Mr. Ripley began working in the elevator industry in 1996 as a sales/management trainee for General Elevator Company, Inc. in their Baltimore headquarters.  In addition to his sales responsibilities, he also began managing their major project division overseeing several design-build new construction projects and government agency modernizations.  After the acquisition by ThyssenKrupp Elevator in 1999, he served in several management roles including overseeing field and sales responsibilities for their construction and modernization departments as well as supervising their engineering and project management departments throughout the Mid Atlantic District.

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In 2005 Mr. Ripley joined KONE, Inc. serving as their regional sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic. Under his leadership, he led the development and expansion of their machine room less (MRL) elevator product line through product education and local jurisdictional code approval.  He also coordinated all maintenance and modernization sales activities as well throughout the area inducing expansion into several new markets.
 
In 2009 he began R2G3 Elevator Consulting, as an elevator and escalator consulting firm.  Since the firm was created, he has overseen the project management and design of elevator, escalator and moving walk systems, dumbwaiters, material lifts and related equipment across the entire country in virtually all market segments. He has managed projects throughout the life cycle of elevator equipment from early concept traffic analysis, construction, maintenance, and modernizations.  During Mr. Ripley’s career in the elevator industry, he has had extensive experience in virtually every facet of the business including field work, field supervision, engineering and design applications, business development, contract negotiations, elevator modernization, elevator maintenance and new installations.