Maintaining a Dynamic Connection With Key’s Customers
Rudy Sanchez has been promoted to Food Handling Systems Product Manager - Americas by Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating businesses.
The development, promotion, and sales of Key's high-performance food handling machinery, which includes vibratory conveyors, rotary sizing and grading systems, and more, are managed by Sanchez throughout North America and Latin America.
“Innovation at Key is driven by the continual state of evolution in the food processing industry and its impact on our customer needs. Rudy’s role is to maintain a dynamic connection with our customers to understand their unique equipment requirements, then leverage those insights to develop the next generation of Key Technology food handling systems. Rudy’s technical knowledge, application expertise, and intimate familiarity with our customers’ operations is unmatched,” Marco Azzaretti, Senior Director of Marketing – Americas at Key, mentioned.
In the United States, Europe, and Latin America, Sanchez has worked for Key for more than 30 years, holding a range of roles in sales, applications engineering, engineering management, and product management. He most recently held the positions of Engineering Manager for the EMEIA area and Process Systems Development and Sustaining Engineering Manager. Sanchez graduated from Walla Walla University with a mechanical engineering bachelor's degree.
“Here at Key, we constantly work to add more value to our customers’ operations, whether it’s designing the ideal transfer shaker or developing a challenging new solution design, such as our recently introduced Zephyr, that other equipment suppliers won’t even attempt. Our team provides complete, turnkey processing lines that integrate a combination of Key equipment and third-party systems – all backed by our world-class customer service organization. I’m excited to partner with our customers to improve their production efficiencies and enhance product quality and food safety,” Sanchez concluded.
