John Payne

John Payne has a diverse work experience in the manufacturing industry. John is currently serving as the Director of Manufacturing at Accelus since September 2018. Prior to this, they worked at Pharmaworks as a Machine Shop Manager from May 2013 to August 2018. John also worked at CONMED Corporation as a CNC Setup Machinist from September 2012 to May 2013. Before that, they served as a Senior Machinist/Team Leader/Tool & Die Maker at Watlow from July 2009 to September 2012. John has also held roles as a CNC Programmer/Toolmaker at M.F. Miller Tool & Mfg., Inc. from February 2009 to July 2009, at Wilco Molding, Inc. from October 2007 to February 2009, and at Kentucky Machine & Engineering from November 2003 to October 2007. John started their career as a CNC Setup Technician/Quality Control Technician at Gibbs Die Casting Corporation from January 2000 to November 2003. Prior to that, they worked as a CNC Machinist at Kentucky Machine & Engineering from September 1998 to January 2000, and at Thompson International / Drilco Industrial from January 1997 to September 1998.

John Payne attended Henderson County High School from 1988 to 1992. During this time, they studied Pre-College Enrichment. Later, they pursued higher education at Madisonville Community College from 2004 to 2006, where they obtained an Associate's degree in Machine Tool Technology.