About Us

Partners

Bill Steuer Bill Steuer is a 30-year veteran of the packaging business. His career started at the very bottom, including various positions in the manufacturing sector of the flexible packaging industry. His hands-on experience and knowledge of extrusion, printing and materials converting has been of great value during his 20 plus years in packaging equipment and materials sales. Bill is actively involved in client development at Managed Packaging and currently handles the Sales Management and Company Marketing roles. His door is always open to all clients and employees. Bill can be reached at bill@managedpackaging.com.

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Scott Fischer Scott's background in the packaging industry began in 1983 when he joined with a small distributor selling packaging equipment and packaging materials. This company evolved over time, becoming a fully-integrated flexible packaging materials manufacturer. Being an integral part of building that business has provided him with a well rounded knowledge of the flexible packaging industry. He is now able to apply this experience when evaluating proper solutions to our customers' needs. Scott resides in the Hartland area with his wife Laurie and their two daughters. As anyone could tell you, Scott does not like to sit still and is very active in recreational sports, including golf, volleyball, water and snow sports. Scott can be reached at scott@managedpackaging.com.

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Operations/Administration

Bill was born in Chicago in 1954. He obtained a bachelors degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Champain-Urbana in 1977 and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin later that year. Bill married Vernielle in May of 1984. They currently live in the town of Merton, Wisconsin and enjoy golf, traveling and friends.

Bill has 30 years of business experience, 20 of which are in the packaging industry. In the early 1980's, Bill was a founding partner in a packaging business which is still flourishing today. Later, he was brought in as a partner to assist in the successful turnaround of a small defense contracting business. Bill developed a consulting relationship with the partners of Managed Packaging Systems in May of 2001 and joined the company full time in September of 2002 as the Operations Manager and, more currently, Vice President of Administration.

Cynthia Dahlke

The first voice you're likely to hear when you call Managed Packaging Systems will be Cynthia's. She handles our front office Reception and provides accounting and administrative assistance for our V.P., Operations, Bill Olson. Cynthia joined us in August of 2006, having moved to the Hartland area where much of her family now lives. Her business background includes administrative positions in the consulting, marketing and publishing fields.

She likes to garden, cook and also hike and kayak on the trails and rivers of Southeastern Wisconsin. She is a published writer and lyricist with over 12 small-press editions and two major musical performances to her list of credits. Her work has also appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and regional anthologies. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Central America, South America and Canada.

Customer Service

Amy Schmeling

Amy joined Managed Packaging in December of 2005 as part of our Customer Service team. Amy comes to us with over 15 years of business management and customer service experience within a manufacturing environment. She has held prominent positions with international manufacturing and national chain distribution facilities focusing on customer service, inventory control, logistics and sales order management. Amy has managed the coordination of order processing and logistics for multi-million dollar accounts such as Wal-Mart, Petsmart, Petco and Central Garden and Pet Supply, to name a few.

Amy is a Wisconsin native and had been pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee before deciding to shift gears and get into customer service. She and her husband Darren have been married for over 10 years and recently welcomed the birth of their first child, Emma Valynntine, in October of 2008. They enjoy all the outdoor activities that Wisconsin has to offer, as well as spending quality time up north at the cabin in Rhinelander. Amy also enjoys reading fiction, gardening around the house and traveling when possible. Amy can be reached at amy@managedpackaging.com.

Deb Meixelsperger

Deb is the newest employee to be added to the Customer Service department. She started in October, 2006. Previously Deb worked for a manufacturer of packaging products where Managed Packaging Systems was one of her customers. She has a varied background not only in packaging but also in telecommunications, lubrication equipment and dock products.

On a personal level, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband and training her dogs, Whiskey& Lou. Deb can be reached at debra@managedpackaging.com.

Heidi Laatsch

Heidi began her packaging industry career in 1998 as a Customer Service support person with Wisconsin Film & Bag in Hartland, Wisconsin. She was eventually promoted to Customer Service lead. In Spring of 2003, she joined Managed Packaging Systems, brought in to develop and manage the Customer Service department. During the next several years, Heidi has taken over various area responsibilities and MPS, advancing to her current position as Project Manager, overseeing inventory and warehouse management, sepcial marketing and business development and additional managerial projects.

