• Roland Ramberg, Chairman & CEO
• Sterling Ramberg, President
• Karen A. Roberts, CPA, Chief Financial Officer
• Manfred Chi, Vice President, Operations
• Jerry Magnuson, Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Sterling Ramberg, President

Like his brother Roland, there isn't a corner of the shop floor or an aspect of the business that Sterling doesn't know, having literally grown up at The Gear Works. As a toddler he came to work with his father and company founder, Ingwald Ramberg, and played under his father's desk. At age 15 he started working summers, sweeping and deburring, shoveling metal chips, working in shipping and receiving. Later, he worked in the gear shop, cutting and shaping and grinding gears. He also worked on CNC turning and milling machines and by 1989, was working for the company full time.

In the office, Sterling started in the planning and estimating department and moved to sales where he became sales manager. From there, he moved to vice president of sales and marketing before becoming president in 2008. Today, his decades of hands-on experience helps him oversee all aspects of the day-to-day operations at The Gear Works.

Sterling has a degree in economics from the University of Washington and is married with two young children.

In his own words...

Favorite machine:

"The Pfauter 1600 is significant because it marks a major turning point for The Gear Works. The purchase of this form gear grinding machine in 1996 was the day we placed a stake in the ground and committed to growing from a regional gear shop manufacturer to the international gear services provider that we are today. At the time it took a huge leap of faith because the machine was the biggest investment by far the company had ever made. Today, we have five form gear grinders and we are committed to a philosophy of continuous reinvestment in the company in order to always be at the forefront of gearing technology."

Ingenuity in motion:

"Norpac came to us with old gear units that were noisy and difficult to make. It needed a lot of imagination to know where to start and how to reengineer the gear train to make it simpler and higher in quality. In the end, we were able to use the same footprint and gear case but reengineer the gears. The gearbox had a double helical set of gears with a close gap in between the helices, which were difficult, risky, and expensive to make. We had the idea to widen the gap between the helices and use modern gear finishing methods to dramatically increase quality. This resulted in a power transmission gear train that was quieter, higher in quality, and less expensive to make."