Ron Kirscht, President

Ron joined Donnelly in August of 1991 as the Vice President of Operations and was named President in June of 2000. Ron's leadership has been instrumental in shaping a young company into a $20 million company.

Ron led the implementation of critical business processes, including a management information system, formalized training program, ISO certified Quality System, and safety and human resource functions. Ron also pioneered the implementation of new business thinking, such as the theory of constraints management (High Velocity Management), the Manufacturing War Room, and the discipline of market leadership.

Prior to joining Donnelly, Ron was the Corporate Controller at Plastech Corporation, a $60 million injection molder of thermoplastics. Ron also worked in inventory and cost accounting management at Sandoz Nutrition (now Novartis) for four years and the Auditing Services Group at the Minneapolis Office of Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) for three years.

Ron cites his Plastech experience as giving him opportunity to see what Donnelly could aspire to and the trouble areas it should avoid. He credits his leadership team's diverse and complimentary experiences, commitment to the company's strategy, trust in each other and high level of accountability for Donnelly's success.

Ron graduated with honors from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelors degree in Accounting. He successfully passed the CPA (certified public accountant) exam in 1982, and the CMA (certified management accountant) exam in 1987.

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