Strom Manufacturing Management Team
Meet the Team
Paul Sonderen
Co-General Manager and Sales & Estimating Manager
Paul joined Strom Manufacturing in 1999 after working for Sunset Manufacturing, a precision CNC machining company in Tualatin, OR, and a Portland area plating company. During his seventeen years with Sunset, he rose steadily through the ranks, starting as a truck driver and ending with being the company’s sales manager. While employed for three years with the plating company, he regularly interfaced with its customers, most of whom were CNC machine shops.
As Strom’s sales & estimating manager, Paul is responsible for quoting, estimating, customer relations and inside/outside sales. His extensive background in CNC machining, as well as his experience with plating and other outside processes, make him ideally suited for his role at Strom Manufacturing.
Brian Kedroske
Co-General Manager and Quality Control Manager
Brian started his career with Pitney Bowes, a Fortune 500 company, and became the youngest Branch Manager in company history. But the lure of manufacturing was strong, so he switched careers and joined Weiss Scientific in Hillsboro, OR, where he Initially worked in CNC machining. When the company needed help inspecting the complicated quartz components the firm made, Brian moved over to quality and never looked back. He rose in the organization to become Quality Manager and was instrumental in implementing an exact copy of the inspection process used at Intel, a major customer.
At Strom, Brain is responsible for all aspects of quality assurance and control. He also plays a big role in scheduling the shop and interfaces heavily with all outside vendors.
Mike Strom
Co-General Manager and Technical Manager
Mike joined his brother’s company in 2017, initially as an IT consultant, then full-time shortly thereafter. His responsibilities are wide ranging and include equipment and process troubleshooting, on-going process improvements, technical support for all operations, especially during second shift, and IT.
Mike graduated from South Dakota School of Mines in 1993 with a BS in Computer Science. He worked many years as an application engineer for Ellison Machine Tools, a major CNC machine distributor. While with Ellison, Mike excelled at working with customers to develop advanced solutions for manufacturing needs, including providing support for technical and economic justifications of machinery investments. This experience has proved invaluable at Strom and will be utilized throughout Compass’s companies.
