We are a premier, lean-centric engineering solutions partner that has transformed the batch manufacturing space for over twenty-five years. We specialize in everything from creating proprietary tools and software, to optimizing existing manufacturing processes, to executing end-to-end design-build services for new plants. Our clients range from smaller, specialized facilities to global powerhouse world-class manufacturers like P&G.
After starting in Food, Flavor & Fragrance, many years of growth led us to forge exciting partnerships with brands of all sizes in CPG, Beauty Care, Alcohol & Beverage, Nutraceuticals and more. We have implemented hundreds of systems across the globe and are proud to work alongside eight of the top ten companies in the Flavor & Fragrance marketplace, touching over 50% of the F&F products made worldwide.
We are leaders in design-build, ready to make every client job – from the compounder to the finite scheduler to the CEO – easier, more efficient and interlinked.
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Transforming Batch Manufacturing Through Lean-Centric Engineering Solutions for Global Industries
“With so many of our customers juggling thousands of ingredients and end products, we are committed to helping them ensure waste reduction, equipment optimization, increased production throughput and product quality.“
Rich DiBernardo – CEO
We Are Passionate People
At iniTECH, we believe there is always room for improvement, which is why our team focuses so heavily on self-reflection and forward movement.
We pride ourselves on our collaborative style that emphasizes teamwork, trust and tolerance for diverging opinions.
Our team of in-house experts specialize in lean-engineering, HMI, MES, hazardous compliance, AI, programming, client training, 3D modeling, data analysis, project management and more.
We are passionate about the batch manufacturing space, so please don’t hesitate to reach out regarding even your smallest process challenges or constraints. It’s what we do.
Our Leadership
Rich DiBernardo
CEO
Rich is the CEO of iniTECH and has a passion for optimizing and simplifying F&F (Flavor and Fragrance) manufacturing using lean processes. He started his career working with GE automation during Jack Welsh’s tenure and has worked directly with over one thousand international operations. His scope of expertise includes Co-Founding BatchMetrics and iniTECH, lean manufacturing, master planning, shop floor work-flow, TOC, scheduling optimization, MES, and automation.
Rich loves skiing, cycling and bribing his adult children to visit with Italian cooking. Outside of work, he can often be found volunteering at church or buying food at Arthur Ave, the Little Italy of the Bronx.
Alina Haranczyk
Co-Founder/Board Member
Alina is a Co-Founder of iniTECH and helped grow iniTECH to the company it is today. She has a Masters in mechanical engineering and an MBA. She is the CEO of iniTECH’s sister company iniTECH Industrial. Alina is a former vice president and board member of NAFFS. Alina received an Award from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch for Woman Small Business Leader In 2019. Alina is also a member of WFFC
Alina loves spending time with her family, exploring the islands of the Caribbean is a gourmet chef and is passionate about supporting the iniTECH Haitian Outreach
Barbara Brzuchacz
CFO
Barbara handles all financial aspects of iniTECH as well as running day-to-day operations. She has a background in business management, and she is also skilled in data analysis and project management.
Barbara lives with her husband and three adorable young daughters. She loves playing with her kids and spending time with her family from Poland.
Ray Schleckser
COO
Ray took an electronics class in high school to fill a requirement and never looked back. He worked for thirty years as an engineer for companies like Panasonic and JVC, earning invaluable experience along the way. At Revlon, he served a variety of senior management and engineering roles. In 2020, he joined iniTECH as Vice President of Systems Engineering and has since become COO. He handles all operations and project management coordination for iniTECH.
In his down time, Ray enjoys refining his skills in the kitchen and fixing up old cars.
Tim Cunningham
Exec VP Design/Build
Operations Executive with extensive business, financial, and engineering experience with Takasago, Bell F&F, and Nestle. A record of achievement in Lean Manufacturing, project management, and continuous improvement. Skilled at building successful teams through effective communications and strong interpersonal relations. Experience in European and South American markets. Chemical Engineering and MBA degrees with Six Sigma Black Belt.
Andy Forman
Director of Engineering/ Senior Business Analyst
Andy has over 35 years of experience in the F&F Industry, including 10 years at IFF with his final position as the Global Director of Supply Chain Strategy. Andy is a supply chain, manufacturing, quality and operations expert. Andy has a background in chemical engineering and is able to provide consulting services in process evaluation, innovation, development, scale-up and optimization.
