During his nearly 30-year career, Randy Beals has demonstrated outstanding long-term service to the light metals industry by consistently providing technical and/or operating knowledge that has enhanced the competitiveness of the light metals industry. He has held technical leadership positions at automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) (Ford and Chrysler), automotive suppliers (American Racing and Magna), aerospace (Wellman Dynamics), and military (Materion) foundry sectors. He has been to hundreds of non-ferrous foundries all over the world. For the past twelve years, he has worked for Magna International, a leading global automotive supplier. He is part of the global production development team for Magna Cosma’s eight high-pressure vacuum die casting foundries that service multiple OEM customers.

He has been presenting at/attending the annual TMS and Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) conferences since he was an undergraduate, has served as the TMS Magnesium Committee chair, and has been a member of the TMS Aluminum Committee, the TMS Industrial Advisory Committee, and the TMS Awards Committee. Since 2022, he served as the TMS Light Metals Division (LMD) vice chair and looks forward to serving as the 2025 LMD chair on the TMS Board of Directors. He is the outgoing Board of Directors chair of the University of California Irvine/the Ohio State University Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) consortium and serves as a member on the External Advisory Board (EAB) for the Michigan State University CHEMS engineering department. He has been the recipient of Magna’s 2018 Inspiring Innovator Award, Magna’s 2021 Product Innovation Award, the American Foundry Society’s 2021 Casting of the Year Award, and the 2022 Automotive News PACEpilot Innovation Award. Beals holds a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from Michigan State University.