YAKIMA, WA — Kwik Lok has advanced Ryan Towry to the role of VP of engineering and innovation.
“Ryan has done exemplary work here at Kwik Lok, including streamlining processes and developing new solutions for our customers. In the VP role, he can also apply his leadership experience and support our global Kwik Lok culture of innovation,” said Don Carrell, CEO of Kwik Lok.
Towry joined Kwik Lok in 2021 as a senior mechanical engineer. In that role, he managed projects and implemented new process solutions. Prior to joining Kwik Lok, he was the director of engineering for Yakima Chief Hops and led a team to complete multiple complex capital projects. Towry has 15 years of professional engineering experience and has held a variety of engineering positions throughout his career, including project engineer for Barnum Mechanical Inc. and mechanical engineer for Electric Power Systems Inc.
“I have a passion for developing Kwik Lok’s culture of innovation and look forward to making my engineering and leadership skills available to everyone, not just those in my department, in order to develop more streamlined processes and manufacturing excellence,” Towry said.
