Jake Kauffman, Senior Editor - Manufacturing Group

Jake Kauffman has been in the manufacturing industry since 2021 after a career in TV news and sports talk radio; working in Wheeling, West Virginia and Cleveland, Ohio after graduating from Kent State University in 2012 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Jake began at GIE Media in October of 2021 as an associate editor for their Today's Medical Developments and Aerospace Manufacturing and Design magazines along with their EV Design & Manufacturing online publication before being promoted to Managing Editor of Defense and Munitions magazine since its debut in 2023. Earlier this year Jake was promoted to Senior Editor, the role he currently holds for GIE Media’s Manufacturing Group. Jake also serves as their webinar moderator and host of GIE Media's MFG Radio Network podcasts “Manufacturing Matters” and “Lunch + Learn”.