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Co-Founder and Vice President
Koch Modular
Tom Schafer is the Co-Founder and Vice President of Koch Modular. He is a chemical engineer with 47 years of experience in process design, operations management, cost estimating, and plant layout — with specific expertise in equipment design, including distillation, heat transfer, fluid flow, and process control. Schafer holds a BS and MS, both in chemical engineering, from Manhattan College.