Badger Metal Management Team

.President and Founder

Jerald (Jerry) V. Skoff

"I am very concerned and firmly believe that China was a big contributor to the 2008 economic down turn and recession. We need to get back and maintain a secure and strong USA manufacturing base in this country."

In 1860 President Lincoln said

"Manufacture here WE get the goods and money.
Manufacture abroad WE only get the goods. Draining a country of money is what makes it poor and weak"

Jerald (Jerry) Skoff - President

Jerry started Badger Metal Tech Inc. in 1983, and since that time, more than 100,000 tools have passed through their facility in Menomonee Falls, WI. He has written numerous articles for the die casting industry, including papers for the Die Casting Congress and Die Casting Engineer magazine. His latest was a two part article on - Understanding Residual stress Effects and Corrective Action for Die Casting Tools - which appeared in September 2007 and January 2008.

In 2010 at the March Casting Expo in Orlando, he presented keynote papers on "Cavitation Effect in Die Casting Dies" and "Combining Fine Particle Compressive Stress and Ferritic Nitro-carburizing.

He is considered an authority on die casting die residual stress and chaired a task force for the Die Materials Committee, which worked to establish baseline stress parameters for die cast tooling along with a Surface Engineering task force in 2009 and 2010.

Jerry has been with the company since it was started in 1983. He has seen it grow from a company doing business in Southern Wisconsin to one that has customers for end users of die castings in almost every state in the US. Badger's customer base now goes beyond our northern border into Canada and Quebec and to the extreme south in Mexico. Jerry continuously has his fingers and mind on the pulse of the company and industries to assure that Badger is keeping up with current technologies, but he still enjoys selling so don't be surprised if he calls you from time to time. His main love, beyond his family, golf, movies, and photography, is trouble shooting the Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. He has built quite a collection of tips and tricks that he maintains in a database. So call him if you are having problems with your computer. He makes sure that some of his computer tips are included in Badger's quarterly newsletter.

He loves to fix things that break, including die casting dies. On rainy of snowy days or late in the night you can find the "wombat" , as he is affectionately nick named, on his Pentium Dual Core downloading purchasing or learning new software or technology to later integrate into the business. Next to his God, his family, and wife Laura, he has a passion for golf, movies, photography, and helping others.

His movie database that goes back to 1989 is updated monthly and only rates movies that he and his wife Laura actually saw at a theater.
Download Jerry and Laura's 1* to 5* Ratings for Movies)
(Excel XP 2003 Format)
You will need an unzipping program to view.

Our Team of Players

Ron Karani - Technical Sales Mgr

Ron Karani is back. Since completing his leave of absence as an expert witness in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, Ron will be taking a position once again with Badger. Ron brings with him a long history of mechnical engineering, metallurgy, and hydodynamics experience. He is well versed in Die Materials a strong knowledge of modes and causes of die failure, including cavitation effect. Ron will be servicing the majority of Badger's growing list of clients and is available anytime to answer many question you may have about any of our processes.

Ron has a passion for golf. He has tutored his 15 year old son hoping to groom him for the touring circuit someday.

Marvelle Chapman - Office Manager

Marvelle started with the company in January 1984 and is the oil that keeps all the gears running smoothly on a daily basis. Her responsibilities along with keeping everyone else organized and on schedule include managing order entry, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and customer relations. Over the years she has also come to be quite a computer guru. She is always going somewhere either with her family, friends or spending time spoiling her grand children. Her dog's name is Bailey which she brings in from time to time to guard the Badger premises.

Doug Korol - Traffic Mgr

Doug started in November 2003. Doug is retired from Briggs and Stratton but still loves working in manufacturing. He is a dedicated hard worker and always there for our customers. His devotion is to his children and animals. So much so that at one time he had a ferret he named "Norman". He loves to tell us stories about Norman's adventures. His newest pet is a mix Chesapeake retriever named "Daphne".

Doug is married and has 3 older children (2 boys and 1 girl). He has a passion for golf and justifiably so since he carries a 8 handicap. Bowling also is a sport he loves. When it is Deer hunting season, it is hard to find him except in Northern Wisconsin.