Michael Pentaris,
chief executive officer
An accomplished business leader with a proven track record of engineering business turnarounds and improving profitability, Michael is focused on increasing sales and establishing market leadership for CEI.

In his more than 25 years of experience, Michael has earned a reputation of being an effective negotiator with the ability to mobilize private and government investment sources. Upon joining CEI, he reorganized the company and introduced lean manufacturing methodologies, as well as established a business development department to focus on new products to fuel company growth.

He has both a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree from Binghamton University.

Jonathan Dokuchitz,
vice president of operations/facilities manager,
board of directors vice chairman
Since joining CEI in 2007, Jonathan has implemented LEAN principles, squarely focusing the company’s efforts on specifying value for the customer and streamlining the manufacturing process.

Jonathan’s two decades of work in the field of creative arts production provides him with a solid background for employee management and group wellness within the CEI community. As liaison to CEI’s human resources department, Jonathan strives to ensure quality of workplace while encouraging open communication. He also serves as CEI’s compliance officer for all military exports, and is responsible for ensuring strict compliance to ITAR, BIS and other government agencies.

Ken Brandmier,
director of new product development
Ken has supervised the development of an assortment of new product lines at CEI, including: single and multi-layer busbars, high-voltage semiconductor packages and several application specific capacitor charging and discharge circuits. His innovative foresight and vast practical experience have enabled him to establish an admirable track record of successfully maturing ideas into practical, cost-effective and marketable products.

Ken has more than 20 years of experience in electronics related engineering research, product development and manufacturing. He attended King’s College (Pa.) and completed advanced electronics and management training in the United States Navy.

Michael Schulte,
sales manager
Michael has served the sales effort at CEI since 1985. During that time, he has been the sales and project leader for nearly all of CEI’s major customer accounts and programs, and he now directs the outside sales representatives program, as well.

During his more than 25 years at CEI, Michael has been instrumental in further extending CEI’s reach in key markets, including military, aviation and oil and gas exploration.

Michael brings his deep knowledge of the needs of CEI customers across various industries to the product development process. He works directly with CEI engineers on design efforts and with the manufacturing staff for production efforts.

Michael has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York, Albany.