Several industries, from aerospace and medical to food processing and transportation, rely on OMAX Corporation’s abrasive water jet technology for the fast, precise cutting of various materials, including exotic alloys, glass, rubber, stone and wood. The company, which designs and manufactures all of its machines, pumps and accessories in the United States, recently hired Doug Kelley as its new vice president of product engineering to ensure OMAX exceeds the growing technology demands of its global customers.
Kelly earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, and his career diversity ranges from utility subsurface installation services to enhanced oil well drilling technology and new developments in supercomputers. With more than 30 years as an engineer for a variety of global high-tech industries, Kelly owns 15 patents in a variety of technical applications. His most recent patent came in late 2011 for air conditioning systems for computers and associated methods.
“Our talented engineering team is constantly developing new and improved abrasive water jet technologies to meet the diverse and ever changing needs of manufacturers worldwide,” said Dr. John Cheung, CEO of OMAX Corporation. “Because innovation is at the core of everything we do, we are extremely excited to have Mr. Kelley as part of our team. His engineering expertise and proven successes will be a great asset to us and our customers.”
Before joining OMAX, Kelley spent 13 years as a senior mechanical engineering manager for Cray, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures world-class supercomputers. In this position, he conceptualized and orchestrated the company’s first commercial research and development contract, and developed an innovative two-phase cooling system, allowing the world’s most powerful computer to save 1MW of power. Kelley was Cray’s only hardware engineer to meet for six consecutive years with key customers at the International Supercomputing Convention, the world’s oldest and one of the most important conferences for the high-performance computing community.
Prior to Cray, Inc., Kelley was the founding engineer for the start-up UTILX Corp. and was involved in the concept and commercialization through an initial public stock offering of proprietary technology used to install underground utilities without surface restoration. He also was director of engineering for FlowDril Corp., where he promoted leading-edge designs and analysis for high-pressure technology for the oil and gas drilling industry.
For more information on OMAX products and accessories, contact Sandra McLain at 800-838-0343, or visit www.omax.com.
