Gary Obermiller

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Gary Obermiller

Gary J. Obermiller has served as the chairman of the board of directors of SkyWater Technology since March 2017 and served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the company from March 2017 to October 2017. He has held the position of co-founder and operating partner of Mill City Capital, a private equity firm investing in lower middle market companies since January 2016, after previously serving as managing director since January 2010. From 2004 until 2010, Mr. Obermiller was a managing director of Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, a private equity investment firm. Prior to 2004, he served with Deltak for 14 years in several senior management roles, including as President, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Global Power Equipment Group Inc., Deltak’s eventual parent company, an international manufacturer of equipment for gas turbine power plants. Mr. Obermiller also held managerial positions in operations, sales, marketing and engineering with Graco, Inc. and Econo-Therm Energy Systems Corporation both domestic and internationally.


Mr. Obermiller currently serves as a board member at HN Precision, a specialized machining company, as a director for Kobuk Holdings (formerly ABP Induction), a German large electrical equipment supplier and Acme Industries, a specialized machining company. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering and a member of the University of St. Thomas Board of Governors for the School of Engineering.


Mr. Obermiller holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (inactive)