Tracy Canipe joined Exela as Vice President of Operations and Engineering in 2022. He is a member of the Exela Leadership Team.
Tracy brings more than 30 years of progressive plant management and facilities engineering experience to Exela. He drives performance and process improvement while managing capital and operational expenses to drive increasing bottom line performance in high volume, large-scale automation, and multi-locational systems as well as deploying leading edge proprietary technologies and products.
Prior to joining Exela Tracy was Chief of Engineering/Operations at Carolina Partners Consulting, Chief of Engineering and Design at Eighty Acres Farms, Plant Engineer at Del Monte Foods, Inc. Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Tyson Foods, and Plant Superintendent at Deans Foods.
Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, as well as Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Dairy Science Certificates. He has attained Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Tracy received the 2019 NC MFG Innovation Award for new technology in manufacturing at Eighty Acres Farms.