Andy also owns a small vineyard and enjoys International 505 sailing.
Lee Beuk
Director of Sales
Lee has over 30 years of experience developing Asian and Latin American markets in the F&F industry. Lee has previous experience working for both Firmenich and Givaudan. He has been involved in business development, marketing, operations, and R&D. He focuses on the commercial aspects of our projects. He is currently the president of NAFFS.
Lee speaks seven languages and enjoys traveling and diving with his wife.
Adrian Sawicki
Business Development Engineer
Adrian Sawicki has been apart of the iniTECH team for over half a decade first beginning his journey as a PLC and HMI programmer implementing automation solutions to clients across multiple industries. Along with programming, Adrian delve into a project management role to oversee the entirety of the implementation of projects from inception to successful finish.
Adrian entered his new role as a Business Development Engineer to help bring these solutions to the table for clients which includes plant walkthroughs, equipment auditing, process design, and client interfacing to push projects across the finish line.
In his sparetime, Adrian enjoys golfing, long distance running, and spending time with friends and family. He looks forward to continued growth and success in delivering lean engineering solutions to the batching world.
Bill Simpson
Vice President of Business Development
With over 40 years of experience in instrumentation and controls automation, Bill has worked as an instrumentation supplier to iniTECH since its inception before joining the team in 2024 to help guide its entry into new vertical markets.
His work with Honeywell, ABB and Ametek earned him his comprehensive knowledge of the North American automation markets. From a technology perspective, Bill has ample experience with regulatory process control, data acquisition, wireless infrastructures, and more.
He also worked on product marketing with ABB and currently works with the iniTECH marketing team to help grow the brand.
Experience Matters When Your Business Is on the Line
A Top-10 Fragrance house who underwent back-to-back years of explosive growth was in desperate need to expand production capacity in very tight quarters. The project had been delayed for years for fear of disrupting existing business needs. Enter iniTECH, where Engineers created a plan for a fully automated mixing multi-tank skid. By building the skid off-site and the customer vetting it at the remote manufacturing location, iniTECH Engineers and partners installed and retested the automated multi-tank skid over a three-day week-end. This resulted in no disruption to regular production activities. Effectively, personnel went home for the holiday week-end returning to a fully functional automated multi-tank skid, thereby multiplying capacity and throughput.
Success Stories
A iniTECH Comax Flavors Case Study.
Our History
The Start
When iniTECH was founded over 25 years ago, we knew we couldn’t provide every solution for every customer in every market. Instead, we chose to differentiate ourselves by focusing exclusively on providing the best solutions to a uniquely challenging and underserved Flavor and Fragrance market. This hyper focus generated over $100M in savings for our F&F customers. At the core of that success is the BatchMetrics MES.
Evolution
BatchMetrics is a world-class MES system that was initially designed for the food, flavor and fragrance industries. Over many years, it has been tirelessly improved to ensure it is customizable to fit clients’ in-house programs or individual needs. BatchMetrics is the brain of the shop floor – a global connector that links every on-site system, interlocks compliance and automates work processes that typically require operator activity. Through hundreds of BatchMetrics and automation implementations, iniTECH developed an intimate understanding of the bottlenecks associated with larger batch manufacturing space, which allowed us to expand both the solutions we offered and to markets we served.
Process and Site Design
Our intimate understanding of the systematic and operational processes of a shop floor enables us to provide best in class designs for batch manufacturing facilities everywhere. Utilizing proprietary algorithms that have been developed over the last quarter century, iniTECH thoroughly analyzes production data to provide deep insight into process inefficiencies. We apply our lean-centric manufacturing philosophy to both existing manufacturing processes and brand new design-build projects.
Custom Builds
Henry Ford once said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” At iniTECH we never shy away from a solution just because it hasn’t been done before. We have implemented over 350 solutions across 5 continents. The experience we earn from these projects enables us to identify persistent pain points common throughout our partners’ manufacturing processes. This drives our engineering team to provide new solutions, from our fleet of Mobile Carts to hazardous area C1D1/C1D2 tools and more.
iniTECH Today
Today iniTECH is a batch manufacturing industry leader, offering a far wider range of services to a far wider set of customers than was the case when we started a quarter century ago. Our hunger for cutting-edge research and new ideas drives us every day to improve every plant floor we touch. We are passionate about the batch manufacturing space, so please don’t hesitate to reach out regarding even your smallest process challenges or constraints. It’s what we do.
