Joe created a supply chain organization to engage Asian manufacturers in multiple disciplines ranging from custom electronic products to advanced logistics, stocking programs, lean purchasing and warehouse management programs.

Joe Turek, Co-Managing Partner of MWI received a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) in 1979 from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters of Management (MM) from Northwestern University in 1982. He has been involved in contract manufacturing for over 30 years. Joe holds five patents involving microwave telecommunications technologies. and has been a registered professional engineer and a member of the IPC and IEEE.

Joe’s skills include electronic engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management, foreign sourcing negotiations, strategic planning, and worldwide logistics. He excels at taking complex technical challenges, breaking them down into controllable parts and solving the problems to allow the implementation of a workable solution.

ROBERT DUKE – MANAGING PARTNER

For more than twenty five years, Bob Duke, Co-Managing Parter of (MWI) has been employed in printed circuit manufacturing, electronic distribution and the manufacturers’ representative business. He has worked for several printed circuit manufacturers including: West-Tronics, Basic Electronics, Multicircuits, and Viktron Technologies in roles ranging from Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Vice President and General Manager.  

Bob was a District Manager while at Hamilton Hallmark (a division of Avnet Electronics) in Chicago, where he gained a great deal of experience in electronic component distribution.  Bob founded and was the President of Technical Sales Solutions a manufacturer’s representative based in Bloomingdale, IL. After merging with Dynamic Technical Sales (DTS) in July of 1997, DTS went on to become one of the largest electronic manufacturers’ representatives in the Chicago area.  His experience in component electronics, and PCB’s and knowledge of supply chain distribution connected to Asia is an asset to the MWI. Bob offers an extreme focus on customer attention and satisfaction honed over the years in his various management roles.