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| Robert Satori |
April 25, 2006 — Manitowoc Crane Group (MCG) engineering manager, Robert Satori, was the selection committee's unanimous choice for the 2006 winner of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Wisconsin Section Young Engineer Award. The announcement came at the ASABE Wisconsin Section meeting in Oshkosh, Wis., in late March.
Steven Lohr, Manitowoc Crane Group's director of new product development and engineering, nominated Satori and said he was delighted with the award. “I have had the pleasure of working with Bob for the past six years,” he said. “He is an extremely high-energy individual, with talent, self-motivation, and a passion to drive change. He was a natural for nomination, and no one was more deserving of the award.”
Based in the Manitowoc Crane Group Americas engineering department in Manitowoc, Wis., Satori is responsible for managing a group of 15 engineers in the design and analysis of crawler and mobile cranes. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities, Satori has been highly active in the recruitment and mentoring of graduate engineers with the company. For example, he has worked with MCG's human resources department to recruit a high school intern, and has promoted engineering and science as a career path at a local middle school.
Born and raised in Manitowoc, Satori began his engineering career after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering. He worked as a production engineer and supervisor before joining MCG as a mechanical engineer in 1999. There he rose quickly through the ranks, gaining promotion to staff project engineer in 2001 and engineering manager in 2002. He earned a masters of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004 and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
