Derek Sears
Regional Leader
As regional leader with Excellerate, Derek is responsible for leading, planning, and coordinating Excellerate’s manufacturing and logistics operations for our Kansas facility. He works to maintain a safe working environment while increasing the productivity and efficiency of Excellerate’s production team, products and processes.
Derek holds a degree in Electrical Technology from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, and a lean manufacturing certification from the University of Michigan. He joined the organization in 2018 and brings 15 years of manufacturing production leadership experience from the food and plastics industries.