Reading Bakery Systems Appoints New Project Manager

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) has hired Joshua Derrer as project manager, the company announced. He will manage delivery of projects and control project scopes, budgets and schedules.

Derrer reports to Tremaine Hartranft, director of engineering for RBS.
He holds a bachelor of science in chemistry from Drexel University and has seven years of professional experience in maintenance management, process redesign, inventory control and other business and manufacturing operations.
Before joining RBS, he served as a manager and process engineer at Anheuser Busch, where he became a fluent programmer of Allen Bradley PLC platforms and other industrial information technology. He also served at Boston Beer as a reliability engineer and production manager, where he implemented continuous improvement and risk mitigation projects, and was later promoted to manage packaging operations.
“Josh brings a wealth of skills to his new position at RBS,” Hartranft said. “We are looking forward to working with Josh; we believe his skills and experience will be a benefit to RBS and our customers.”