Management Team
Peter Scales, Paul Shaw, Bill Scales, Manny Cafiero, Niff Ambrosino (L-R)
Bill Scales is Chief Executive Officer and one of the founders of Scales Air Compressor Corporation, now Scales Industrial Technologies. Bill Scales is an internationally recognized expert in compressed air systems and has been involved in the air compressor industry since 1952 as a “hands-on” mechanic, engineer, author and consultant. He has visited more than 5,000 facilities and audited or provided energy assessments of hundreds of compressed air systems throughout the United States, Asia, Australia, South America, and Europe. He has been responsible for designing and installing systems of all sizes, and has recommended and implemented measures to reduce operating costs and improve compressed air system reliability.
The Compressed Air Challenge (CAC), a US Department of Energy initiative, selected Bill to co-author the 350-page Best Practices for Compressed Air Systems manual. He has been a member of the Project Development Committee since the founding of the CAC. This committee is responsible for program strategy and overall project coordination of the Compressed Air Challenge. Bill represents compressed air consultants and presents their concerns to the CAC. In addition, he reviews and edits articles that will be published with Compressed Air Challenge sidebar notation. He is a member of the Technical Core Group that defines and writes the training curriculum. As the pilot instructor, Bill presented the introductory Fundamentals workshop program to the board of sponsors of the CAC. He is also an instructor for the Advanced Management of Compressed Air Systems training and also interviews, selects and trains new instructors to teach CAC workshops.
Bill received a Bachelor of Power Engineering (Electrical and Mechanical) from New York Polytechnic University in 1956. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the ISO TC-28 Committee engaged in developing standardized specifications for appropriate lubricants for all types of air compressors.
Peter Scales, Vice President, has been working in the compressor industry since 1961 in all facets of the compressor business with a particular focus on customer service. Peter is one of the founders of Scales Air Compressor Corporation, now Scales Industrial Technologies, and has been with the company since its inception in 1966 serving as Vice President.
Peter was one of the original members of the Association of Independent Compressor Distributors, served on the Board of Directors for 10 years, and as President for 2 years. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Industrial Management Association (IMA) for 10 years and was the IMA President from 1992 thru 1994. Presently, Peter is a member of the Building Owners Management Association (BOMA) and is currently on the Membership and Codes and Regulation Committees.
Manny Cafiero is Chief Financial Officer of the Scales Organization and General Manager of its New York location. Manny has over 25 years of public and private accounting and finance experience. He was a Senior Manager with KPMG; a big four accounting firm and held CFO positions with various companies.
Most recently, before joining Scales nine years ago, he was a Business Consultant involved with projects, such as, system implementations, regulatory audits, acquisitions and enhancing banking relationships.
Niff Ambrosino is the General Manager for Scales Industrial Technologies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With over 30 years in the compressed air industry, Niff Ambrosino has in depth experience working as a shop rebuild mechanic, field service technician, sales engineer, energy auditor/surveyor and management. By applying his technical expertise and experience to improving operating efficiencies in the compressor room and reducing compressed air consumption on the demand side, Niff has helped hundreds of customers save hundreds of thousands of dollars through energy savings and increased reliability.
Niff has trained sales and service personnel and conducts compressed air system seminars for end users. He is also an instructor for the Department of Energy’s Compressed Air Challenge program for both the Fundamentals and Advanced Compressed Air System Training.
Paul Shaw is the General Manager of our New England branches. Paul has been in the compressed air industry more than twenty-seven years in positions that have included: service technician, service management, engineering, sales, sales management and sales training.
Paul is an expert in compressed air and vacuum and has performed hundreds of compressed air assessments saving many small, medium and large companies millions of dollars in wasted compressor energy by improving their compressor system efficiency. Paul is particularly adept at reducing demand through proper compressed air management, process and production machinery improvements, and air leak identification and repair.
Paul is an instructor for the Department of Energy’s Compressed Air Challenge program for both the Fundamentals and Advanced Compressed Air System Training. He was also a contributor to both seminar workbooks. He consults for and speaks regularly to many engineering organizations, corporations and utilities on the subject of compressed air and energy efficiency.