Meet the Course Presenters

Pat Brutto is founder and application specialist for Faith-Full MWF Consulting, providing services to all segments of the metalworking fluids (MWF) value chain. Prior to this, Brutto spent the majority of his career with Pennzoil Products Co. as an industrial grease formulator, and with ANGUS Chemical Co., a producer of specialty additives for MWFs and many other markets, serving mainly in R&D and global technical services. Brutto also spent time with Hangsterfer’s Laboratories, a producer of MWFs, in field technical services. He holds an M.Sc. degree in chemistry from DePaul University Chicago and is an STLE Certified Metalworking Fluids Specialist™ (CMFS). He has served the STLE Chicago Section several times as program chair and education chair, and was also section chair in 2012-2013. Brutto currently serves as co-chair of the STEM and Science Fairs Committee. 


John Burke is a consultant at Quaker Houghton and was previously the director of engineering services. He received his engineering degree from the University of Dayton in 1971. He has over 50 years of experience in the metalworking industry. He has 13 U.S. patents. He is the author of two chapters in the third edition of the book Metalworking Fluids. He holds the STLE CMFS certification and is an STLE Fellow. Burke is an associate editor for the STLE-affiliated journal Tribology Transactions. He received STLE’s P.M. Ku award and the Raymond L. Thibault Excellence in Education Award. He received the John A. Bellanti Award for dedicated service from ILMA. Burke received an award from then-U.S. President George Bush at the White House in 1991 for advances in waste minimization.


Stephanie Cole joined Munzing Corp. in January 2023 as the sales manager for Munzing’s IFL division servicing the Midwest and Southeast. Cole received her bachelor of science degree in chemistry and a minor in marketing at the University of Houston in Texas. Originally from Texas, she now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cole has been in the industrial lubricant industry since 2009 and has experience in application support and formulating a variety of industrial fluids, including metalworking fluids, industrial cleaning fluids, and industrial lubricants. In her current position at Munzing, her role is to provide customers with technical solutions while working alongside Munzing’s technical team.   


Bridget Dubbert is the technical director for Engineered Lubricants Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Since beginning as a bench chemist at Engineered Lubricants, her experience has spanned the metalworking and lubrication industry for more than 25 years with roles in formulating, laboratory testing, and method development, field support, and technical service. Dubbert holds the STLE CMFS certification and is an active member of STLE, and is a member of ACS and NLGI. She's currently a technical editor for TLT, serving as the chair of the STLE CMFS Certification Committee and a member of the ILMA Metalworking Committee.


Monica A. Ford, Ph.D., is a seasoned professional in the lubricants industry, currently serving as the account manager for industrial lubricants and special applications at Clariant Corp. With a strong academic background, including a doctorate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Florida, Ford has held various technical and leadership roles at renowned companies like Lubrizol and Ingevity. Her expertise extends to research, application development, and new product development. She is actively involved in industry associations, contributing to the advancement of the field through her roles in STLE and ILMA. Ford's passion for her work and her dedication to professional development are evident in her impressive career trajectory. 


James Justice has been with John Deere for nearly 13 years and is currently a staff engineer in the Enterprise Materials Engineering team. He currently provides global technical support for factory fluids, plating, industrial coatings, cleanliness, chemical management, amongst other related areas and competencies. Before John Deere, he spent nearly a decade in the Chemical Management Services industry. Justice has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Iowa. Outside of work, Justice, his wife, and six children enjoy travelling and spending time outdoors. 


Dr. Peter Küenzi holds a doctorate degree from the University of Bern, Switzerland. He has more than 20 years of experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, and microbiology and is currently head of the Microbiology Department at Blaser Swisslube, a manufacturer of metalworking fluids. He is co-author of several articles on this topic in international journals. 
 

Jennifer Lunn is a product manager at FUCHS’ Metal Forming Lubricants and the Mill Applied Corrosion Preventatives Department. Lunn comes with more than 20 years of experience in the metalworking fluid industry as both a chemist and product manager.  Prior to that, Lunn was a senior chemist and metalworking product manager at JTM Product Inc. where she worked on research in metalworking products.  Lunn holds the STLE CMFS certification.