Kaylee Caldwell and Ed Macdonald bring new skills and experiences to our company.
MIT is proud to announce Kaylee Caldwell as our Purchasing and Inventory Management Associate. Kaylee oversees vendor communication and procurement to make sure we have the right parts, consumables, and equipment on our shelves, ready to go. She started working for MIT in the end of 2020 in a part time role and moved to a full-time position in 2021.
Before MIT, Kaylee worked for a small company in Portland, Oregon that sells teas and CBD. She recently moved back to the surrounding Springfield, Missouri area, where she is originally from.
We are excited to have her fun and driven personality on the team while putting her inventory analysis skills to good use.
Favorite Motivational Quote: “If you don’t succeed, someone else will,” by Unknown
Hobbies: Kaylee enjoys computer gaming, spinning, and puzzles. After work, you can find her spending time with her dog, Sargent, and her snake, Sushi.
Fun Fact: “My snake is a ball python – he is going to be two this year!”
Ed Macdonald joins our team as a Business Development Leader. If your company is located within Ed’s territory, you can expect him to find the right orbital welding or cutting equipment solution for your business.
He has years of experience in the ship supply and specialty vehicle manufacturing industries. Ship supplying allowed Ed to interact and learn from different cultures around the world, while specialty vehicle manufacturing gave him a well-rounded learning experience in procurement, engineering, production, and sales.
Ed is originally from Cape Town, South Africa. He later lived in Chile for a couple of decades and has been in the Ozarks for the past 18 years.
Favorite Motivational Quote: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Suess
Passions: “Being from South Africa, there is no other sport worth watching or playing besides Rugby – Go Springboks, the world champions!”
Fun Fact: One of Ed’s favorite foods is live razor clams that move in your mouth.