Kwik Lok adds Microsoft executive to board

Yakima, Wash.-based Kwik Lok Corp. has added Microsoft principal project manager Jeff Mendenhall to its board of directors.

Jeff Mendenhall
Jeff Mendenhall
(Photo and logo courtesy Kwik Lok; graphic by Amelia Freidline)

Yakima, Wash.-based Kwik Lok Corp. has added Microsoft principal project manager Jeff Mendenhall to its board of directors.

“Jeff’s addition to Kwik Lok’s board of directors brings many opportunities to expand our innovation, collaboration and technology initiatives,” Kimberly Paxton-Hagner, Kwik Lok board chairwoman, said in a news release.

“As a global company, we are working to find innovative ways that help our customers make the most of our systems and expand the value partnerships can bring to our global community.”

Mendenhall has been with Microsoft in two different stints since 2005 and has served in a variety of roles, according to the release. Currently, Mendenhall serves as the product leader for applied artificial intelligence services with Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services, where he partners with enterprise customers to solve real-world enterprise problems, according to the release.

“Kwik Lok has a long history of innovation and great relationships with customers,” Mendenhall said in the release. “I look forward to harnessing emerging technologies to continue to lead the market and to leverage and grow Kwik Lok’s customer and partner ecosystems across the world.”

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