John Zegers
Director, COI for Manufacturing
/ Phone: 770-531-6350
John Zegers grew up in a family with deep roots in manufacturing and has spent his 18 year professional career in manufacturing sales and consulting. Before joining the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, he was a Statewide Project Manager with the Georgia Department of Economic Development focusing strictly on manufacturing projects.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University while working summers in a steel coating, roll forming and assembly manufacturing plant as a production and QC manager. He is a member of the Georgia Economic Developers Association and serves on the board of directors for the Murdock Elementary School Foundation, which he was the founding President of and successfully started in 2004. Zegers has extensive experience with Georgia manufacturers as he has serviced many of them as a manufacturer’s representative and later as President of a manufacturer’s representative agency prior to joining the GDEcD. His experience encompasses all aspects related to operating a manufacturing business including issues involved with working in a global marketplace.
