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manufacturing · distribution · operations — curated by industry experts, rated by AI · editorial disclaimer
mfgselect is built on a simple promise: every listing is curated by people who have actually selected, sold, implemented, and lived with manufacturing software — not by vendor marketing. Our editorial advisory panel is the group of industry experts who stand behind that promise. They bring decades of hands-on experience across ERP selection, electronics manufacturing, process and discrete operations, and the finance side of running an industrial business, and they help inform how we curate the directory and frame our rating methodology.
Panelists advise on editorial approach and curation. They are not compensated by the vendors listed, and our AI rating methodology is applied independently — see the scoring methodology and editorial disclaimer for how ratings are produced.
Founder & Managing Director, Profit From ERP · Host, The ERPodcast
Gene has spent 25+ years in ERP selection and implementation, with a methodology refined across 400+ projects spanning NetSuite, Dynamics, Infor, Sage, and SAP. Before founding Profit From ERP, he led the NetSuite practice at Eide Bailly (earning Oracle NetSuite Partner-of-the-Year recognition) and ran CFO-driven ERP-selection practices, with deep roots in food & beverage, pharma, and complex process manufacturing. He hosts the award-winning ERPodcast and holds an MBA from Arizona State University.
Founder, OpenJar · Founder & former CEO, CalcuQuote
Chintan grew up on the floor of his family's electronics-manufacturing business, working through nearly every job on a turnkey PCBA line before moving into business-process consulting. In 2014 he founded CalcuQuote, which became the EMS industry's leading RFQ and supply-chain quoting platform — used by hundreds of electronics manufacturers and integrated with distributors covering most of the global component market. He now leads OpenJar, a consultancy guiding electronics manufacturers through systems and ERP challenges, and is a frequent voice on supply-chain digitalization across industry media and podcasts.
Managing Partner, Soterra Capital · CFO, MXD Process
Jeremy brings 25+ years of finance and operating leadership across manufacturing, technology, transportation, energy, and real estate. As CFO of MXD Process — a manufacturer of chemical-processing equipment — and Managing Partner at Soterra Capital, he works on both the operating and investing sides of industrial businesses. He holds BS/MS degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
This panel is growing. We're adding industry experts across more manufacturing, distribution, and operations verticals — check back as the bench deepens.