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We have moved into our new headquarters.
Our new address is 1400 Bradford Street Ext., Gainesville, GA 30501

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Did you know? We carry a full line of Overhead Conveyor Systems.

Tour the Industry Standard in Breast Deboning, the CMS ACE DB-5 Breast Deboner.

We have moved into our new headquarters.
Our new address is 1400 Bradford Street Ext., Gainesville, GA 30501

View our latest Scalder installation videoclick here!

Executive Team

The CMS team of professionals puts experience and know-how to work for you.

Management Team

Heath

Heath

President

Throughout his nearly 30 years working in the poultry industry, Heath has amassed a wide range of experience that is vital to his leadership role at CMS. He most recently served as president of an international processing equipment company’s North American division. Heath also served in sales with the company including vice president of sales. He began his career working in several processing plant positions including quality control, deboning manager and plant manager. Heath has served on USPOULTRY’s Board of Directors as an allied member.

Stanley

Stanley

Vice President

Stanley has over 30 years of experience in the poultry industry with a wide range of capacities. He served as Vice President of an international processing equipment company’s North American division which included service and sales. Stanley began his career in processing and maintenance in several processing plants.

Toni

Toni

Chief Financial Officer

Toni joined CMS after more than 25 years in the healthcare industry. Toni has a strong background in major system implementations as well as IT and financial operations. She holds Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from Georgia State University and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia.

David

David

Vice President of Operations

David directs CMS’s operations and ensures efficient, cost-effective procedures that maximize production capabilities and quality. He oversees each manufacturing department and works with senior leadership to develop business goals and initiatives. During his career, he has worked in a variety of leadership positions for poultry, rendering and environmental equipment, and software companies. He has considerable experience with companies that do business in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Brent

Brent

Manager of Manufacturing

Brent manages manufacturing for CMS, focusing on building quality CMS products and ensuring on-time delivery for the customer. He has 20 years of management experience, including 15 years as a manufacturing planner and scheduler. Brent has also worked as a machinist and a welder.

Patrick

Patrick

Director of Marketing/PR

Patrick has over 30 years of agribusiness marketing experience, with a strong focus on the poultry industry. He previously served as senior account executive/partner at a marketing agency, working with a wide range of companies in the U.S. and overseas. He has served on committees with the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and National Chicken Council. He leads all marketing initiatives, conceiving, and executing marketing strategies & campaigns, and overseeing advertising and public relations efforts.

Engineering Team

Gani

Gani

Sales Engineer

Gani is responsible for design of new products in the company’s line of conveyors, platforms and equipment for the food processing industry. Prior to joining CMS, Gani was a senior project manager for 15 years and designed high-end custom metal and glass fixtures, from display cases for the food service industry to custom shower enclosures for the residential market.

Eric

Eric

Sales Engineer

Eric works with our sales engineers to capture the design intent of conveyors and complete equipment systems into a CAD environment. He also helps compile the engineering drawings packets that are sent to our manufacturing team. Eric previously worked as a project manager at a material handling company. He earned a drafting degree from Lanier Technical College and an economics degree from Clemson University.

Allen

Allen

Project Coordinator

Allen is our Project Coordinator and works with our engineering team to input new part numbers and bill of materials in our ERP system. He also produces manufacturing routings/guidelines for all manufactured parts at CMS. Allen has more than eight years of experience in the poultry industry, specializing in equipment parts.

Design Team

Patricia

Patricia

Designer

Patricia serves as our Senior Lead Designer. In her role, she is responsible for creating 3D models and detailed mechanical drawings for parts and assemblies for all our customer orders as well as managing our team of designers.

Emilio

Emilio

Designer

Emilio is responsible for the creation of mechanical drawings for various replacement parts, equipment to complete projects. His duties also include reviewing and ensuring that every drawing is detailed and correct for fabrication. A graduate of Lanier Technical College, he is experienced in drafting and mechanical design.

Colton

Colton

Mechanical Designer

Colton is working in the CMS engineering department. He helps design conveyor systems and replacement parts and creates mechanical drawings of the conveyors. Colton has earned his drafting degree from Lanier Technical College.

