Joe Cestari
Joe is a motivational, visionary leader who enjoys developing and coaching teams and leading cultural transformation. Joe has a genuine care and concern for people and believes business is personal. Equally comfortable in a non-profit, startup, turnaround, or large- scale existing business, Joe expects to leverage his broad base of professional experience by challenging leaders to achieve an unreasonable level of success in business and ultimate satisfaction in their personal lives.
Joe has more than 35 years of high technology engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing experience as well as 25 years of global business development experience. Joe has led the establishment of multiple entities in Asia (Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, China).
Joe is currently engaged with several companies as an executive coach, business development leader, and strategic advisor. He currently serves as Executive Director for Kiterocket, Executive Advisor for CEC, Management Advisor for Atonarp, Executive Advisor for Axis Tool, Executive Advisor for CollabraTech, member of the Board of Advocates for the Baylor University School of Engineering and Computer Science, and as a Board Member for Junior Achievement of Central Texas.
Joe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Baylor University and has completed graduate studies in international business and the management of technology. Joe has been married to Beth for 37+ years and has 3 children, Nicholas (31), Zachary (29), and Taylor (26) and one grandchild, Jade Sofia (4).
Overall Career Highlights:
Over 20 years of experience in facility design, construction, and specialty process systems contracting (TRiMEGA, M+W/TFS (now Exyte), and Kinetics). Served as project executive for > $ 3B in design/build turnkey projects.
28 years of executive management (Tylan General, AMAT, TRiMEGA, ILS Technology, TFS, Kinetics) experience
30 years of experience in gas and chemical delivery systems (Tylan General, AMAT, TRiMEGA, M+W/TFS, and Kinetics)
20 years of M&A Experience (Tylan General, Kinetics, M+W/TFS)
8 years of automation, software, and controls experience (AMD, TRiMEGA, ILS Technology)
5 years of executive level supply chain management experience (Kinetics/TRiMEGA, AMAT)
5 years of process and equipment engineering experience (AMD)
2 years of semiconductor device design experience (Baylor, AMD)
JA Experience Highlights:
20 years as a classroom volunteer
10+ years as a donor and corporate program sponsor
8 years as a JACTX Board Member
5 years as JACTX Board Chair
Member of the team responsible for merging JACTX with JASE
