Jack McPike joined Lawton Standard in November of 2023 as Director of Operations. This newly created position reports to Paul Suber, President of Lawton Standard, and has responsibility for the foundries under the Lawton umbrella.
Jack comes to Lawton with 20+ years of foundry experience in cast iron waterworks, steel railroad components, and cast iron job shop work. For melt, he has experience with electric arc furnaces, cupolas, and induction furnaces. For molding, he has worked with green sand molding using Spomatic, Osborn, Hunter, Sinto, and manual slinger and jolt squeeze operations.
Jack currently calls Pennsylvania home, but he is originally from Illinois and has lived in Iowa, Ohio, Illinois again, and New York twice. Jack has an engineering degree from Notre Dame and an MBA from The University of Illinois. He enjoys playing and watching almost any sport, especially golf, exercising, outdoor activities, and traveling and spending time with his wife and two daughters.