for the benefit of customers.

Market segments: Aero (Civil and Defense), Military and Defense (US), Auto Racing industry

Syl Demers 
Sales Manager

– 1-(905)-714-5554

For over 25 years in the forging industry, based out of Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada Syl has interacted with customers throughout North America to develop and maintain valuable partnerships resulting in favorable customer satisfaction.  As a Certified Profession Purchaser from PMAC (Purchasing Management Association of Canada) Syl is an expert in understanding and solving the many challenges each customer faces resulting and a steady supply of quality custom closed die and upset forgings

Market segments: Oil field equipment, Oil & Gas, Exploration, Transmission, Refining and Distribution, Offshore (Canada), Military and Defense (Canada), Heavy Truck and trailer

Mike Sonnenberg
Sales Manager 

– 1-(905)-714-6333

Mike has spent most of his career in the forging industry having joined PC Forge shortly after graduation as an outside sales representative and then joining IMT Forge in 2003 as Sales Manager. Mike graduated from McMaster University with a degree in Business.

Market segment: Heavy trucks, trailers, trucking, truck suspension system

Bud Kinney 
VP Innovation & Development

Bud has extensive experience in forging operations, engineering, and sales.  A degreed mechanical engineer with over 20 years of sales and marketing experience, Bud’s responsibilities include leading innovation and related business development for the IMT Forge companies working to strengthen the position of the IMT Forge in the marketplace.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Ken Hunter 
Vice President, Forge Operations

Jason Ray
General Manager, Clifford-Jacobs Forging, Champaign, Illinois

Following his service in the US Air Force, Jason joined the Clifford-Jacobs team. Jason’s forge operations roles include Estimator, Design Engineer, and he has held management positions including Sales Manager and Vice President of Sales. Since 2012 Jason has been General Manager of Clifford-Jacobs Forging and plays a key role on the IMT Forge leadership team.

Dave Thibeau
General Manager, PC Forge, Port Colborne, Ontario

Dave is a degreed mechanical engineer with extensive Tier 1 automotive supplier experience including Process / Engineering Manager, Quality / Maintenance Manager and is a Six Sigma Blackbelt. Dave started with IMT Forge as a Continuous Improvement Manager. He was later promoted to that site’s General Manager. In 2017 Dave’s was promoted to General Manager at IMT’s PC Forge in Port Colborne.

Kris Wiens 
Controller, PC Forge Ontario

Lindsay Carney 
Controller, Clifford-Jacobs Forging, Champaign, Illinois

As Controller, Lindsay is responsible for executing the company’s financial reporting as well as ensuring that these documents comply with generally accepted accounting principles. Since joining Clifford-Jacobs in early 2012, she has assumed responsibilities and oversees the cost accounting functions which include standardized cost setting, variance analysis and reporting, inventory valuation, and manufacturing close processes. Additionally, she manages the payables, receivables, capitalize assets, and MRO procurement procedures. Prior to Clifford-Jacobs, she has held similar roles within manufacturing accounting departments serving the steel, foundry, and energy industry sectors. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Communications from Northern Illinois University, along with both her Master of Accountancy and MBA. She is in the final process of obtaining both licenses for Certified Public Accounting and Certified Management Accounting.