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Joe R Bekker

Joe R. Bekker, B.S.M.E.

President

Joe R. Bekker is the founder and President of Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. Joe is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, holding a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).

jbekker@thrustmastertexas.com
Owen Traylor

Owen Traylor

General Manager

Owen Traylor is the General Manager for Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. Owen has over thirty-five years of experience.

otraylor@thrustmastertexas.com   

Shaw X. Dou

Shaw X. Dou, B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E., Ph.D.

Chief Engineer

Dr. Shaw X. Dou, Thrustmaster’s principal Design Engineer, is a specialist in geared power transmissions and holds both a B.S. and M.S. from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, and a Ph.D. from Tennessee Technological University, all in Mechanical Engineering. She is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

sdou@thrustmastertexas.com

Bert Ault

Bert Ault

Sales Manager

Bert has more than thirty years experience in sales of engineered capital equipment all over the world.

bert@thrustmastertexas.com
Rick Stinson

Russell Hendrix

Service Technical Advisor

Russell Hendrix is the Service Technical Advisor of Thrustmaster. Russell has over 20 years combined maintenance and service related experience, including 8 years military service and 6 years as Service Engineer with Thrustmaster. He is responsible for service technical advice and assistance with Thrustmaster service technicians and for customer technical assistance on service related technical details.

russell@thrustmastertexas.com  

Rick Stinson

Don Zadik

Service Manager

Don Zadik is the Service Manager of Thrustmaster. Don has over 30 years combined hands-on electronics, hydraulics and service related experience, including 18 years in the U.S. Navy and 14 years as a Service Engineer with Thrustmaster. He is in charge of managing our service department as well as handling customer requests for service, repairs and rebuilds.

donzadik@thrustmastertexas.com 

Rick Stinson

Rick Stinson

Southeast Sales Manager

Rick Stinson has over twenty years experience in marine propulsion. After leaving the U.S. Army as a missile technician, Rick started in production at Halter Marine's fiberglass boat facility in Pearlington, MS, rising to quality control manager and later to general manager.  Rick is the Southeast Sales Manager for Thrustmaster, and covers the U.S. Gulf Coast including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

rick@thrustmastertexas.com

Phone (228) 467-2884
Fax (228) 467-3184
Pager (800) 450-8205

K. Dean Robison

K. Dean Robison

Northwest Sales Manager

Dean Robison is the Area Sales Manager for the Pacific Northwest.   His past history has given him 32 years of experience in the Department of Navy with the US Government.  Job duties included procurement and operation of transportation for fleets in excess of 3,000 units.  Fleets consisted of Marine Equipment, Transportation and Construction. 

dean@thrustmastertexas.com

Phone (360) 598-5513
Fax (360) 598-5804

Ira Woods

Ira Woods

Quality Manager

With over 20 years experience in rotating equipment and over 11 years experience as a Certified Lead Auditor, Ira brings to Thrustmaster a wealth of experience. In his position as Quality Manager, Ira is responsible for maintaining day-to-day quality procedures throughout the company, as well as monitoring strict adherence to ISO 9001 guidelines.

irawoods@thrustmastertexas.com

 

 

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