Rodney Ristow

Rodney (Rod) Ristow is an experienced engineering professional currently serving as Engineering Manager at Miniat Holdings LLC since February 2021. Prior roles include Plant Engineer at Tyson Foods, where responsibilities included oversight of the Hillshire Brands plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Technical Manager at CertainTeed Corporation, leading engineering, process control, and quality departments in a high-volume production facility. Rodney also held positions as Engineering Manager at Bimbo Bakeries USA, where manufacturing engineering and maintenance of a bakery were managed, and Project Engineering Manager at Kraft Foods, focusing on team development and capital budgeting. Additional experience includes serving as Sr. Production Supervisor in Kraft Foods Group's Cheese & Dairy Division, managing a large staff and production lines. Rodney holds a BS/BA in Physics from the University of Idaho.