Concurrent with Heidi's contribution at MPS, she has completed her Bachelor's Degree in Business Management at Carroll University, and brought into the world two children, Jaelyn and Jace, with her husband Jason. Heidi and her family enjoy an active family life, spending time outdoors, biking, swimming, gardening and more. Heidi can be reached at Heidi@managedpackaging.com.

Sales Team

Andy Lang

Andy began his career in packaging at the age of 16, working for his father's contract packaging/sales agency company, Industrial Packaging Corporation, in South Bend, Indiana. He worked his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a packager on one of the 12 H-100 Autobaggers, and then to driving a fork lift and finally moved into Sales at the age of 22. Andy was promoted to Sales/General Manager in 1990, overseeing all outside sales, as well as assuming direct responsibility for the Contract Packaging Division. In 1995, he left Industrial Packaging and went to work for a packaging company out of Florida, handling their southeastern territory. After some soul-searching, he and his family decided that they missed living up north, so after two years, they moved to East Troy, Wisconsin and have been there ever since. Working within the packaging industry from that point, Andy decided to take a chance to see if Bill and Scott were looking to put on an additional Sales Representative, and the rest is history.

Andy has been married for over 25 years to Karen, and they have three children. He enjoys fishing, hunting, and camping. Andy can be reached at Andy@managedpackaging.com.

Brian Kennedy

Brian Kennedy was hired in 2004 to help the sales efforts of Managed Packaging Systems. Brian will concentrate on the Milwaukee and Waukesha territories and brings more than 10 years of successful sales experience with him. Brian's tenacious approach has already opened many new doors and a few new markets for Managed Packaging. Brian joins the efforts of Andy Lang , Scott Fischer and Bill Steuer to show our customers the best value in today's packaging market. Brian can be reached at brian@managedpackaging.com.

     Mick Gorszczyk

Mick Gorszczyk joined Managed Packaging in 2010 to serve as our Shrink Film and Equipment Product Manager for the upper Midwest. He brings with him 27 years' experience in packaging materials and equipment sales. His knowledge of shrink film, in particular, allows him to assess and match customer packaging requirements to shrink film applications. Prior to 2010, Mick was the Territory Sales Manager for worldwide shrink film manufacturer, Bollore' Inc. Mick spent several years with CPS&S representing Kallfass Shrink Wrap equipment, and was a Chicago area representative for Sealed Air/Cryovac prior to that. Mick worked for Mallow Corporation, a full service packaging sales and service company, in the 1990's as their Central Illinois Territory Manager. He als served as Territory Sales Manager for Tronics America, a label equipment manufacturer with an Indiana office, selling Australian-made label equipment. Mick can be reached at mick@managedpackaging.com.

Service / Logistics

Bill Barber

Bill's career started at 17 when he went to work for an electrician wiring new homes. This caught his interest so after high school he studied electronics. At 19, Bill enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard where he served for 15 years as a Staff Sgt. Technician covering an increasing variety of tasks that ranged from working on generators to repairing hydraulic systems on Howitzer turrets. Bill's long career in industry began with a Maintenance Mechanic / Electrician role. It was during this time that he began to design and build machines to automate production operations, and it was the start of a new-found interest in programmable controllers and relay-type logic. Bill continues to hone his knowledge of controls and automation by attending training at companies such as Allen Bradley, Texas Instruments, GE, Fanuc, Automated Packaging Systems and others.

"After working for other places for many years, I started my own business specializing as a full service equipment repair company, doing repairs and automation projects, and designing and building systems. On a more personal note, I am married and have 6 children, " says Bill. Bill joined Managed Packaging Systems in the spring of 2006 to oversee a very busy Application Engineering and Equipment Service area.

Justin Raff

Justin Raff oversees all activities of our Managed Packaging warehouse, including Shipping and Receiving, Warehouse Maintentance and in-house inventory. He handles the busy job of bringing in shipments of flexible packaging materials and shrink film, in addition to new and used packaging machinery and parts. And preparing them for shipment to our Managed Packaging customers throughout Wisconsin and surrounding states. His background experience includes shipping and receiving for Advanced Coatings in West Bend and JR Computer Repair, where he took care of shipments of full computers, down to shipment of individual computer parts. Justin is always up for a challenge and enjoys running, working out, and entering physical training competitions such as the "Tough Mudder" competition. He and his fiance Mandy have two beautiful children, Natalie and Jacob, and reside in Hartford, Wisconsin. For warehousing questions, Justin can be reached at justin@managedpackaging.com or by phone at 262-367-6600, Ext 114.