Lex Tisdale

Lex Tisdale is the retired Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, and Facilities for Kenworth Truck Company in Chillicothe, Ohio, a Division of PACCAR Inc.  Kenworth Chillicothe is a 600,000 sq. ft. assembly facility that produces 184+ class 8 trucks per day with approximately 2200 employees and is an industry leader in quality class 8 trucks.  

Lex spent his entire 35 year career working for Kenworth Truck Company in many engineering and leadership roles including Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Management and Production Management with focus on automation, process improvement, and new product launch.  He was responsible for over $500M of investments in facilities and process improvements that more than doubled the output of the facility and cut labor hours by more than 60%.  He introduced robotics in 1995 which has now grown to 66+ robots in operation and his team led initiatives in new technologies to impact the cost, capacity, ergonomics, safety, and quality of building trucks.