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We're the strategy-and-technology firm for family-owned manufacturers who refuse to choose between standing still and building blind. We build one language between the business, the floor, and IT - building towards one future, not three.
Strategy and technology for manufacturerswho refuse to stand still,and refuse to build blind.
Calder · est. 2013
One destination and the map to get there
Do they know where they're going?
Does the business, the floor, and IT give the same answer? Do they have an answer? A healthy future starts with a single destination and the hard truth about getting there. Working with Calder begins here.
IndustryDeep
We work in businesses that look like yours, with teams that work like yours. You don't have to teach us the business, and you don't have to manage us.
Tier 0.5Supplier
We're part of your team, sharing the same context year after year. Creating a unified business, floor, and technology team, focused on building one future.
CommonLanguage
Calder's playbook turns business problems, needs, and initiatives into a living map rendered in a language everyone can actually speak.
Your Leadership Team
The people you meet are the people who build.
Justin Menkveld
CEO | FounderWalks factory floors. Asks why before building what. Says the hard truth.
Doug VandenHoek
VP Digital Manufacturing | PartnerDrives quality, delivers excellence, and believes documentation is kindness.
Meredith Baxter
Director of StrategyPushes past the easy answer. Drives to truth. Organizes the chaos. Uncovers root cause.
Ryan Petrick
Visual Language & Experience LeadTranslates the complex languages of Business, Technology, and the floor into a common visual language everyone understands.
Kateryna Menkveld
Director of Business DevelopmentGrows Calder by growing our customers. Believes manufacturing companies need to tell their story proudly.
Client testimony
In their words
In 30 years of working with technology firms, Calder is the first to show up knowing our industry and able to do the work without being micro-managed.
The Calder team has done a fantastic job... Their knowledge of both our business and design principles has made them an invaluable asset to us. They have also helped push our thinking forward with experience innovation for this and other initiatives.
Working with Calder has become a risk mitigation measure. Stuff is just going to get done on time, complete, accurate, and not twice the cost. That is worth its weight in gold.
Contents
What we do, and who we serve.
What we do05
S01StrategyS02DevelopmentS03Systems & IntegrationS04Data & AI ReadinessS05PartnershipWho we serve06
M01AutomotiveM02MarineM03Aerospace & DefenseM04Industrial MachineryM05Process ManufacturingM06Industry 5.0