Karla

Karla

Designer

Karla is responsible for the preparation of technical drawings for the fabrication of various replacement parts, and equipment to complete projects utilizing AutoCAD. A graduate of Lanier Technical College, she also has seven years of experience in manufacturing.

Manufacturing

Brent

Brent

Manager of Manufacturing

Brent manages manufacturing for CMS, focusing on building quality CMS products and ensuring on-time delivery for the customer. He has 20 years of management experience, including 15 years as a manufacturing planner and scheduler. Brent has also worked as a machinist and a welder.

Spencer

Spencer

Manufacturing Planner

Spencer is responsible for all material requirement planning, capacity management, production monitoring and scheduling. He also provides production updates and prepares reports for our manufacturing division, ensuring on-time delivery for our customers. His experience includes sales, implementing standard operating procedures, materials ordering, production scheduling and billing. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Georgia.

Ezequiel

Ezequiel

Assembly/Welding Manager

Ezequiel is responsible for all the equipment/structural metal fabrication from our engineering department designs and technical drawings. He also makes sure that projects are completed on schedule with a high level of quality. He has over ten years’ experience as a welder and fabricator in poultry equipment manufacturing before joining CMS in 2019.

Joel

Joel

Assistant Shop Supervisor

Joel is our assistant shop supervisor and checks all work orders for equipment/structural metal fabrication. He has several years of experience in welding and assembly.

Russel

Russel

Machinist

Russell is a senior machinist and oversees the production of various plastic and metal OEM parts utilizing various machining practices and tools. He has over 26 years of experience and currently uses CAD/CAM programming software and operates a CNC router, CNC Mills but also has many years of experience operating CNC equipment and manual lathes and mills.

Eduardo

Eduardo

Laser Operator

Eduardo is our Laser Operator and currently operates the laser cutter to produce equipment components and OEM parts. He has more than 23 years of experience in the food processing industry running lasers, water jets, and press brakes.

Danny

Danny

Overhead Shop Manager

Danny is our overhead shop manager and plans and fabricates all our overhead conveyor systems and components. He has more than 35 years of experience in poultry equipment manufacturing as a welder and supervisor.

Service Team

Jason

Jason

Site Manager

Jason has over 25 years of experience in the poultry industry as a welder, fabricator, service technician, supervisor, and as a salesman. In his role at CMS, he will be supervising the installation of all equipment. Jason is an AWS-certified welder and certified pipe welder.

Jeremy

Jeremy

Site Manager

Jeremy is a site manager and has over 20 years of experience in the poultry processing industry. He will be responsible for supervising all on-site activities during project installations. He brings many years of welding, fabrication, and equipment installation experience as well as commercial and industrial electrical installation expertise.

Jesse

Jesse

Site Manager

Jesse has more than 12 years of experience in the poultry processing industry. Most recently, in his role as a Service Technician for a large processing equipment manufacturer, he installed and rebuilt equipment, and also provided training to customers. He has also served as a maintenance supervisor and has a strong background in commercial plumbing.

Bobby

Bobby

Service Technician

Bobby has 26 years of experience in the poultry industry, working as a service technician with a large poultry equipment manufacturer for 16 years. He also served in quality control for a large poultry processing company for 10 years.

Curtis

Curtis

Service Technician

With a long career as a service technician, Curtis trains our customers on CMS’s processing equipment and assists with installation. He has worked as a technician in several industries including positions with poultry equipment manufacturers. Curtis holds certifications in computer electronics and engineering from Bauder College.

David

David

Service Technician

David has over 20 years of experience in installation, repair, and maintenance of equipment in the food processing industry throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. He brings strong mechanical and electrical installation repair experience, as well as expertise in production process improvements for industrial equipment.

Jack

Jack

Service Technician

Jack has more than 35 years of experience in the poultry processing industry. He has worked for several major processing equipment companies over his career. He also has experience as a further processing production supervisor for a major poultry producer and has worked as a salesman, production supervisor, research & development, project manager, and service technician.

