Mark Tyler is founder and president of OEM Fabricators, Inc., a growing contract manufacturer in Western Wisconsin that celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011. OEM’s Team Members earned Wisconsin’s Manufacturer of the Year Award, Medium Category, in 2006.
Mark has been lifelong advocate of Technical Education and began his career with a Design Technology Degree from St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute in Minnesota. He served as a National Officer for VICA (now SkillsUSA) and served on Minnesota’s Vocational Teacher Certification Standards Committee. In 2005, he completed the Minnesota Executive Program through the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. In 2011, he received his MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
In addition to serving as President of the WTCS Board, Mark serves on a number of other boards and councils including:
- University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
- West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board (chair)
- Manufacturing Works / Gold Collar Careers (chair
- St. Croix Valley Family Resource Center
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls Chancellor’s Advisory Committee
- State Superintendent’s Technology and Engineering Advisory Council
In 2007, Mark was awarded the C.L. Greiber Award from the Wisconsin Association of Career and Technical Education and the Technical Education Champion Award from the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association. He is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, SkillsUSA, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the Horseless Carriage Club and the American Shetland Pony Club.
Mark’s wife Jackie is a pony breeder and together they operate Emerald Glenn Farm which breeds and trains American Shetland and Welsh Ponies. The farm also produces grain and forage crops.
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