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A Message from our Partners

Our Team

This is an exciting time at DSI as we continue to evolve and grow with advancements in technology and opportunities to implement creative industrial engineering solutions for our clients. It’s been an exciting 40-plus years and the partners sincerely thank our clients and employees that made DSI a success along the way. We look forward to the next 40 years and the future opportunities to produce world class solutions for our clients.

The DSI Difference

Experience and Teamwork

With over 40 years of solving our clients challenges, our staff employs hundreds of thousands of hours of design and process integration experience to provide intricate solutions.

Design Systems is a large multi-disciplined engineering company and engineering consulting firm with a staff of over 250 professionals consistently recognized as a Top 50 Design Firm in the Manufacturing Sector as well as a Top 50 Program Management Firm (Engineering News-Record)

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Board of Directors

Dan Birchmeier

Dan Birchmeier
Chief Executive Officer

Joel Schnelbach

Joel Schnelbach
Chief Operations Officer

Keith Swims

Keith Swims
Chief Information Officer

Managing Partners

Brian Atkinson

Brian Atkinson
VP of Engineering

Shawn Schnelbach

Shawn Schnelbach
VP of Account Management

Kris Riley

Kris Riley
VP of Sales & Client Development

Travis Birchmeier

Travis Birchmeier
VP of Innovative Solutions

Dedication and Integrity

At Design Systems, we’re more than just a group of dedicated engineers and project managers. We’re a family that works together to give our customers what they deserve – the best results possible. Many members of our team have been with the company for over 30 years. That commitment is born out of a passion for the work we do and the people we serve. Let us put our dedication and integrity to work for you and see why our customers return again and again.