Alex Planer

Alex Planer is a Mechanical Engineering Manager at Patterson-Kelley since July 2018, where responsibilities include directing designers, engineers, and lab personnel to develop products, managing three direct reports and two indirect reports. Prior experience includes serving as an R&D Design Engineer at Patterson-Kelley, focusing on hot water heating solutions for the commercial industry, and working as a Designer at Mack Trucks, creating custom solutions for Class 8 trucks. Earlier roles involved a position as a Manufacturing Engineer at Pulverman Metal Components, specializing in sheet metal component manufacturing, and an Engineering Intern at Entrepix, where design and testing of motors for CMP machines were key tasks. Alex Planer holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Wilkes University, earned in 2015.