Our Team

Our Team

From design to manufacture, we are here to help guide you to success.

Design

We turn ideas into functional designs with a focus on efficiency and durability. Our team works closely with clients to refine details and ensure the best results.

Prototype

Prototyping brings designs to life, allowing for testing and improvements before full production. This step ensures the final product meets quality and performance standards.

Manufacture

With a focus on precision and reliability, we turn prototypes into finished products. Our manufacturing process ensures consistency, strength, and efficiency for every project.

Our Team


Tri-State Cast Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in Michigan in 1974. Over our years of operation, the foundry business has evolved into a total supply chain management system for CNC machined aluminum castings. We utilize sand cast molding processes. We also provide secondary operations including heat treating, non-destructive testing, anodizing and impregnation. Depending upon the process, work is done within facilities carrying ISO 9001:2008 quality certifications.

We are obsessed with delivering quality, dependability, and flexibility with each part that leaves our facilities. We integrate our many years of experience with evolving technology. The end product is a partnering with our customers from tooling design to final components ready for assembly into OEM products. We do all of this with our roots still firmly planted in the foundry business. We take great pride in the customers and the industries that we serve from our three US operating locations in Florida, Iowa and Kansas. Our management system is designed to continually search for ways to improve the products and services that we offer. Our team members are prepared to tackle your most challenging projects.

Andy Darien

President & CEO


Andy Darien

Andy has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tri-State Cast Technologies since its inception in the 1974. His duties include customer relations, sales and marketing, quoting, project management, and global resource management.

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John Darien

Vice President & CFO


John Darien

John Darien is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tri-State Cast Technologies. He directs all financial and information technology strategies, overseeing accounting, commercial lending, risk management, ERP implementations and maintenance, and digital services.

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Jay Jones

General Manager & Corporate Director of Quality


Jay Jones

Jay has 40 years of experience in the foundry industry. It began right out of high school in 1978 working for Florida Aluminum Casting Company in West Palm Beach, FL.

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Amy Stephens

Office Manager


Amy Stephens Headshot

Amy Stephens is the Office Manager at Jef-Scot Metal Industries in Centerville, IA. She oversees the ERP data management, internal manufacturing metrics, human resources, and primary customer communication.

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Ryan Stephens

General Manager


Ryan Stephens Headshot

Ryan is the General Manager of Jef-Scot Metal Industries in Centerville, IA. He is also a member of the Tri-State Cast Technologies Technical Committee

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Floyd Smith

CAD Design Manager


Floyd is the Corporate CAD Design Manager at Tri-State Cast Technologies. His early career included training in Machine Shop Technology and followed with initial positions at the Funk Manufacturing operation of John Deere, which was located directly next door to Morrow Foundry.

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Tina Stark

Corporate Office Manager


Tina is the Corporate Office Manager at Tri-State Cast Technologies in Boyne City, MI. She is responsible for accounts receivable, account payable, and all logistics related to imported product.

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