Marcus is an accomplished executive with a consistent history of leadership, driving sales and successful operational management in complex global markets. He has over 25 years of industrial market experience─ specifically focused in industrial equipment, reliability products and systems, in-plant services, and a variety of mission-critical component businesses. He has led all facets of businesses from CEO to sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain, installation and service for companies such as Netzsch, ITT, ABS Pumps (now Sulzer), John Crane, SKF, EagleBurgmann (part of Freudenberg), and Colfax Fluid Handling Reliability Services (now Reladyne).

Prior to joining Des-Case, Marcus served as an Operating Partner for the Engineered Components and Systems Practice at Edgewater Capital Partners and as Chief Executive Officer for TRITEC Performance Solutions─ a global manufacturer of engineered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sealing solutions and assemblies for a large number of applications. He holds a bachelor’s degree in geology and archeology from the College of Wooster.

Jacques Cartier leads all aspects of both the accounting and finance function at Des Case Corporation. Before joining Des-Case, Jacques has over 20 years’ experience; leading the finance and accounting function and leading organizations on senior management teams.

More recently, he was CFO of a fast-growing privately held engineering, procure and construction firm in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to that he spent 17 years at the Mars company holding various divisional CFO roles, specifically Wrigley Spain, Wrigley US, and Mars Petcare Private Label Division. Jacques holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University, earned an MBA with a concentration in international business and IT from DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Management, and a CPA (inactive).

He enjoys the outdoors; an accomplished competitive cyclist and the 2016 40-44 age group Nashville’s Rock n Roll half marathon winner.

As Chief Commercial Officer, Jason is responsible for developing and leading the global strategic vision for Des-Case sales and marketing.

Jason comes to Des-Case with 25+ years of experience in global sales and management in bearings, lubrication systems, and mechanical seals with previous leadership roles at EagleBurgmann, NSK, SKF and most recently serving as President and CEO of Aetna Bearing Company.

Jason holds a BBA and MBA and resides in Plymouth, Michigan with his wife and two boys.

Menno Krom, Managing Director – RMF Systems, a subsidiary of Des-Case, is a sales management professional with more than 15 years of driving sales in the hydraulic, filtration and lubrication business. Menno started his career at RMF Systems BV in 2006 as Sales Manager Export, then in 2012, began leading the sales activities of RMF Systems. In 2020, he became Managing Director. Prior to joining RMF Systems, Menno held various sales management positions at Numatics, CMF Special Welding and Doedijns Hydraulics.

Menno holds an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Fontys University of Applied Sciences, an Associate Master in Sales Management, Associate Master in Strategic Sales Management and Associate Master in Business Development from NCIO Business School.

Jon Haworth leads Des-Case’s research and development group.  His team is responsible for the organization’s global product strategy and new product development process.

He joined Des-Case as a Product Development Engineer in 2002 and has designed many of the company’s product lines. Prior to Des-Case, Jon worked with the propulsion wind tunnel group at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tenn., the largest ground aerospace testing facility in the world. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University and earned an MBA with a focus on international studies from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. Jon is fluent in both English and Portuguese.

Mark Barnes leads the company’s reliability services team, helping customers identify opportunities for improvements to their industrial lubrication programs through training, consulting and product solutions. Mark has 25 years of experience in the fields of lubrication management, oil analysis, and contamination control, and has published more than 175 technical articles and whitepapers. Mark is frequently invited to share his subject matter expertise at conferences around the globe and has worked with a number of blue chip companies, including Chevron, DuPont, Alcoa, ExxonMobil, Goodyear, Cargill, International Paper, General Mills and the U.S. Army to extend asset life through precision lubrication.

Prior to joining Des-Case, Mark was Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Services for Noria Corporation, a global leader in lubrication and oil analysis training and consulting. Mark holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP).