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Bill Walch

Senior Program Manager

Bill joined NCDMM in 2014 as a Senior Program Manager for both manufacturing and machining-related activity.

Before NCDMM, Bill was the Global Technology Manager and Head of the Application Engineering for Kennametal Corporation’s Precision Surface Solutions Division. In that role, he managed and developed specialized metal finishing solutions for both the Abrasive Flow and Thermal Energy finishing technologies. Previously, he managed the mechanical engineering group, responsible for tooling design and field implementation of custom finishing solutions for primarily aerospace, automotive, and medical applications.

While at Kennametal, Bill authored and was subsequently awarded apparatus and method patents for both “High-precision Abrasive Flow Machining” and “Auto-flow Abrasive Flow Machining.” Along with his manufacturing and engineering experience, Bill has an extensive background in Total Quality Management and was awarded a green belt in Lean Manufacturing.

Bill received his diploma and apprenticeship from Elliott Company (United Technologies Company) in 1982, specializing in both conventional metal cutting and CNC machining. He was then employed by Extrude Hone Corporation in 1983 as a machinist where he completed courses in both Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Technology from ICS (Penn Foster College). Bill continued to work his way through various job responsibilities at Extrude Hone from an applications engineer to managing the applications engineering department to becoming the Global Technology Manager for both the abrasive flow and thermal energy finishing processes.