Joseph Lauderdale serves as a Managing Director for 1stWEST Mergers and Acquisitions. He brings over 25 years of corporate-level senior management experience in the aerospace and automotive industries. He has strong operational, start-up and turnaround experience and in-depth knowledge of the Mexican market, and specifically, the maquiladora market. Joseph has extensive mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and transactional experience.

Joseph has a strong private company leadership background that includes CEO of Certified Fabricators, Inc., a manufacturing company engaged in development and manufacture of large electro-mechanical products for industrial and defense industries. He served as Vice President of Operations for Bearing Inspection, Inc., a FAA overhaul and repair facility specializing in the overhaul of aerospace and military aircraft engine bearings. Additionally, other senior management positions include: President and Owner of Spur Gear, Inc., and National Sales Manager and Manufacturing Engineer for ACR Industries, Inc., the world’s largest independently owned aerospace gear manufacturer. Joseph is also a Principal in West Coast Holdings, LLC, a business consulting firm focused on the maquiladora market in Mexico.

Based in El Paso, Texas, Joseph will play a critical role in developing our market in Mexico. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University. 

E-mail: j.lauderdale@1stwest.com | Tel: (864) 631-6633