Cathy Rhodes
CEO/CFO/Co-Owner
Cathy is President, CEO, and CFO of Dal-Air Investment Castings, Inc.
During her 30 years in manufacturing, she has been involved in quality control, testing, production, customer service, and sales. She has been in the Investment Casting Industry for 25 years. She has worked as the quality control inspector, Quality and Shipping Supervisor, customer service and sales coordinator, production manager and Sales and Quality Manager, and Assistant General Manager.
Cathy and Steve Rhodes purchased Dal-Air Castings from the original owner in March of 2007.
Steve Rhodes
VP/Co-Owner
Steve is the Vice President and Co-Owner of Dal-Air Investment Castings.
Steve has worked in the manufacturing industry for 35 years. He has worked in the Investment Casting Industry since purchasing the company in 2007. Steve’s background includes machine shop operations, CNC programming, and IT operations.
David Adams
Technical Director
David joined Dal-Air Investment Castings in March of 2020, assuming the position of Technical Director. Before coming to Dal-Air, David spent the previous 20 years working for a major raw materials supplier to the Investment Casting Industry as a Technical Sales Representative calling on major Aerospace and Commercial foundries throughout the US and Mexico.
David started in the Investment Casting Industry in 1979 as Product/Process Engineer and has accumulated 41 years of experience working in the Investment Casting Industry in various Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Engineering Management, and Technical Sales Positions. He has extensive expertise in design, engineering, and production of custom Investment Castings for both Commercial and Aerospace applications, including experience in multiple alloy systems (Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, and Nickel-based Superalloy systems).
Scott Wren
Production Manager
Scott is the Production Manager at Dal-Air Investment Casting.
Scott has worked exclusively in the Investment Casting Industry throughout his entire manufacturing career. His last 27 years have been spent at Dal-Air in various production and managerial roles. Scott’s background includes extensive direct hands-on experience in all the various manufacturing areas relate to the production of custom-designed Investment Castings (Wax, Shell, Foundry, Finishing, Quality, and NDT).
Scott is a native Texan who enjoys working with and managing our workforce effectively to ensure we meet our customers’ requirements and deliveries.
Dale Lennon
QC Manager
Dale is the quality control manager at Dal-Air Castings. Dale has been with the company since 1996 and has done almost every aspect of the casting process during his time here at Dal-Air.
His job responsibilities include spectrometer analysis, non-destructive testing, and ensuring our customers get quality castings and meet their needs and specifications.
Laura Lennon
Human Resources/Finance Manager
Laura is the Human Resources and Finance Manager of Dal-Air Investment Castings, Inc.
Laura is responsible for accounting, human resources, purchasing, and also does the duties of receptionist.
Laura has worked for Dal-Air since 1997 when she completed her B.S. degree at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Laura has worked in the Finance dept since joining the company.
Judy Lance
Customer Service Manager/Sales Coordinator
Judy Lance is the Customer Service Manager and Sales Coordinator of Dal-Air Investment Castings.
Judy is responsible for inside sales and customer service and takes care of all secondary processes such as heat treat, plating, powder coating, and testing routing.
Prior to Dal-Air her background was computer technology which she did for 17 years, as co-owner of a retail computer store.
Judy has been with Dal-Air since 2004 and has worked in the sales department since joining the company.