Meet Our President & Co-Owner, Patrick Turley
Our incredible team here at Bludot Manufacturing is the reason we are one of the leading trailer brake kit manufacturers in the country. Their passion for excellence enables our incredibly fast lead times and makes our excellent customer service possible.
We are excited to introduce you to our company president, Patrick Turley.
Patrick Turley – President & Co-Owner
Pat is a co-owner and serves as the president of Bludot Manufacturing. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and is responsible for the executive and strategic leadership of the company. His primary areas of focus include executive management of the engineering, sales, marketing, and process automation functions within Bludot Manufacturing.
Professional Life
After graduating from Purdue University, Pat began his career as a test engineer with Compaq Computers in Houston, TX. His managers quickly realized he was a much better manager than engineer, so he was promoted to department manager after 18 months and has been a manager ever since. In addition to running the test engineering department responsible for all testing of laptop computer products, Pat also held positions in new product introduction (NPI) and operations management. His career then took a serendipitous left turn when he moved into a corporate development role charted with minority equity investments and strategic partnerships for Compaq. That role later transitioned into a corporate strategy role working for the executive staff and board of directors for Compaq and eventually for HP. Upon leaving HP, Pat and his business partner Andy purchased an electronics testing company called Ball Systems in 2006.
“I truly believe that the breadth of experiences at Compaq provided the confidence to tackle a business purchase and the skills needed to manage a growing technology team.”
Pat and Andy purchased Bludot Manufacturing under the Ball Systems umbrella in 2019 and never looked back. The first thing on the to-do list was an aggressive push in improving Bludot’s customer facing relationships, improving internal software for operations, and improving the supply chain for both diversification and also improved lead times and costs. Those combined efforts have paid dividends as Bludot successfully navigated both a new ownership transition and also the dynamics created by the business disruptions of 2019-2021.
Personal Life
Pat grew up as a military brat, traveling frequently as his father was transferred repeatedly during his Army career. In total, he lived in 28 different houses, apartments and dorm rooms by the time he graduated college.
“People ask me if it was hard moving all the time, but honestly it was the only life I knew, so it was just what was next,” Pat said. “I think moving has made me both resilient and adaptable to new situations.”
“Stacy, my beautiful wife of more than 30 years, and I purchased a small lake house in 2017 as our primary residence after we finally got the kids out of the house.”
Pat and Stacy enjoy being outside on the deck, down by the water, and out on their boat. Their German Shorthaired Pointer, Grizzly provides plenty of energy and needs lots of attention. Pat also still plays basketball at 5:00 a.m. three days a week, and they are Purdue Basketball season ticket holders (Boiler Up!). Pat and Stacy enjoy visiting their kids in Washington, D.C. and Eugene, Oregon, as well as golfing occasionally and hunting deer and turkey at the family farm in southern Indiana.
Bludot Manufacturing is an industry-leading, custom brake kit manufacturer in South Bend, IN. With over 40 years of experience, Bludot is a preferred supplier of custom brake kits and parts in North America, all thanks to our fantastic team. Get to know more about our team and Bludot by watching our videos of team member interviews here.