10 Illinois Tool Works plant leaders
Plant Manager is the current title held by most of these Illinois Tool Works plant leaders, at units such as ITW Shakeproof, ITW Automotive, ITW Commercial Construction and ITW Appliance Components. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Illinois Tool Works from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Benjamin Brotz
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW Appliance Components
Benjamin Brotz has been Plant Manager at ITW Appliance Components since November 2025, based in Burlington, Wisconsin. Benjamin Brotz was Production Manager at ITW Appliance Components from 2024 to 2025 and Production Manager at Novares Group from 2022 to 2024.
Christopher Allen II
LinkedInExperience: Operations Manager · ITW
Christopher Allen II is a former Plant Manager - Austin (Chicago) at ITW, a role held from May 2025 to March 2026, and also held Plant Manager there from 2023 to 2026. Christopher Allen II has been Operations Manager at ITW since March 2026, based in the Greater Chicago Area.
Harry Donovan
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW Automotive
Harry Donovan has been Plant Manager at ITW Automotive since July 2025, based in Frankfort, Illinois. At ITW Automotive, Harry Donovan also held Production Manager from 2024 to 2025, Molding Manager from 2023 to 2024 and Molding Supervisor from 2021 to 2023.
Jasmin Urquiza
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW
Jasmin Urquiza has been Plant Manager at ITW since June 2023, based in New Lenox, Illinois, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at ITW Motion. Jasmin Urquiza was Production Manager (Multi-site) at ITW from 2022 to 2023 and Operations Manager at Dynamic Manufacturing, Inc. from 2019 to 2022.
John McCully
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW Shakeproof
John McCully has been Plant Manager at ITW Shakeproof since November 2022, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager, ITW Shakeproof Machesney Park. John McCully was Production Manager at ITW Shakeproof from 2021 to 2022 and Senior Manufacturing Manager at Logisnext Americas Inc. from 2020 to 2021.
Kenneth O'Brien
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Alpine, an ITW Company
Kenneth O'Brien has been Plant Manager at Alpine, an ITW Company since September 2018, based in Aiken, South Carolina. Kenneth O'Brien was Plant Manager at Resco Products, Inc. from 2017 to 2018, Plant Manager at Unifrax from 2015 to 2017 and Operations Manager Australasia at Foseco Metallurgical Inc. from 2010 to 2015.
Marek Hudcovsky
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW
Marek Hudcovsky has been Plant Manager at ITW since April 2024, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at ITW Automotive - Air Flow Management North America, USA. At ITW, Marek Hudcovsky also held Production Manager from 2022 to 2024 and Industrial Engineering Manager from 2009 to 2022.
Mauricio Castillo Sanchez
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW Commercial Construction
Mauricio Castillo Sanchez has been Plant Manager at ITW Commercial Construction since January 2022, based in Bensenville, Illinois. Mauricio Castillo Sanchez was Operations Manager at Elgin Fastener Group, Now MW Components in 2021 and Plant Materials and Production Manager there from 2019 to 2021.
Michael Wells
LinkedInExperience: Former Plant Manager · ITW Motion
Michael Wells is a former Plant Manager at ITW Motion, a role held from June 2019 to September 2020, based in Grant Park, Illinois. Michael Wells has also been Operations Manager at Illinois Tool Works (ITW) since September 2019 and was Quality Manufacturing Engineer at ITW Motion from 2015 to 2019.
Pooja Patel
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · ITW CCNA
Pooja Patel has been Plant Manager at ITW CCNA since December 2022, based in the Greater Chicago Area, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at ITW CCNA Itasc. Pooja Patel was Senior Buyer at ITW GTU in 2022 and Production Scheduler at Fort Dearborn Company from 2018 to 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the ITW division their row names to your question, since running one plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person held the role, because someone leading a plant today and someone who led one years ago will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between running the plant day to day and longer-term priorities?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
Reaching Illinois Tool Works plant leaders
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About this directory
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