RONALD SYMENS/ PRESIDENT, CTI

Mr. Symens graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and was recruited into the prestigious Firestone College Class Management Group.  He held various corporate and plant engineering positions with increasing levels of responsibility.  After leaving Firestone, Mr. Symens worked for Hewlett Packard in Cleveland, Ohio and was instrumental in establishing the first technical consulting engagements for the company.

In 1978 Mr. Symens and Curtis Lamb established Commercial Timesharing, Inc. (CTI) to create a time-shared record keeping and billing system for medical clinics on a multi-user minicomputer.  In 1980 CTI began to seek engineering engagements in the manufacturing industries of northeast Ohio.  Under Mr. Symens leadership, CTI has become internationally recognized for designing tire uniformity controls and process data collection systems.  Mr. Symens sold CTI to the Poling Group in 2002 and continues to provide leadership and technical design as the President of CTI.

GERARD H. BEISLER / VP, OPERATIONS

Mr. Beisler has a BS Degree in Math and Computer Science from California State College, California, Pa. and has been with CTI since 1984.

Mr. Beisler has developed systems now deployed world wide.  An expert in Oracle and both HP-UX and Linux platforms, he has created real-time sorting and conveyor systems utilizing bar coding technology, along with other data acquisition technologies.  As technical manager, Mr. Beisler is responsible for detailed and functional system specification and implementations for advanced tire handling and plant floor data collection in the tire industry.

TROY L. ANENSON / VP, ENGINEERING

Mr. Anenson has a B.S. Degree from South Dakota State University, and has been with CTI since 1989.

Currently the program manager for TTOC (CTI’s flagship Tire Testing and Optimization Controller), Mr. Anenson has tremendous experience in real-time factory automation, utilizing Unix/Linux platforms as well as Allen Bradley, Modicon, and Siemens PLC technologies.  As an experienced material handling project manager, he has implemented systems for FedEx, Goodyear, Bridgestone/Firestone, Timken and other corporate clients.

WILLIAM HAYS / ENGINEER MANAGER, CTI

Mr. Hays has a B.S. Degree from Kent State University, and has been with CTI since 1985.

As the Engineering Manager for CTI, Mr. Hays has developed many of the communication technologies (PLCIO) utilized in the TTOC project, CTI’s flagship Tire Testing and Optimization Controller.  He has significant experience in systems level programming on Windows and Linux, and database experience on Oracle and SQL Server.

Currently, Mr. Hays is engaged in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence / Manufacturing Intelligence consulting for enterprises needing greater understanding from the volumes of data being produced by modern IT systems.  As the principle Data Modeling engineer for the Rainmaker Group, Mr. Hays has designed dozens of Data Warehouse projects for clients such as Motley Fool, Quicken Loans, Carter Lumber, and many others.

JOHN M. McCARTHY / SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER, CTI

Mr. McCarthy has a B.S. Degree from The Ohio State University College of Engineering, and has been with CTI since 1986.

As project manager for the CTI Final Finish Host (FFH), Mr. McCarthy has worked with many international clients to meet their production reporting needs.  As an experienced systems engineer, Mr. McCarthy engages the larger enterprise-class projects requiring detailed specifications, database engineering, custom applications and international rollout / support services.