10 Medline engineering leaders
Vice president, senior director of engineering and engineering director titles across distribution engineering, product development, facilities and safety, automation, capital projects and engineering project management are held today by these Medline engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Medline from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Chris Damore
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering, Facilities, & Environmental Health and Safety · Medline
Chris Damore has been Director, Engineering, Facilities, & Environmental Health and Safety at Medline since March 2015, based in the United States. Chris Damore was Manager, Engineering and Operations at Catalent from 2007 to 2015, Manager, Engineering and Maintenance at Songbird Hearing from 2002 to 2007 and Electrical Project Engineer at SCHWEITZER MAUDUIT INTL INC from 1997 to 2002.
Daniel Schwartz
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Engineering, Operations · Medline
Daniel Schwartz has been Vice President Engineering, Operations at Medline since January 2021, based in the Greater Chicago Area, and the profile describes a supply chain engineering leader focused on warehouse automation. Daniel Schwartz was Regional Vice President Engineering, Operations at Medline from 2019 to 2021, Area Vice President Engineering, Operations from 2017 to 2019 and Sr. Director Engineering, Operations from 2015 to 2017.
Jacob Makarewicz
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering Project Mgmt · Medline
Jacob Makarewicz has been Director Engineering Project Mgmt at Medline since December 2021, based in Greater Milwaukee, and the profile headline lists distribution center design, robotics and automation and supply chain strategy. Jacob Makarewicz was Senior Engineering Manager at Medline from 2020 to 2021, Project Manager from 2018 to 2020 and Senior Engineer at Medline from 2017 to 2018.
Jason Dilwith
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Medline
Jason Dilwith was Director Of Engineering at Medline from May 2022 to December 2024, based in Queensbury, New York, and has been OPS ME Leader at Philips since May 2025. Jason Dilwith was Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Philips from 2019 to 2022, Lean Champion at Philips from 2017 to 2019 and Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at Philips from 2015 to 2017.
Kelley Kuehne
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director · Medline
Kelley Kuehne has been Engineering Director at Medline since December 2017, based in Williamston, Michigan, and the profile headline lists the role at Medline Industries, Inc. Kelley Kuehne was an Engineer at Centurion Medical Products from 1992 to 2017.
Kyle DeGroot
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · Medline
Kyle DeGroot has been Sr. Director of Engineering at Medline since June 2026, based in Chicago. Kyle DeGroot was Vice President, Operations Engineering & Technology at HelloFresh from 2024 to 2026, Sr. Director, Production Technology at HelloFresh from 2022 to 2024, Director, Production Technology from 2020 to 2022 and Associate Director, Production Technology at HelloFresh from 2019 to 2020.
Michael Cook
LinkedInExperience: Director of Automation, Capital Projects & Strategy · Medline
Michael Cook has been Director of Automation, Capital Projects & Strategy at Medline since November 2021, based in the Greater Chicago Area, and holds the PgMP credential. Michael Cook held the role Director of Program Management and Strategy at Medline from 2017 to 2023, was Director of Engineering at Medline from 2016 to 2017 and Engineering Manager at Medline from 2012 to 2016.
Paul Ancona
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Global Engineering · Medline
Paul Ancona was SVP - Global Engineering at Medline from January to September 2022 and VP - Global Engineering at Medline from 2007 to 2021, and has been Director of Operations at Uline since December 2022, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Paul Ancona was Director of Engineering at Cardinal Health from 1999 to 2007 and Engineering Manager at Allegiance Healthcare from 1996 to 1998.
Wayne Denmark
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · Medline
Wayne Denmark has been Sr. Director of Engineering at Medline since August 2024, based in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, and the profile headline describes commercializing product from concept to life cycle management. Wayne Denmark was Director of Material, Process and Delivery at Ecolab from 2014 to 2024, Director of Product Development - Global Innovative Services at Ecolab from 2012 to 2014 and an Engineering Team Leader at Pella Corporation.
Yushek Pun
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Product Development · Medline
Yushek Pun has been Director of Engineering - Product Development at Medline since November 2021, based in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Yushek Pun was Product Development Manager at Excelsior Medical, LLC from 2018 to 2021, Senior Product Development Engineer and Product Development Engineer at Excelsior Medical from 2015 to 2018 and a Project Engineer at Dentsply Sirona from 2013 to 2015.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope, such as distribution engineering, product development, plant engineering and facilities, or automation and capital projects, to the decision you face. Check when each role started, or when it ended, to judge how current their view is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current engineering role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which distribution centers get automation and robotics first?
- 03What has your work taught you about taking a medical product from concept to high-volume manufacturing?
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