Jesus

Jesus

Service Technician

Jesus’s responsibilities include on-site installation, repair, maintenance, troubleshooting, and testing of all CMS equipment. He also trains customers on proper operation and maintenance of equipment. He began his career in the poultry processing industry in 2013 as a maintenance technician.

Patrick

Patrick

Service Technician

Patrick has worked as an electrician, mechanical technician, and service technician in the poultry industry since 2000. He previously worked with two other poultry equipment companies before joining CMS. He has more than 30 years of experience as an electrician.

Sales Team

Stanley

Stanley

Vice President

Stanley has over 30 years of experience in the poultry industry with a wide range of capacities. He served as Vice President of an international processing equipment company’s North American division which included service and sales. Stanley began his career in processing and maintenance in several processing plants.

Jimmy

Jimmy

Regional Sales Manager

Jimmy is a veteran in the poultry industry with over 25 years of experience including 13 years as Engineering Manager for a large poultry equipment manufacturer. He serves our customers from North Carolina up through the northeast to Maine. He is a graduate of Snead State Community College where he graduated with a degree in Business Management.

Ray

Ray

Regional Sales Manager

Ray serves as regional sales manager for customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, south west Arkansas, and California. With more than 20 years of poultry equipment sales experience, Ray has worked in processing plants as a Complex Safety Manager and Plant Manager. A Louisiana Tech University graduate, he serves on the board of directors of Louisiana Poultry Federation.

Ricky

Ricky

Regional Sales Manager

Ricky has worked for 28 years in the poultry industry in various capacities. He will serve customers in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He began his career working for several major poultry processing companies as a maintenance manager, and project and shop manager. Most recently, he worked as a sales engineer/manager for a large poultry processing equipment company.

Ruben

Ruben

Regional Sales Manager

Ruben, who has worked in the poultry industry for 30 years in varied capacities, will serve customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Northwest Arkansas, and Missouri. Ruben began his career working for a major poultry processing company as a production manager. He also worked as a service technician and then sales manager for a large poultry processing equipment company.

Ben

Ben

Sales Support Specialist

Ben assists with the daily operation at CMS. He provides quotes and equipment pricing, working with the sales managers and sales support staff to present quotes and production information to customers as well as managing project closeouts.

Jim

Jim

Sales Support

Jim works in sales support, assisting the sales and manufacturing divisions. He has a strong background in overhead conveyance and water reuse equipment. Jim has nearly 35 years of experience in the poultry industry. He and a partner began Diversified Machine Products, a poultry processing equipment company, in 1987. They sold Diversified in 2010 to a national poultry equipment manufacturer and he served as its general manager until joining CMS.

Parts & Purchasing Team

Genea

Genea

Purchasing/Parts Sales

Genea has more than 20 years of experience in the poultry industry in parts, maintenance and sales capacities. She has served as inside sales manager for an aftermarket parts manufacturer.

Jim

Jim

Sales Support

Jim works in sales support, assisting the sales and manufacturing divisions. He has a strong background in overhead conveyance and water reuse equipment. Jim has nearly 35 years of experience in the poultry industry. He and a partner began Diversified Machine Products, a poultry processing equipment company, in 1987. They sold Diversified in 2010 to a national poultry equipment manufacturer and he served as its general manager until joining CMS.

Shelley

Shelley

Sales Support

Shelley assists our customers by providing quotes, answering questions throughout the sales process and confirming orders. She has more than five years of experience in the poultry processing industry, specializing in administration and sales support.

Finance/Accounting Team

Toni

Toni

Chief Financial Officer

Toni joined CMS after more than 25 years in the healthcare industry. Toni has a strong background in major system implementations as well as IT and financial operations. She holds Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from Georgia State University and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia.

Bobbie

Bobbie

Accounting Lead

Bobbie supports accounts payable, inside sales and customer sales backup. A Gainesville College graduate with a degree in accounting, she has extensive accounting and office management experience.

Kasey

Kasey

Accounts Payable Support/Receptionist

Kasey is our switchboard operator and provides support to the accounts payable and the inside sales departments. In her free time, Kasey enjoys going to the gym and cooking.

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