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William F. Austin | Founder and CEO
In 1967, Starkey Founder and CEO William F. Austin founded a hearing instrument repair service in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Four years later, he acquired a small earmold company called Starkey Laboratories, and merged his companies under the Starkey name.
Austin's experience in hearing aid distribution and repair led him to create the concept of comprehensive hearing solutions. Austin's focus on customer satisfaction and quality of life revolutionized the industry by setting a new standard for innovation and service. Since 1973, his Starkey Hearing Foundation has promoted hearing care awareness through support of research, education and charitable programs.
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Jerry Ruzicka | President
With 25 years of industry experience to his name, Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka is the driving force behind Starkey's manufacturing systems, quality assurance systems, education programs, product engineering and facility expansion.
Ruzicka began his career as a Starkey technician. Today, his world-class engineering group specializes in the research and development of mixed signal hearing instrument integrated circuits. A teacher, lecturer and innovator, Ruzicka has developed coursework in Quality Systems and Product and Project Planning. He holds an Associate Degree in Computer Technology and a Master鈥檚 Degree in Business Management.
Tim Trine | Vice President and CTO
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Tim Trine is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota, where he completed his doctoral studies.
Prior to joining Starkey, Trine served as Director of Audiology at Vanderbilt University's Bill Wilkerson Center, and held an Assistant Professorship in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences in the School of Medicine. Trine earned his BA in Communicative Disorders from California State University Northridge, and an MS in Audiology from Vanderbilt University.
Brandon Sawalich | Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Brandon Sawalich is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Since starting with the company in 1994, Brandon has built expertise in most aspects of sales and operations in the hearing industry. Today, he leads Starkey's Sales and Marketing Team in planning and executing key growth initiatives and building and strengthening customer relationships.
Keith Guggenberger | Senior Vice President of Operations
Keith Guggenberger is currently Senior Vice President of Operations at Starkey Laboratories. He has held both technical and management positions during his career at Starkey. Mr. Guggenberger leveraged his business and quality background into information technology and held the position of Vice President of Information Technology for three years before expanding to lead Operations.
Today, he helps guide Starkey's Manufacturing, Materials, Quality, Process and Information Technology initiatives. Mr. Guggenberger has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Industrial Technology.