Reata's Management Team

Grady Cope
President
Direct: (303) 309-6041
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Grady began his professional career by going to trade school for diesel mechanics at Denver Automotive & Diesel Mechanics School. That career path led him to be an offshore mechanic, in Texas, for Halliburton Services in the oil boom of the 80’s. As that boom cycle came to an end, Grady returned to Colorado and enrolled in the University of Colorado at Denver’s Mechanical Engineering program. He graduated in 1988 with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Grady began his engineering career at The Gates Rubber Company as a research engineer. Grady decided that the corporate world was not for him and, in 1993, he launched Reata Engineering & Machine Works, Inc. at night while still working days at the Gates Rubber Company. In February of 1994 he left Gates and hired his first employee.

Grady is also heavily involved in the National Tooling and Manufacturing Association (NTMA) where he got his start as the President of the local chapter - Rocky Mountain Tooling and Machining Association – in 2005 and 2006. Grady has been on the executive team of the NTMA since 2008 and, in 2011, he took the position of Chairman of the Executive Board of the NTMA.

Grady is a current member of the University of Colorado – Denver Engineering Advisory Board, and has served on the University’s Alumni Board. In addition, Grady volunteers for the Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of Metro Denver, where he has served on the selection committee for the Junior and Senior Youth of the Year.

Grady and his wife Anne also run a part of Anne’s family’s ranching operation in Elbert County, Colorado.

Rob Volkert
Vice President of Operations
Direct: (303) 309-6033
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Rob joined Reata in February 2008 and brings over 25 years of manufacturing industry experience to the company. Rob began his career in the aerospace field with Orbital Sciences Corporation where he was a project manager responsible for suborbital and orbital booster development and field deployment. He has been involved in project management with large projects for Denver International Airport, Keebler, Trane, Coors Brewery and Holnam Cement in the industrial construction and operations world.

Rob has held operations management positions with CCS Fitness, Fischer Imaging and Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. Rob is well versed in lean and six sigma projects along with international operations, sales and marketing experience in a number of industries including aerospace, medical products, fitness equipment, automotive, defense and consumer products.

Rob is a member of the board of the Rocky Mountain Tooling and Machining Association (RMTMA).

Rob received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University and his MBA from University of Phoenix.

Mike Corrigan
CFO
Direct: (303) 309-6022
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Mike has been with Reata since 2006. Prior to Reata, as CFO of Visual Products Corporation, Mr. Corrigan managed the acquisition and integration of four sign manufacturing companies across the US and Canada, growing the company from $12 to $70 million in sales. Prior to this he was the CFO for Gordon Sign Company (a future subsidiary of Visual Products Corporation). Mr. Corrigan began his career with Touche-Ross & Co. after earning a Bachelor of Science in Finance from CU Boulder in 1980.