Tom Kunkel

Tom Kunkel has extensive work experience in various roles within the sales and marketing field. Tom is currently serving as the Vice President at Lab2Fab, where they lead the sales, service, product management, and marketing teams. Tom is responsible for driving innovation in the kitchen with their robotic, AI, and automated food and liquor management solutions.

Prior to their current position, Tom worked as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Lab2Fab, where they played a significant role in the company's sales and marketing strategies.

Before joining Lab2Fab, Tom served as the Director of Channel at ABB, where they were responsible for channel management and go-to-market strategy for the Drive Products US division. Tom managed relationships with distributors, system integrators, and eCommerce channels, focusing on industries such as food & beverage, machine OEMs, water/wastewater, chemicals, oil & gas, cement, mining, metals, power, and renewables.

Tom also gained experience at Kollmorgen as a Global Product Manager, overseeing product management for a specific product line. Tom previously held the positions of Director of Channel Sales, Channel Program Manager, and Field Sales Engineer at Kollmorgen.

Furthermore, Tom worked at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. as a Channel Sales Engineer, and at Moog Animatics as a Sales Engineer & Product Management. At Moog Animatics, they played a crucial role in launching new product lines and developing key distributor partner relationships.

Tom's early career included participation in GE Industrial Systems' Co-op Rotation Program, where they completed Green Belt training. Tom also gained experience in the food industry, working as a crew member, bussboy, dishwasher, and waiter at Burger King, Denny's, and Roadhouse Grill.

Throughout their career, Tom has worked across various industries such as aircraft skin processing, agricultural, autonomous vehicles, biomedical, entertainment, factory automation, life science, marine science, material handling, medical, metal cutting machines, military, packaging, pharmaceutical, inspection, semiconductor, testing and metrology, and wood working machines (CNC).

The summary showcases Tom Kunkel's progression in sales and marketing roles from their early career to their current position as Vice President at Lab2Fab.

Tom Kunkel's education history begins with their high school diploma, which they obtained from McQuaid Jesuit. Tom then pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, graduating in 2006. After working for a few years, Tom decided to further their education and obtained a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance and Marketing from Santa Clara University in 2013.

In addition to their formal education, Tom has also acquired several certifications. Tom completed various courses on LinkedIn, including "Delegating Tasks," "Agile Foundations," "Creating Your Sales Process," "Developing Executive Presence," "Field Sales Management," "Product Marketing Foundations," and "Strategic Negotiation." These certifications were obtained in November and December of 2019.

Furthermore, Tom has pursued several certifications on Coursera. Tom completed courses such as "Convolutional Neural Networks," "Deep Learning Specialization," "Sequence Models," "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization," "Structuring Machine Learning Projects," and "Neural Networks and Deep Learning." Tom obtained these certifications in 2017 and 2018.