Management

George M. Kunkel, M.S.

Founder

George Kunkel is the Founder and CEO of Spira and has been a design engineer for over 50 years. He is well known as a worldwide expert in the field of EMI/RFI research and EMC System design for the last 40 years. In 1978 he was a design engineer and founded Spira to address a critical need in the industry that wasn’t being fulfilled. He designed developed and patented the Spira Shield gasket and a whole family of exceptional EMI/RFI shielding gaskets and filters…
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Kevin Hernandez

General Manager

Kevin Hernandez joined Spira’s Management team in 2019 and started as a key player in overseeing the Sales and Customer Service Department. His excellence and leadership ability led to promotion to General Manager. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.S. in Business Management in 2010. Kevin looks forward to being part of Spira’s continual growth and success for years to come!

Michael Kunkel

Special Projects Manager

Michael Kunkel started working at Spira in 1984 as a Production Assembly person. After decades of working in many different positions, he now focuses on sharing his technical expertise on special projects. Michael earned a B.S. degree in Business Management at the University of Phoenix.

Wendy Kunkel

HR & Accounting Manager

Wendy Kunkel has been working with Spira part-time since 2000, and is currently Human Resources and Project Manager, and a member of Spira’s Board of Directors. She earned a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly SLO, an M.A. in Psychology, and is certified in corporate training and human resources. Wendy enjoys supporting Spira’s management team, employees, sales reps and customers on a wide variety of different projects. She is also very skilled with computers and graphic design, and helps support Spira’s MRP system, website, marketing and advertising.

Zachary Pearce

Manufacturing Engineer/Tech Support

Zachary Pearce is our new Manufacturing Engineer that started with us in June, 2020. He graduated from UC Irvine with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He has previously worked in quality and project engineering bringing a diverse set of skills to the team. He will also be working with the technical support team and be a main point of contact for customer questions. He is excited to help Spira continue to grow.