Our People 2

Our talented, passionate team is comprised of thinkers, leaders, and doers who are all concentrated on developing a unique and specific result while providing the best possible experience. We empower our people to be strategic and creative, to speak up with observations, and mostly to ensure our performance is beyond our promise.

Our Leadership

Our Business Development Team

The STS Aerospace business development team is comprised of an experienced, resourceful, customer-focused group of client relationship specialists. Each member of this talented crew has been selected for their individual strengths; and together, they excel at program development and solutions-based results.

Employee Spotlight

Lena Poulin

Titeflex Aerospace - Laconia, NH

Join us in celebrating 34 years of service for Lena Poulin. She is an expert Induction Brazer with exceptional team leadership skills and cross trained to support several processes. She works closely with engineering and leadership to handle some of the most difficult braze set ups and processes, always approaching it with a keen eye for safety. Her commitment and dedication is top notch.

When she’s not driving success at STS she enjoys fishing, especially on The Great Lakes.

Lena, we are proud of who you are, what you do and the difference you make at STS.

Brock Yahn

Brock has been with STS Aerospace since 2005. He has held many positions within the company including Fabrication Mechanic, Lead, Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineer and Operations Manager. He has been working on the development of the leadership group and is excited to share the accomplishments. “I feel that we truly believe in personal development and relationship building of team members in addition to meeting business objectives.”

Jennifer Rasse

Titeflex Europe

Jennifer grew up with a desire to work with her hands in the automotive industry. She would often work with friends on their car repairs in her free time and became a hairdresser—a career path selected because her parents told her welding and machining was not a field for girls.

Fast forward some years, and Jennifer decided to go back to her dream and started working at Titeflex Europe. She showed interest and promise, and we sponsored her schooling, where teachers reported her exceptionally talented. Turned out, Jennifer passed her certificate training in record time, twice—a never-seen-before feat at The Welding Institute.

During Covid lockdown, instead of picking up a new skill, Jennifer asked to go for more welding qualifications, and she proved again to be a star performer. She has been nominated by instructors to go for an engineer level welding certificate, and studying machining when not doing that or working. Jennifer shows tenacity and perseverance like no other, and we are proud to have her as part of our team.

Environmental Test Lab Team

Our Environmental Test Lab team has contributed monumentally to our success the Flex and Metal hose market. Without the dedication and commitment of these individuals, we would not be who we are in the aerospace industry. The lab team consists of Mark Rennie, Longin Muza, and Jay Gilson along with the Engineering, R&D, and Production teams as their main support systems. Most recently, the team has gone above and beyond processing and completing critical testing, providing conformance to qualified product. Not only does this team consistently meet scheduled requirements, they can sprint at a moment’s notice to satisfy additional requests. This often requires weekends and off-shifts, disrupts schedules and requires personal sacrifices. This can-do team rises to the occasion time and time again with no complaints. The next time you see any of these individuals, give them a thank-you—for they maintain our top-performing status.

Manjunath “Manju” B

Titeflex India

Manju joined Titeflex at the young age of 19 as a production fitter on the shop floor, where he learned the ropes methodically and became a perfectionist of his craft. His broad thinking and curiosity was noticed amidst his production skills, and he was promoted to the Planning department. Since his promotion, Manju has implemented significant improvements, resulting in time and money savings, earning him the Flex-tek Excellence Award for Production Excellence.

During this time, Manju also learned how to turn his excellent communication skills into a new venture, as he won the Inter Divisional Public Speaking Contest for Flex-tek and Smiths. During his free time, Manju enjoys spending time with his wife Arpitha and son Pragnay, and playing volleyball, cricket, and relaxing.

Ashley Clements

Ashley Clements has been with STS Aerospace since March 2020. She started her journey as a Final Inspector, then moved into the DSQR role. She is now a Quality Engineer! “My new position was a goal of mine when I started working here. I always like to ask why, and not accept something for what it is and that’s helped me learn and understand my job better.”

Diane Dello Russo

Titeflex Aerospace - Laconia, NH

Join us in celebrating 21 years of service for Diane Dello Russo. She is an experienced Production Planner with exceptional teaming skills. She works closely with operators, master planning and leadership to align resources according to the operational needs. She is always proactively 10 steps ahead to resolve potential obstacles before they impact production. Her care and commitment are keys to the smooth flow of our flex production operation.

Diane, we are proud of who you are, all you do and the impact you have at STS.

Our Company Culture

Performance is defined by how we behave and the results we achieve that positively impact our people, our planet and our profit. Respect is both given and received—we will strive to listen to each other’s opinions, while behaving with patience and compassion. Our agility stems from the empowerment of our people to develop resourceful solutions that are simple and innovative. Have passion for what you do, strive to be your best and foster enthusiasm with a never-yielding positive attitude. We achieve alignment by creating a trusting environment where open discussions, productive conflict and collaboration leads to a common goal. Values are the foundation of our culture, and it’s our culture that makes us unstoppable. Live these values customers will be pleased, business will prosper, employees will benefit, and the community will thrive.