Ryan Gitzlaff

Ryan Gitzlaff is a seasoned project engineer with extensive experience in the design and development of automated machinery for the food and beverage industry. Currently serving as a Project Engineer at ALKAR-RapidPak, Inc. since May 2021, Ryan previously worked at Busse/SJI as a Mechanical Project Engineer for nine years, focusing on automatic palletizers and depalletizers. Prior experience includes positions at Ideal Manufacturing & Sales Corp. and Alkar-Rapidpak, where responsibilities included designing automated liquid filling machines and horizontal form, fill, and seal packaging machines, respectively. Ryan began professional engineering career at Excel-a-tec, inc. after earning a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Platteville in 2002.