Big Kaiser names new company president

Published
November 12, 2020 - 06:00am

Big Kaiser Precision Tooling has promoted Jack Burley to president and chief operating officer as of Jan. 1, 2021. Chris Kaiser, Big Kaiser president and CEO of 30 years, will take on the role of executive advisor.

“Jack has been my right hand in this company from the very beginning,” said Kaiser. “He’s shown his leadership in managing the sales and engineering teams and has made many significant contributions to Big Kaiser including new product designs and development. He’s more than ready and deserving of this promotion.”

Burley began his career with BIG KAISER more than 30 years ago and is currently vice president, sales and engineering. Burley, a former marine and a mechanical engineer, remains on the company's board of directors. 

“I am very honored and excited about my new position with Big Kaiser, and truly grateful to the executive management at Big Daishowa and to Chris for placing their trust and confidence in me to lead the company,” said Burley.

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