Employee Focus: Robert Barney

 

For our first quarter of 2022 our Employee Focus is on Robert Barney.  Rob joined the Van Mark team, as a machinist, in August of 2020.  Bringing over 20 years of experience, we welcome the knowledge and skills Rob has gained throughout his career.  Rob told us that he really likes machining but, he also likes that he gets the opportunity to do various things while at work, which keeps the day from getting monotonous.   He also tells us that he enjoys working at Van Mark because the people are friendly, and he feels Van Mark is very accommodating to employees.

Rob hopes that in the coming years and, in the course of his employment at Van Mark, to be more involved with the design side of the business, whether designing new products, or fixtures.  He’s very excited that Van Mark recently acquired a new CNC machine.  Rob said they are just in the test stages however, “I’ve finally gotten enough programming set up that we have been able to start machining parts”.  We’ll keep our fingers crossed that all goes well with that!

In his spare time Rob enjoys woodworking.  He’s built his own CNC router that he uses for his woodworking and some plastics work.  Impressive, to say the least!  Rob also enjoys hunting but, says he’s just been too busy for the past several years and hasn’t been out in quite some time.  Rob is also very active with his church and spends a lot of time with that but, overall, considers himself somewhat of a homebody.  He said, “I like to do things around the house”, and we know, there’s always something to do!

Rob spent his childhood in the Montrose area and the Flint area and eventually settled in Flint for much of his adult life.  Rob relocated to the Whitmore Lake area in 2020 to get closer to work.  Rob shares his home with a roommate and cat named “Babygirl”.

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